I don't know who advised her, but I doubt that she has much legal basis for her proposed course of action. All her personal details are in the public domain, after all any one can go to the local library and find out her birth, and marriages etc. It is even easier via ancestry, just sit at home and trawl though the records. David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of M. Page Sent: 29 March 2007 22:46 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! Can I add a word of caution here. Someone was talking about the living relatives they have on their tree. Genes re-united stipulate that permission must be gained from living relatives before posting them on the site. Often this does not happen and the first an individual knows is when they find their personal information listed. A friend of mine has just found she was listed on someone's family tree - listed by her sister-in-law's nephew, so no real connection to her at all. She has been advised to sue as this is happening all too frequently on many family history research sites and genealogy lists. Moya Page, researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 ............................................. Want to contact the local community? Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk ............................................. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 2154 (20070329) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ NOD32 2154 (20070329) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

True, in England it is in public domaine, however in Canada and other countries they are much stricter and you cannot get a birth or marriage certificate for close to 100 yrs for someone else! Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hodgson-Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! >I don't know who advised her, but I doubt that she has much legal basis for > her proposed course of action. All her personal details are in the public > domain, after all any one can go to the local library and find out her > birth, and marriages etc. It is even easier via ancestry, just sit at > home > and trawl though the records. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of M. Page > Sent: 29 March 2007 22:46 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Genes Reunited . . . a rant! > > > Can I add a word of caution here. Someone was talking about the living > relatives they have on their tree. > Genes re-united stipulate that permission must be gained from living > relatives before posting them on the site. Often this does not > happen and the first an individual knows is when they find their personal > information listed. > > A friend of mine has just found she was listed on someone's family tree - > listed by her sister-in-law's nephew, so no real > connection to her at all. > > She has been advised to sue as this is happening all too frequently on > many > family history research sites and genealogy lists. > > Moya Page, > researching BANTING/BANTEN/BANTUM - One Name Study GOONS # 4570 > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 2154 (20070329) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > __________ NOD32 2154 (20070329) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > ............................................. > Want to contact the local community? > Please visit Hampshire Parish Jottings > http://hants.parishjottings.org.uk > ............................................. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >