Part of the problem is that you don't study genealogy in isolation. You share what you find with family, well, I do anyway. You might get two people of an older generation, one takes it all in their stride a piece of information, whether manner of death, prison sentence etc, and the other gets really upset. It's a lot to do with the individual. I can see both sides of the 'debate'. I don't think we'll ever agree across the board. Perhaps we should just accept that. This originally started with the suggestion of posting details of death certificates. Maybe the cause of death could be withheld from the posting if it wasn't a 'natural', straightforward death, with a request to email the poster for specifics. Or just order the DC if it's one of your own. Regards Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: David Turnidge To: J K gen Cc: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:59 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] Details on Certificates I'm sorry but I am really struggling to imagine how someone with absolutely no interest in researching their family history would be seriously upset if they found out how one of their ancestors, about whom they have no interest, died. Genealogy is the study of births marriages and deaths if you study births and marriages, you have to also study deaths. David Turnidge ----- Original Message ----- From: J K gen To: David Turnidge Cc: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] Details on Certificates I would agree if this was all about choice, but it isn't. You may choose to lift the stone, but what about information going to someone who didn't make that choice? Aren't their rights not to be respected at all? JK On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 8:17 AM, David Turnidge <david.turnidge@virgin.net> wrote: This has been a very good discussion and just to throw in my twopenneth, I would like to say that Genealogy is a warts and all discovery into our past. If we are not prepared to view what is under the stone we shouldn't lift it. Most of us have been a lot more shocked over what we have discovered about our ancestors than just how they died. David Turnidge South Woodham Ferrers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message