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

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 > >

I agree with all David's succinct submission. I would add that at this time for 7 stirling pounds(no symbol in reply) even us foreigners in Aust can access any details of any GRO available certificate. All that most on this site appear to be discussing is whether these gory details ( which are reality) are worth 7 pounds or whether volunteer sites (such as ours) can do for some a free access of such horrendous real fact, which others pay for. However the world news process and Google etc now can tell you all that --and lots more of doubtful truth!!!! So I say If one wants to submit data re BMD they should do so with no restrictions, just as they do with census and other bits of real history. Cheers John ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Turnidge" <david.turnidge@virgin.net> To: <essex-uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [Ess] Details on Certificates > 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 >