Remember that this is a public list serve available to both eager genealogists and to unscrupulous individuals. Many banks, pension accounts, social security, children's educational funds, etc. use your mother's maiden name as a security check. Those of you who are posting 20th century names and dates here, or on family web pages are putting yourselves and your relatives at financial risk. You are giving the scam artists and computer whizzes easy access to whatever you have, be it a little or a lot. The Internet provides access to wonderful information in faraway places, new relatives, and helpful researchers. I can now post queries in all those counties where my ancestors lived as they zigzagged across the globe ... I could never afford to join every genealogical society where an ancestor lived. Unfortunately the pedophiles, con artists and other unsavory members of our species also find this medium a great place to do business. ==== TheShipsList Mailing List ==== To Subscribe to TheShipsList send a message to TheShipsList-L-request@rootsweb.com Leave Subject Line Blank * Put Only: SUBSCRIBE in body of message