> "I asked you to remove my family from ancestry.com. They are not > related to you, you did not ask permission to include them. You are > setting yourself up for a possible lawsuit putting names on the > Internet without asking permission." > > I received the above email from the person who gave me the > information. The information is privatized but the person is listed > as the source. I don't understand her concern. > > It is not easy removing a file from Ancestry.com because it is an > old file and has to be done by them which I have requested. > > I'm not sur she has a legal leg to stand on either. > Ideas? Comments? > > patricia ricci I'm a little puzzled as to why you would be posting information about people to whom you are not related on Ancestry. In fact I'm puzzled why anyone would post anything on Ancestry who are simply making an unreasonable profit out of the hard work of others. However despite the other person's possible considerable effort gathering that information, most if not all of it is probably information that's available in the public domain, and as many law suits about 'unauthorized' biographies have shown, publishing such information is indeed not illegal. Therefore these threats are simply bluster and unenforceable. MickG Mick <mickg01@verizon.net>