> "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 <plr@infionline.net> Pat First I would have to say that I think this is a scam. You do not have to have permission to put names on the internet. BUT you have to be careful what personal information you put in. What source did you use? If you used a newspaper report of a birth - THAT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION not private. However if you publish the social security number of a living person THAT IS PRIVATE INFORMATION. Any information that the person has made public is fair game. Say if they submitted information for a engagement or marriage announcement, or run for an office. Once a person has placed the information before the public, they can't say "Oh wait a minute I don't want anyone to know that after all. You need to be able to show that the sources of the information is Public. Lets say you have a 1925 birth date for a person who says "my birth date is private" The 1930 Census is public information and any one can use it to see the person is age 4 11/12. Anyone born in California before 1995 information is public because the state of California published this information. Many cities in New England published births, deaths, and marriages at the end of each year. If the government has published the information it is PUBLIC and anyone can use it. Texas did this too I think. That being said, I never publish information about people born after the latest census unless they have died. Just saves the complaints. Julia Coldren-Walker FamRSearch@aol.com