Hi karen, How can this be right (as in "just" not "correct")? After all, the family trees of royalty have been a matter of public scrutiny for up to a thousand years...else they'd have no claim atall. But more than that, how can all the descendants ever be traced enough TO say anything? But also, the ethnic origin of our ancestors is very important to many of us, and in some families, there have been too many secrets kept too long, such as Native ancestry. the truth has implications that matter. Is there more information on this? love Willow Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <KarenHob@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:56 AM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] (no subject) > Found at: http://eogn.typepad.com/ > Online Family Trees "Break Personal Data Law" > Genealogists' free exchange of family history information over the > internet > could be in breach of Sweden's personal data act, according to the > country's > Board of Data Inspection (DI).If the details being shared refer to the > race or > ethnic origin of a person in the 18th century, all living descendants must > give > their consent before any information is made public. > Continue reading "Online Family Trees "Break Personal Data Law"" » > Posted by Dick Eastman on November 03, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (1) > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Visit the German-Bohemian Heritage Society Web Page! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ >