Most of my data comes from pubilc sources (free and paid for). I am guessing but I think that familytreenow also gets data from a large number of public sources and the company then correlates the information to produce comprehensive details on a particular person and then makes it available on a free public site. Technically any genealogist could do this but I expect the average beginner would have some difficulties pulling together such a range of details on one person. So in fact the publically available data on familytreenow is not truly public information because of their hidden added value. My personal view is that we should respect the 100 year rule in any of our published data. I remain concerned that supporting this site might be supporting a source of data which could be used by those unscrupulous people seeking to steal identities. Am I being over cautious? -- Prof John K Coldwell