Hello Again Everybody, Apparently the topic I brought up has led us into a debate on personal security rather than ³family genealogy². My emphasis may have led to a discussion not related to genealogy, but my point about personal privacy is very much a family history issue. We should not be posting information about living persons on genealogy mailing lists. Others have written extensively on this subject. For Cyndi Howell¹s links to these issues please go to the following site within her guidelines on ³Internet Stuff You Need to Know²: http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm#Privacy Now I¹m going to get off this soapbox and wish you all a good day! Lynn

Lynn, thanks for that. I've read many of the articles on this page, previously. It's too bad many of the links are now dead. But of the ones working, I strongly urge people to read (especially links at the bottom of the page on how to respect the info on the living). Genealogy is a great thing and I urge all to become informed and practice safe research. While I understand being brief on the subject of family security on a genealogy list - really, being a responsible genealogical researcher is important to all researchers!!!! If people don't start practicing safe research, it won't be long before the government shuts down your information highways due to complaints from living persons having their information out there . ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 9:24 AM Subject: [ILLASALLE] Privacy issues on the Internet > Hello Again Everybody, > > Apparently the topic I brought up has led us into a debate on personal > security rather than ³family genealogy². My emphasis may have led to a > discussion not related to genealogy, but my point about personal privacy is > very much a family history issue. We should not be posting information > about living persons on genealogy mailing lists. > > Others have written extensively on this subject. For Cyndi Howell¹s links > to these issues please go to the following site within her guidelines on > ³Internet Stuff You Need to Know²: > http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm#Privacy > > Now I¹m going to get off this soapbox and wish you all a good day! > Lynn > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Hello LaSalle, I have been watching this talk, some interesting points brought up. A cousin just updated his online database. My mothers surname is in this database. I do not send this out ever, but I am sure he has this entered from the gedcom I sent. We both use the same genealogy program so I think he just added info I sent in the gedcom to his and updated his database. My question is- should I have this surname removed? It would be no problem but it is a hard one I need to research and this online database of my cousin might help in this. Al