Nancy and list It never ceases to amaze me at how many times this particular subject is covered on mailing lists, I for one always assumed it to be a "given" that NO INFO ON LIVING PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE INTERNET. To me this is the same as saying, if you are blind and walk with a seeing eye dog, YOU SHOULDN'T DRIVE A CAR. Nobody should need to say these things. It is my opinion that NO info on any living person should go on the internet with the exception of their name. I myself use a really nice site called Gencircles that allows for the following options: 1. Blocking of any notes on everyone so only basic data is allowed (in this manner only someone really interested is going to want anything further and can contact you later) 2. Blocking notes on only the living Both of these options are in addition to an automatic blocking by them of any living persons in your GEDCOM This allows other researchers access to your data, but not the living ones, without your having to privatize the GEDCOM yourself. I use as a personal rule of thumb a judgment on privatizing depending on just who I am corresponding with. I have several persons whom I converse with regularly and have no problem with sending them anything as I trust their judgment and good sense not to publish on the internet. However, no matter who you are dealing with, I have found recently that some persons just don't make a connection between that data being on the internet and the problems it can cause. Your FTM program should have the ability to privatize your GEDCOM. Look in your instruction book, if not I can let you know how I do it with the FamilyTreeMaker brand. Then again there is the thought that some of these "very distant" cousins living across the continent that you will only exchange briefly with, really have no reason to know the names even of the children that were born last week/month. Many, many times this info is sent to me and I just disregard it as it normally goes so far outside of my lineage that it doesn't matter. And I am definitely NOT one of those that only follows my DIRECT lineage, I go into the siblings as well. In short, if you really MUST place a GEDCOM on the internet I suggest the Gencircle method as it eliminates you having to privatize it yourself, you only make the choice of just who to display your notes section on. Also as a bonus to this, it is cross referenced with the GENDEX system and your names are also listed there. When you list with GENDEX alone there is a fee to do this, going through GENCIRCLES there is no fee. You also have the option of cross referencing with GENEANET another type of program similar to GENDEX, but a broader coverage, (I think in Europe). The GENCIRCLES program will also go through your GEDCOM and let you know if there are any matches with your entries within these programs allowing you to contact those researchers. When anyone sends me data for the Sweet Owen site I not only encourage privatizing I won't place it on the page if it isn't. I also have a cutoff on obituaries-- I won't place any recent ones (within a couple of years) on the site, UNLESS submitted by the immediate family. This is just a sensitivity issue for me. Now on photos, I think if they are submitted of family members that are still living then it is ok as long as the description is limited to : "this is Bob Smith, my uncle" or something to that effect, no dates. Or old school/military photos are fine. As for removing any that are already on the various websites: 1. They should never have been placed there. 2. Any competent webmaster who is also a researcher should be more then happy to remove the whole item on request. This issue is one of the reason that I requested that persons only send me Gen Reports (word documents) for the Family Reports instead of GEDCOM's. First they take less space and also allow you to cut them off prior to any living persons or you can create them in your documents section and privatize them before sending to me. I hope I have answered some questions. Wishing you ancestral searching success, Debbie Jennings Please check websites below: Sweet Owen County IN <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/in4/sweetowen/">http://www.angelfire.com/in4/sweetowen/</A> Franklin CountyVermont Genweb <A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~vtfrankl/Franklin.html">Franklincounty VT </A> Kentuckiana Home <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/kentuckianahome/">http://www.angelfire.com/ky3/kentuckianahome/</A>