Identity thief? Stalking? Legal issues? Mind boggling and scary if that information is available to anyone who searches the internet. -----Original Message----- From: minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SANDY FAIRCHILD Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:40 PM To: Minnesota Subject: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index Hello listers, Has anyone else noticed the deletion of all birth dates on the Minnesota Birth Index at Ancestry.com? This is the one that covers the period of 1935-2002. In checking, it appears as though Ancestry is deleting the birth dates from other databases as well, which represents a huge loss to the genealogy world.Am wondering if anyone has thoughts about why this is happening! Sandy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I wonder personally if there are any statistics available indicating the source of information that identity thieves, stalkers, and other miscellaneous ilk have used to gather the information they use. Bet there is more information available through our medical records, credit cards, telephone company records etc. that thousands and millions of people have access to and we don't give one thought to that as being a source to be concerned about . . . or that is most people don't, they consider it part of doing business daily!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Sullivan" <ksullivan@hvc.rr.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index > Identity thief? Stalking? Legal issues? Mind boggling and scary if that > information is available to anyone who searches the internet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of SANDY FAIRCHILD > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:40 PM > To: Minnesota > Subject: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index > > > Hello listers, > > Has anyone else noticed the deletion of all birth dates on the Minnesota > Birth Index at Ancestry.com? This is the one that covers the period of > 1935-2002. In checking, it appears as though Ancestry is deleting the > birth > dates from other databases as well, which represents a huge loss to the > genealogy world.Am wondering if anyone has thoughts about why this is > happening! > > Sandy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Yeah, it's awful how it's also part of doing business daily, as an earning base and practicing in yet another dirty business. People make it a business to search, scan and pick through others garbage (literally) to glean numbers from such documents and misuse them as they want, for criminal acts. SCB -----Original Message----- From: minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jeanine Reckinger Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 3:12 PM To: minnesota@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index I wonder personally if there are any statistics available indicating the source of information that identity thieves, stalkers, and other miscellaneous ilk have used to gather the information they use. Bet there is more information available through our medical records, credit cards, telephone company records etc. that thousands and millions of people have access to and we don't give one thought to that as being a source to be concerned about . . . or that is most people don't, they consider it part of doing business daily!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Sullivan" <ksullivan@hvc.rr.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index > Identity thief? Stalking? Legal issues? Mind boggling and scary if that > information is available to anyone who searches the internet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of SANDY FAIRCHILD > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:40 PM > To: Minnesota > Subject: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index > > > Hello listers, > > Has anyone else noticed the deletion of all birth dates on the Minnesota > Birth Index at Ancestry.com? This is the one that covers the period of > 1935-2002. In checking, it appears as though Ancestry is deleting the > birth > dates from other databases as well, which represents a huge loss to the > genealogy world.Am wondering if anyone has thoughts about why this is > happening! > > Sandy > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I loved having access to the MN Birth records but I always did think it was kind of risky since it gave parents names---with the mother's maiden name. It's pretty common for people to use their mother's maiden names as passwords or for security purposes on bank accounts and credit cards. How nice to have it online for the crooks!! I never ever use my mother's maiden name any more for anything. Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Sullivan" <ksullivan@hvc.rr.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index Identity thief? Stalking? Legal issues? Mind boggling and scary if that information is available to anyone who searches the internet. -----Original Message----- From: minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:minnesota-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of SANDY FAIRCHILD Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:40 PM To: Minnesota Subject: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index Hello listers, Has anyone else noticed the deletion of all birth dates on the Minnesota Birth Index at Ancestry.com? This is the one that covers the period of 1935-2002. In checking, it appears as though Ancestry is deleting the birth dates from other databases as well, which represents a huge loss to the genealogy world.Am wondering if anyone has thoughts about why this is happening! Sandy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message