I was always surprised BIG time that they listed this information. I know when it first went up, I used it like made fearing that it would disappear at any time. If "we" don't include information about folks who are, or presumed to be, alive when we post a tree, why should we expect Ancestry/Minnesota to post it on their web site. I am sure there were complaints, etc. I know I wasn't thrilled about having my birthdate that easily available. Granted it is "public" records, but that doesn't mean it must be available online. The information isn't lost to genealogist, just no longer available on the web. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SANDY FAIRCHILD" <co_sandy@msn.com> To: "Minnesota" <MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:40 PM 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
well you can't get information about births at any courthouse that I've contacted either, most of them will verify info if you have it all written and they go to the ledger, but some won't even do that much. And this is not just for MN, pick a name to type in on ancestry and look that birth column . . . just lists the state! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Helfert" <khelfert1@comcast.net> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Minnesota Birth Index >I was always surprised BIG time that they listed this information. I know > when it first went up, I used it like made fearing that it would disappear > at any time. > > If "we" don't include information about folks who are, or presumed to be, > alive when we post a tree, why should we expect Ancestry/Minnesota to post > it on their web site. > > I am sure there were complaints, etc. I know I wasn't thrilled about > having > my birthdate that easily available. Granted it is "public" records, but > that doesn't mean it must be available online. The information isn't lost > to > genealogist, just no longer available on the web. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SANDY FAIRCHILD" <co_sandy@msn.com> > To: "Minnesota" <MINNESOTA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 2:40 PM > 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 >