Kathleen, Are you including the names of survivors that are listed in obituaries? Much of this information has already been publicly published in newspapers. Also, I've found that many newspapers as well as funeral homes now have this information online already. I've posted hundreds of obits on the GenConnect Board in my county and surrounding counties which I've copied from local newspapers. I always try to include the source of my information. Of course, many of these obits include the names of people who are, obviously, living otherwise they wouldn't be listed as survivors. You can hardly post obituaries and not include those. Are you saying we shouldn't do that? It's always been my opinion that this information was already in the public domain by virtue of the fact that it was published in a newspaper. B. Warner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathleen Burnett" <kathleenburnett@earthlink.net> To: <MO-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 10:31 AM Subject: [MO-CEM] From List Mom - Please Read - Regarding Living Persons > Dear List Members: > > I just want to take a moment to remind you that you should never give > information on living persons in your messages without their permission > or the permission of their parents if they are children. > > The most important reason for this is the right to privacy. You also > need to remember that anything you post goes into the archives of that > list and stays there. It cannot be removed but it can be copied and > added to any ones site out there in the world of the internet. > > This may not seem real important, but I promise it will become so when > you are surfing the web one day and come across a site with your > children's names, grandchildren's names, where they live and how old > they are. > > I continue to thank you for your support. > > Kathleen Burnett > List Mom > > > ==== MO-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > List problems? Contact the MO-Cemeteries List Mom kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > Use Kathleen as the subject line for your post > To learn more about my world visit http://dwp.bigplanet.com/kburnett > Vist the Mo-Cemeteries Volunteer and Cemetery List http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocemete/mocem.htm > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > >