Sorry, I can't agree. I have been posting records at: www.alkire.org/ Ian Alkire, the host knows folks who have been hurt. Growing up, & living in small town America, where there are no family secrets, I was surprised. As long as financial institutions think your mother's maiden name is known only to you, the posting of the living is likely to do them great harm. Carl Alpoim@aol.com wrote: > yes I agree with that, just today I found a genealogy on the web > with people listed who are living, including children. That helps > to know the newest generation...I dont think anyone would use > it for wrong purposes. alpoim