In a message dated 10/26/00 10:49:28 PM Central Daylight Time, eeth23@tcainternet.com writes: > While I am happy to share my research, as you know, I think we ALL > should be careful about giving information about people born after 1900. > In the past I have given more "modern" info than I now would, and I > regret it. All of this information is in the census and in courthouses > anyway. > > So...I ask that you not give "later than 1900 info" that I have given to > you to anyone. I'm sure you will understand. > > Hi, Evelyn I understand what you are saying here. I have never given anyone information on other living persons. The only exception is my family branch that descended from Roy Ozment, Sr. and I have made those known with those relatives' permission. I have been fortunate to get living relatives from other people but that is for my private records only. I know of one instance where a lady sent me a gedcom that contained everything by accident. She meant to clean it up and it didn't work. She was worried and nervous about it. I told her I would never give out her information as I considered that her "copyrighted" material and I would never invade someone's privacy. I have never "published" anything without getting permission first. As you know the U.S. does not publish their census list until 72 years later and then that takes two years to publish. The last census of 1920 was released early because genealogists were "clammering" for it. The way the U.S. government looks at it is that 72 years later most things in it would not embarrass the living. I respect the right to privacy. Good to hear from you. We just celebrated my mother's 79th birthday. She is an Ozment. We had relatives come from Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma, and other parts of Texas. We told some good "Ozment" stories. Some were even true. Your cousin, Lon