In a message dated 10/27/00 5:57:48 PM Central Daylight Time, JACKIEOZ1@aol.com writes: > so what are you saying here? you do not want any names of siblings after > 1900? so when asked about my james clinton ozment line, you do not want > the names of his children? > > i have been gone for awhile so i am not getting what is going on. if you > are > talking about telling stories about them that is one thing. i need > clarification. > > jackie carroll ozment > > Hi, Jackie This researcher collects all Ozment/Osment names, living or dead. I am very interested in the "modern" Ozments. I find it extremely difficult to get material from them about their own lives. They think they live "boring" lives. I have met several new "cousins" and have even visited some of them. What Evelyn and I were talking about basically was her feelings concerning her LIVING relatives. I do have her tree and she was just letting me know that she was not comfortable about me sharing information about the living ones with others. Under no circumstances would I share anything given me about living relatives that I have gotten from others unless I had express written consent (and I can not really see any reason that would warrant this). As far as I am concerned that is personal property that belongs to her and she was kind enough to share. Now my own relatives that I have listed have given me permission to use their names and dates, etc. I know however that some of my older aunts do not like it that their sons/daughters have been married more than once. These parts I do leave out to the "public" out of respect because I know how they feel. I have my gedcoms separated with the branches (and with each person who has sent me one). That way I know who gave me what. I don't give away any information until I get some first. :-) and then I don't give everything out at once. I usually just answer specific questions and sometimes I may give the older generations in a genealogy report. I find that easier and more controllable. I usually want to know the person asking about a gedcom and I want to know their tree, so I will know how they tie in. If I can help them go back another generation or so, it makes everyone happy or maybe we can correct errors, etc. Sincerely, Lon Martin Amarillo, Texas