In a message dated 1/16/01 1:07:22 PM, gljslj@penn.com writes: << One woman in a forum that I was reading said it should be a law that a signed permission slip should be obtained from every living person in an individual's database. >> My opinion would be, if the living people are my relatives then all this concern is nonsense. On the other hand, if I am simply researching a family to put together the data in saleable form, then yes, permission should be given by the living. I'm sure there are zillions of loopholes, though, that I have not considered. Susan Eckert Rochester, NY USA Focusing on HARRIS and SHERRARD in Lincolnshire, other names are STILES (Sussex), PARKER (Switzerland), ECKERT (Germany), GERBER FamlySleuth@aol.com http://hometown.aol.com/famlysleuth/dr_toc.htm