In a message dated 3/21/2003 11:25:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > So I > also went on Google and typed in my first and last name. I'm in total > shock! > I've been researching my genealogy for a couple of years now and I've > posted probably close to 100 messages on different genealogy sites and > every > one of them, including my email address is listed there. > Isn't this an invasion of my privacy, so to speak, or are we all fair > game because this is the internet? > You posted your name and address in a public forum and you are shocked that it is there?? The Internet isn't private. It is a PUBLIC place. If someone were looking for one of your genealogy lines, wouldn't you WANT your name and address to come up? I mean, isn't that the point? Sharon Kern Co (CA) Volunteer

Even though I pay to keep my name, phone number and address unlisted if I put an article in the newspaper with that information included it's there for all to see. Every time someone researches that article they will get that information. Heck, I provided it in a public forum. It's no different than shouting it on a street corner. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [PAMERCER] Invasion Of Privacy? > In a message dated 3/21/2003 11:25:25 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > So I > > also went on Google and typed in my first and last name. I'm in total > > shock! > > I've been researching my genealogy for a couple of years now and I've > > posted probably close to 100 messages on different genealogy sites and > > every > > one of them, including my email address is listed there. > > Isn't this an invasion of my privacy, so to speak, or are we all fair > > game because this is the internet? > > > > You posted your name and address in a public forum and you are shocked that > it is there?? The Internet isn't private. It is a PUBLIC place. If someone > were looking for one of your genealogy lines, wouldn't you WANT your name and > address to come up? I mean, isn't that the point? > > > Sharon > Kern Co (CA) Volunteer > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Researching a reverend? Check out our Men of the Cloth website ... preachers, pastors, priests and other clergy in Western Pennsylvania... http://www.rootsweb.com/~papastor > >