Jane, You are absolutely right. Ancestry should be stopped publicizing the personal information of living persons. That is entirely wrong and unethical among the well known expert genealogists. It is also particularly dangerous to the living persons in this day and age. They should be stopped somehow. Janet In a message dated 2/3/2012 2:51:14 P.M. Central Standard Time, rhamilton26@tampabay.rr.com writes: Ancestry also has our full name, date of birth and address in their open public records! Somehow they should be stopped at public/living folks information. Jane -----Original Message----- From: Eugene Stackhouse Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 1:40 PM To: allaboutphilly yahoo ; paphila@rootsweb ; philly-roots@rootsweb.com Subject: [Phly-Rts] Data release, ArmyTimes ancestry.com >From “ArmyTimes”, 6 February 2012 VA releases living vets’ data to genealogy website in error By Patricia Kime The names and Social Security numbers of as many as 4,542 living veterans were posted on the popular genealogy website Ancestry.com for at least nine months in 2011- a gaffe the Veterans Affairs Department attributes to erroneous record-keeping. In a Jan. 20 news release , VA said it released the information of 14.5 million veterans—names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and death… to Ancestry.com in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. … Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights, President Emeritus, Germantown Historical Society. Author: "Germantown in the Civil War" The History Press, 635 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, SC 29403 www.historypress.net Now available on Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBookstore on iPad, Google's eBookstore. “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. - Patrick Henry -