In a message dated 01-Apr-04 7:11:05 AM Mountain Standard Time, christiewilliamson@verizon.net writes: <That is true. Automated Dataminers go through several times a day just taking info. To prevent this, your site should have a password protection. Anyone that wants to look can just enter a simple password like KING or ANCESTOR or something easy. You can even post that password on the front of your site, or if you want, have them email and ask you for the password. Dataminers do not read sentences and figure a way to open pages. They just mine off pages already open.> <<If the password is on the front page, then what's the point of the password? I think people who want to see the information posted on the site, should have to email their decendency or some proof that they're not an ID thief and honestly want to see the information on the site.>> Yes, Christie, but the point of the password on the front page is stop automated dataminers. See above. Dataminers are just computers going through open pages. That's how search engines line yahoo, alta vista, google, etc get their info. Putting a password on it will stop dataminers but still allow REAL people to look through the database but still allows more or less open access to researchers. And if you do not post information about anyone younger than 100 years old, you really don't have to worry about Identity theft. Anyone posting dates and names of living people on their website is just asking for trouble. Do some people live over 100? Yes. It's rare. If you're one of them, increase to 120 if that makes you feel better. Regards, Diane Wolford http://www.treelines.com