Winifred It may depend on what you mean by "publishing." I've sent various "chapters" to cousins along the way, and some have included all the data and begats that can be found on the internet. However, I would not "publish" that level of information on the internet, nor, for that matter, in a broadly available "book." When I edited/published a book for a cousin (hard copy, CD, and now on the internet), we stopped with "anyone born before the 1930 census" (this was before the 1940 was available), and then used the phrase "married and had x children." For those born after 1900, I did not include birth dates. There were exceptions, including the author, me, and other "contributors," but that was rare. Permission is a good thing to have, but I'd ask the question, "Is it really important to have this person entered by name? Is it important to have vitals? Does any of this 'help' the reader?" People can get really picky. Some want in, some don't. I like to be consistent, so I'm not putting one person from a generation in, without putting all of them. Except for my immediate family, of course, who have learned to live with this. Pat In Tucson | -----Original Message----- | From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] | On Behalf Of Winifred Dixon | Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 9:45 AM | To: [email protected] | Subject: [ROOTS-L] publishing question | | | When publishing a family genealogy, what is the advice of publishing the | living person's vitals. For security should the vitals be included or | eliminated? I would appreciate a response. Thank you. | | Winifred dixon, [email protected] | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ------------------------------ | | | | ===== | If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to roots- | [email protected] and ask for the digest... | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROOTS- | [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the | subject and the body of the message