Hello imho I think we should be posting information about ancestors not living - say our grandparents generation and I have had to take postings down when someone was trying to find the address of a celebrity she had decided to introduce herself too. I think Privacy is a most important issue. I don't think the idea of a PI or more likely a debt collector would use a genealogy message list or board is at all far fetched. Gaila ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron stone" <blueoak@ix.netcom.com> To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [SC] Re: SC-Genealogy-D Digest V02 #235 > > Well, yes Joe, I don't want to do some private eye's work for him under the > guise of > genealogy, but I think that is not the most likely problem. Another thing > that concerns > me is the potential for invasion of privacy... like a mother who doesn't > want to be found > by a long ago adopted child ... or the reverse. > BUT... many living cousins have been found on all of my lines and they are > the neatest > bunch ... ones I would not want to have missed. I get the impression that > this sort of > thing happens to lots of us... so.. I guess , with a few good experiences, > one could be > more actively looking for living co-descendants (or whatever the term) > > ron A downstream son of So. Carolina ...looking for pebbles in the streambed. > > At 07:14 PM 9/29/02 -0400, you wrote: > >In My Opinion: > >Sometimes we have to find a living person to find out about the ones that > >are no longer living. > >I like to find living cousins as well as the ones that are no longer wiith > >us. Some of the best relationships with family members can be made from > >the ones that we have found through doing genealogy. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Joe DUKE" <jwd@vol.com> > >To: <SC-Genealogy-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 6:56 PM > >Subject: [SC] Re: SC-Genealogy-D Digest V02 #235 > > > > > >> > >> Hi, all. > >> > >> It has been an impression which I have been given, that genealogy students > >> were studying persons who would no longer be living, but I may be wrong > >> about that!! > >> > >> This is in reply to the person who is seeking 'current' addresses, and I > >> presume the ones being sought are living persons?!?!?!? > >> > >> Curious about this sort of protocol. > >> > >> Joe DUKE > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <SC-Genealogy-D-request@rootsweb.com> > >> To: <SC-Genealogy-D@rootsweb.com> > >> Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 10:15 AM > >> Subject: SC-Genealogy-D Digest V02 #235 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > >> Virus warnings are not welcome on this list. > >> Remember when writing a query, to always put in DATES & LOCATIONS > >> > > > > > >==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > >To UNSUBSCRIBE > >Write SC-Genealogy-L-Request@RootsWeb.com > >Plain Text with just the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of letter > >Change the "L" to "D" if you have Digest Mode > > > > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > South Carolina Resources Available at RootsWeb! > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/SC.html >