This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EgC.2ACE/10183.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: The people who run web sites don't know who is alive and who is not and so they usually exclude information about anyone who could possibly be alive. e.g. Scotlands People don't put births more recent than 100 years ago on-line.