Check this out ... get your local phone and look for your name. Probably there. Your phone number and address too. And any cabbie or UPS delivery guy can find your house. Even the pizza delivery guy can find you. We never considered this such a dangerous thing. But that's just me, I could be wrong. ;-) -----Original Message----- From: Mdvanpelt@aol.com [mailto:Mdvanpelt@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 8:15 PM To: VA-Harrison-Monongalia-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [VA-Har-Mon] Dangerous Info Check this out.....New Google Feature <<http://www.google.com/>> Type your telephone number into Google's search bar (minus the first 1) & click the search button. Your name and address and phone number will appear. There will be an icon next to your address "Yahoo Maps". Click this and a map to your house will pop up with directions to your house from anywhere in the country. People could use this feature to locate your home address, and receive explicit directions on how to get there from anywhere in the country. You can remove your name off this database-- To do this...type in your full phone number...555-123-4567 If your number appears in the mapping database, an icon resembling a telephone will appear next to the entry on the results page. Click on this icon and it will take you to a page containing a description of the service, and a link to request your number be removed!

I live in a rural route and have a PO box and when I ordered a package of craft stuff, USP will not deliver to a PO box. They went to the post office and got my address and delivered the package. I was thanksful he left the package on the porch and did not break in. That too can be scary. Gloria Wertz of Point Marion, PA You are now between the Young and the Restless and the old and the senseless.

The phone listing service you are being paranoid about - lists anyone who is listed in the white pages of their local telephone book. I looked and I am listed, but when I checked on my children who recently moved within the last year, their numbers were listed as the previous owners' telephone numbers and the addresses for the previous owners. When I looked up my parent's phone number [which is unlisted] it was not found. This information can be obtained by anyone looking for you in public accessed phone directories. And by using Map Quest or Yahoo's service plug in a phone number or an address to locate those who are looking to travel to the listed address. The only suggestion - have your phone number unlisted. Remember, public access is how you have been finding information on your ancestors.