When the admin of a list I'm on passed away last summer the site with her obit asked for registration etc. What others on the list told the rest of us to do was make up the info, from the email address on. Quite a few chimed in that they routinely do that in order to read stories...they also do this for the same reasons you said. The cookie part, I believe you can take off cookies afterwards. margy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Dotson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:09 PM Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] Frederick News Post > >Try Frederick News Post Archives online. > > Brenda, > > Thank you for the suggestion. Someone found the obit for Robert Buechling > and sent it to me, though the one for his wife Joyce is -- so far -- still > "missing." So I went to the web page for the Frederick News Post as you > suggested, hoping I could find it. Instead I found that they require you > to register to use the site. Reading the "small print" tells me they > require cookies and will share my information with advertisers.....in > order to keep the site free. I don't approve of some of the required > fields -- such as what I've purchased online or my family income. These > things have nothing to do with my wanting to read a newspaper. They only > ask it so they can focus the advertising that they will bombard me with, > and to that I say "thanks, but no thanks." I get more than enough spam as > it is. As much as I would like to find the obit, I draw the line here. > > Sue Dotson > [email protected] > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Margy, Thanks for the suggestion. I feel dumb for not thinking of that! You are right, the cookies can (and should) be removed -- I do that with others routinely. Of course, if I made up an address I would hate if it actually happened to belong to someone and I was responsible for them getting spam. (Wonder if that's why I get so much?!?!) Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Margy Bousman To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Frederick News Post When the admin of a list I'm on passed away last summer the site with her obit asked for registration etc. What others on the list told the rest of us to do was make up the info, from the email address on. Quite a few chimed in that they routinely do that in order to read stories...they also do this for the same reasons you said. The cookie part, I believe you can take off cookies afterwards. margy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Dotson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:09 PM Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] Frederick News Post > >Try Frederick News Post Archives online. > > Brenda, > > Thank you for the suggestion. Someone found the obit for Robert Buechling > and sent it to me, though the one for his wife Joyce is -- so far -- still > "missing." So I went to the web page for the Frederick News Post as you > suggested, hoping I could find it. Instead I found that they require you > to register to use the site. Reading the "small print" tells me they > require cookies and will share my information with advertisers.....in > order to keep the site free. I don't approve of some of the required > fields -- such as what I've purchased online or my family income. These > things have nothing to do with my wanting to read a newspaper. They only > ask it so they can focus the advertising that they will bombard me with, > and to that I say "thanks, but no thanks." I get more than enough spam as > it is. As much as I would like to find the obit, I draw the line here. > > Sue Dotson > [email protected] > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx