I had to put in my two cents. BUT, if it is LEGAL, then even if you don't like it, there is nothing to be done. BURNING THE FLAG is legal but makes me want to puke that anyone would do such a thing... Publishing the congressional records complete with all military names, ranks, SSNs, birthdates and home of records is unthinkable (as with that, you can get into everyone's credit and financial records), yet it has been done and declared legal. Many people are now bankrupted. Most information is available on-line, including all my personal data, as it was put in a veteran's data base that is considered public domain. Remember when we scoffed at the BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING - Orson Wells era??? Well, get used to it as we are in it now. And for all of you that state that you don't put living people's information on the internet, check your obits, check your bios, check your QUERIES... You might not be doing it intentionally, but you are doing it and so are people posting the queries to the mailing list, which by the way are archived and anyone can access (HI, my name and address is such as such, I am on vacation for two weeks, come and rob me blind) ... And to make a statement, well, if we don't post anything after this date, there are people living into the hundreds now, so technically we can't post anything prior to 1900... And to exclude data will make the record invalid... Such a delemia... What I suggest is to remember the purpose we are publishing the information. And that there will always be sneaky people doing illigal things. I certainly wouldn't be going to the USGenWEb site (no offense) if I were a criminal, there are too many other valuable databases, easier to access, including the county and state courthouses, the military indexes, and others... Just pick your favorite search engine, and go for it. It is unbelievable what you will find. Just my thoughts, BTW, I respect people's right to boycott USGenWEb and RootsWEB (although I think it is defeating the purpose), I also respect the right of others to publish within the legal limits, despite how distasteful that may be... R/S MAK --- WIGEN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: ===== ===== TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/TheStorm USC NROTC Alumni http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~uscnrotc/ MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/