I don't know exactly how they handled it, but when my father wrote the book, Portuguese Pioneers of the Sacramento Area way back in about 1989, there were sections for each family in what he called "We're All Cousins" I believe. And those family stories were gathered by many, many people over a series of years and their byline was added there to show who supplied that information. I have some of these quoted in my Family Histories section on my website, if you want to see what I'm talking about.
In most cases, it seems the immigrants listed were then followed by the names of their children, but not grandchildren. For instance, my name is not listed in the section for my ancestors, but my father is listed there, along with his siblings. And there are no exact birth dates and no birth places.
So that means that people born up to maybe about the 1930s were listed. There might be many exceptions to that - maybe my father will chime in and correct what I say here. But maybe that's one way to avoid legal problems with people who are not so happy to have their names there.
Over the years, I have heard from many people for whom I have done research who mentioned someone considered the black sheep of the family, or someone who might be sort of a thug and cause some physical damage if they see themselves listed - maybe they changed their name to be non-Portuguese, etc. So one would have to use some good judgment as to what is actually written about people. No sense in getting someone coming after you for what you've written!
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
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From: Cheri Mello <[email protected]>Posting online is slightly different to me than publishing a book. If I were publishing a family genealogy book, I'd put everything in the book because people submit the info and then purchase the book to see their info. I'd only worry if someone who did not submit info wanted to purchase a book or did not tell me that they were so-and-so's cousin. All the genealogy books I have purchased (and submitted to) had my full legal name, date and place of birth, etc.
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