| I might be - and it would be interesting to find out. However, that does | not necessarily mean that anyone you could find to witness your signature | also has the knowledge to tie you to that particular Dan Geer so carefully | documented in the genealogy site. | | I have people who can testify about me - but they're in Chicago and one of | them (my mother) was a Notary at one time, but I believe she has let her | license lapse. I doubt there is a notary who knew me as a kid, knew my | family and also knows me now and is therefore able to testify that I am that | same Carl Ellison cited in the genealogy records. For all the joking about this ... ever see what's involved in getting a security clearance? You have to provide a record of everywhere you every lived. FBI agents will (sometimes) go out and talk to people there about you. The implication is clear: Paper (much less on-line) records can be faked. If you *really* want to be sure that the Carl Ellison you are giving a clearance is really who he claims he is, go for physical evidence and people's memories. *Much* harder to fake. (Of course, that's also why it's so expensive to get a security clearance.) -- Jerry
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