AMEN!!!! I only show the names on my site to the public. To see more information they have to register and prove that they are connected to that branch before they are given such permission.
From: Colin Liddell Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 2:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Question regarding website building Brian, I too am concerned about the way the attitude to privacy is going and I agree with your comments. I helped a person on one of the Lists I am on with a phone number and address out of the phone book and was then attacked by another list member for putting it on the List. The person who critised me argued that I had invaded their privacy...........what a load of rubbish, the phone book is the public arena for all to read and it is online too. If you want privacy, don't put your name in the phone book, don't put you engagement, marriage death or your children's births in the paper. My daughter is a police officer and she laughs when I tell her about the way privacy is affecting family research, especially with birth certificates etc. She said that in all the cases she has dealt with concerning fraud and identity theft, not one had been obtained through family research. She said there were much better and easier ways to obtain the information, I know as I used to be in the job too. Just my two cents worth. Colin. ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian L. Lightfoot To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 2:57 PM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Question regarding website building I think this bottle has been passed around many times before. As many of the other replies may so indicate, the choice of “Living” over the actual name seems to be the politically correct answer. But as what little hair I have left grows more grey and my eyes get dimmer, I find myself pondering this over and over myself. I can certainly understand omitting just about all details about a living person but why is it not prudent to just show their names? Before you answer, consider that their birth is a matter of public record, there was probably a newspaper publication naming their parents when they were born, probably a wedding announcement giving names of parents, siblings, and other relatives published in their local city and elsewhere. Their names are easily found by looking in the white pages of a phone book which not only gives the phone number but their residential address. Even if you’re not sure of the exact names of children then a quick click and visit to Spokeo.com reveals quite a bit about the parents including the names of their children. My point is that all this information is readily available and open to the public but for some reason the direction that genealogy has taken in the past 20 years is to hide even their names. Someone tell me why and please do it without using the word “privacy” because their lives have all been public so far. Just wondering. Brian in CA -- Russell G. Strong P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/Articles.asp?ID=133&Click=1114 Oh so many branches and not enough time to check out all the roots!!!. Check out my Genealogy Pages at http://www.rgstrong-genes.com . Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
