That's why I don't use any of those public webpages such as ancestry or rootsweb.
With TNG (The Next Generation) which I recommended in an earlier post, and with MyHeritage, and perhaps other web programs, your information can be totally private if you choose. That way, you can include information about living people, which, is often what your relatives want. GEDCOMs can be downloaded, but, only by people you have invited and allowed passwords to your site. A search engine might find your site, but no one can see anything except the Home page unless you have invited them and given them a password. They cannot see your surnames, index, etc. That is the real benefit to programs such as those I have mentioned. With most others, you cannot make them totally private. Using these, relatives can see the details about family, which is usually what they want to see. CE > From: wendy.how...@gmail.com > To: legacyusergroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] uploading legacy information to the web > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:34:56 +1300 > smip > > Don't forget to think carefully about the living people in your file, > and whether you want to include them in any online trees or pages, or > not. I choose to only share their first name (or nickname) and surname > when I'm sharing data with others, and in online trees I use a "living" > placeholder to indicate they exist only. Except for myself, so people > can identify me and see how others relate to me - but again, first and > last name only. > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Wendy Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ 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
