From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Feb 25 12:34:38 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1PJYcjb007447; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:34:38 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1PJYbY4030035 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:34:37 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k1PH58FI020173 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:05:08 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k1PH58q4020172 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 12:05:08 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k1PDsXFI019777 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:54:33 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k1PGNp7r031970 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:23:51 -0700 X-Envelope-From: JYoung6180@aol.com Sat Feb 25 09:23:51 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k1PGNpjb031959 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:23:51 -0700 Received: from imo-m21.mx.aol.com (imo-m21.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.2]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1PGNoL0007557 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 09:23:50 -0700 Received: from JYoung6180@aol.com by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id e.2cc.3fff132 (4468) for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:18:31 -0500 (EST) From: JYoung6180@aol.com Message-ID: <2cc.3fff132.3131dd57@aol.com> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:18:31 EST To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5021 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: legalities of sharing info online & Genealogy.com In a message dated 2/25/2006 11:03:52 AM Eastern Standard Time, ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com writes: < Fortunately Rootsweb World Connect installed the software that cleaned the living people out, so it was removed anyway!>> For two reasons, it is best NOT to privatize your GEDCOM prior to uploading it to WorldConnect. First, it confuses WorldConnect's living filters and can end up having unintended results showing in your file; and second, should you ever lose your data on your computer you can retrieve your complete unedited GEDCOM from WorldConnect but that original complete GEDCOM won't be complete if you pre-cleaned it and removed the living. So it is best to leave the GEDCOM intact and let WorldConnect do the cleaning for you. << I think most of the websites tell you to contact the poster of the info. Not sure they do anything if the person refuses to even listen to you.>> Names, dates, and places are public information -- they are not private. So there is no requirement that someone remove this information from their files but many will do so if approached in a civil manner. So that is the proper approach to take. If the submitter/poster is uncooperative they can't be forced to remove the data unless there is actually extremely private information (and many people have a misconception about what is private and what is public--facts are not private--anyone can discover them and use them) there is nothing you can do. Ancestry only offers to remove living people info for those whose data sneaks through the living filters somehow -- people born after 1930 (the year the US Govt. has already released census data for) if the submitter won't do it voluntarily. Joan