From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Jul 20 12:36:36 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 k6KIaajb010344; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:36:36 -0600 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 k6KIaYVT007225 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:36:34 -0600 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 k6KFwRFI016690 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:58:27 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6KFwRwV016689 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:58:27 -0400 Resent-From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Resent-Message-Id: <200607201558.k6KFwRwV016689@roots-l.rootsweb.com> 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 k6KE80FI016414 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:08:00 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6KGjuBk011522 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:45:56 -0600 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 k6KGjujb011513 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:45:56 -0600 Received: from bw-10.mtpinos.com (bw-10.mtpinos.com [63.173.235.138]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6KGjq5x007742 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:45:52 -0600 Received: from bw-10.mtpinos.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bw-10.mtpinos.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 439CF37CAFE for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:45:52 -0700 (PDT) Delivery-Date: Thu Jul 20 09:35:29 2006 Received: by askin-67.linkpendium.com (Postfix, from userid 503) id B9F5424B18F; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:35:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6KGZMu3008190 for ROOTS-admin@lists5.rootsweb.com; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:35:22 -0600 Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:35:22 -0600 X-From_: bmarrs@bcmvco.net Thu Jul 20 10:35:22 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 k6KGZMjb008171 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:35:22 -0600 Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [217.160.230.41]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6KGZGEY030729 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:35:17 -0600 Received: from [66.233.8.131] (helo=nlmcoswks0101) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrelayus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKp2t-1G3bUY1uzK-000442; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:35:17 -0400 Reply-To: bmarrs@bcmvco.net From: "Barbara Marrs" To: ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com Old-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 10:40:17 -0600 Organization: BCMV_NET Message-ID: <000001c6ac1b$33264b80$8308e942@nlmcoswks0101> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 X-Provags-ID: perfora.net abuse@perfora.net login:cfb179a6b68ec47ad60de261be5bda09 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by admin.rootsweb.com id k6KGZMjb008171 X-Diagnostic: Already on the subscriber list X-Diagnostic: 5486 bmarrs@bcmvco.net 32752 bmarrs@bcmvco.net X-Envelope-To: ROOTS-L-request Resent-To: roots-l@rootsweb.com Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:45:52 -0700 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Unauthorized posting Some years ago I came in contact with a distant many time generations removed, a cousin of my husbands. At first we shared common family genealogy. Then they posted my deceased son's information. Repeatedly they refused to remove his information. I then contacted the webmaster and the information was removed, for which I am thankful. What scares me is that out there is someone who has no regard for my right to say when and how my immediate family information will be posted. It is unconscious able for any one to take the parents, children and post their information of someone directly related and ignore their request to remove them from public viewing. I believe it is my right to determine when and how my immediate family members will be posted. To post individual information just to rack up the number (one up man ship) is disgusting. This is not a numbers game. It is not how many names we accumulate. It is an avenue to find our ancestors and understand the hardships they endured to survive. It is a way to personalize history so our children will understand and appreciate their history. The way of life 500 years ago was so different. To appreciate our ancestors we need to know the circumstances, dangers, religion, courage, sickness, determined where they lived and traveled. How many of our ancestors would have met and married because they lived hundred of miles apart until they arrived in the western hemisphere? With identity theft rampant posting a current decease opens access to parents, siblings personal information. I know that the information is accessible because some years later the information showed up from the postings of a third person. I explained to that person and she very understandingly removed my son's information. I know where she got this information because it matched the information from the unclaimed distant descendant. The information was so very wrong. My husband and I were born 10 years before his father was born. They had my son being born years after he had died. I also would have been over 100 years old; oh, yes medical marvel. The lack of common sense used in so many posting astounds me! Fortunately, I had not given them my personal data so my side of the family is, so far, safe. They did ask for it but my family and my husband do not have any common ancestors, so I did not see the need to expand their information. Hind sight I know now why they were so wanting my family. If the other family members thought to disguise the source it did not work. All they accomplished was to confusion future researchers with bad information. It is hard enough to determine what is accurate information without a deliberate smoke screen of wrong information. My two bits worth Barbara