Subject: Re: Re: Information From: Elida Date: May 12, 1999 One of the standards I learned from other listmembers is NEVER make public any information about anyone still living. I don't go back any farther than my now deceased grandparents, all born more than 100 years ago. Elida ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- From: "Rick Chancey", INTERNET:[email protected] TO: SCRoots-L, INTERNET:[email protected] DATE: 5/12/99 3:58 PM RE: Re: Information The subject of sharing genealogical information and it "being free" brings to mind a question that has bothered me since starting my quest three years ago. If the question is not considered appropriate for this list, I apologize to all. Please e-mail me privately if you have any thoughts on the subject. My question is: What genealogy information is considered "appropriate" to pass on to the general public whether by internet e-mail, web pages, relative to relative etc? Many of my living relatives are from small farming communities and consider their family life private and personal. Some were very reluctant to give out the information to begin with. I am certain that this was also true in the time of my grandfather and his father. I recently passed on a GEDCOM file to a distant relative so that they might compare notes and perhaps share with me information that I had not yet discovered. The relative replied by e-mail that they thought my report was "great" and should be published on their Web page with my name & e-mail address attached. I declined because of the privacy issue. A great deal of the information that I possess was passed on to me by others yet I continue to feel that by passing it on, I am violating a confidence of a living relative or ancestor. ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |