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From: Rick Van Dusen <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Finding partiular place entry in MPL
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:31:26 -0700
References: <4CB38E9A.9040107@verizon.net> <4CB3D523.3000505@iansinger.com> <4CB4744D.8080608@sprynet.com> <4CB47A53.60201@iansinger.com> <4CB4B00C.5020103@verizon.net><4CB5C929.2040509@iansinger.com> <4CB62129.8040407@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To: <4CB62129.8040407@verizon.net>


Reinforcing Bob's "if": If the persons themselves gave you the info and
asked you to not post it, you must not post it.

However, even that goes out, IMO, if the info is publicly available.

These considerations notwithstanding, I wouldn't, and I don't think any
responsible genealogist would, post online info about living persons.




bob gillis wrote:
> On 10/13/2010 10:58 AM, Ian Singer wrote:
> snip
>> The worst case is where the person wanted to be removed from my
>> database, and the web and I refused, so their name and that of their
>> parents, and first son and first husband and second child is changed to
>> Blanked by REQUEST. (The sons name DOB etc all showed in an internet
>> newspaper ad that they placed). The real name is in { } and that does
>> show in the pick list, I just wish it showed in detail screen.
>
> Refusing to remove people from your database base is the right
> decision if the information you have was obtained from public sources.
> However the request to be removed from your web site is somewhat
> reasonable although a bit strange.
>
> Most experts recommend that living people not be included on a web site.
> Just mark her, her first husband and children as living and the
> parents if alive if so and exclude living people from you web site. I
> think that the lines you have in the web site do not include the
> husband except through her.
>
> I would not delete her parents unless they are are alive.
>
> bob gillis
>
>> Am I doing it incorrectly?
>>
>> Ian Singer
>>
>>
>>
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