I agree with that, Andy! I do not record SSN numbers in my file unless the
person is dead and I have used the SSDI or a SS-5.
Another invisible question... Does anyone use the invisible feature to add
persons to your file that you are not 100% sure if they connected? Right
now what I do is just add them as an unrelated individual and if I find the
evidence then I link them
michele
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wynthner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] A different twist on invisible and privacy
Too many people fail to understand the difference between "personal"
information and "private" information.
Names, dates of birth, etc are personal information but they are *not*
private.
Bank account numbers, Soc.Sec. Numbers, credit card numbers, etc are
"private" information.
*ANY* personal information in public records can be used for any
genealogical purpose.
My question has always been why someone would include *Private* info in
their genealogy.
Andy Hatchett
--- On Mon, 10/27/08, Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Michele Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [LegacyUG] A different twist on invisible and privacy
To: "Legacy E-Mail List" <[email protected]>
Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 1:05 PM
How much privacy can a living person really expect? I think
we use privacy
and invisible as a courtesy but not as a requirement.
Ancestry now have
Texas BIRTH records online. They cover 1903 to 1997!
Anyone can get on
there and find out the parentage of LIVING persons, even
children. I was a
little surprised by that but if it is okay to have birth
info available like
that why is there such a push to keep things private? It
is a funny thing,
you can't get a death certificate from LA unless the
person has been dead
for 50 years but you can get birth information for TX.
I don't post my info online so I have never used the
privacy or invisible
feature. If a legimate researcher requests a piece of my
file I copy just
that line but I have never deleted people out of it. If
the info is freely
available anyway, what is the point?
michele
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