I don't think it is appropriate to query in this forum for someone who is
still living. This, in my opinion, is not historical geneaology which is
what these forums are set up for. If one is searching for a relative that
is still living, there are many other search services that are more
effective available. We can not begin to accommodate such searches because
if we do, we'll be inundated with search requests for people looking for
lost family members for reasons other than genealogical research. Roots web
does not have that kind of capacity, and it is not something that the GEN
WEB project was designed for.
Brian E. Nahodil
-----Original Message-----
From: N4ZUD(a)aol.com [SMTP:N4ZUD@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 6:57 AM
To: PAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [PAGEN-L] Living Person(s) Queries
How do you all feel about queries listed for persons who are
supposedly still
alive?
My first impression of this was that you are researching ancestors
who are no
longer alive, but then finding out about a cousin or someone you
just found
out about who is related and might have information for you does
have merit.
Maybe I'm being paranoid, but I've had a vague feeling of discomfort
about
listing information about living persons. Threat of litigation,
invasion of
privacy, a whole bunch of like thoughts about doing such in today's
society
when we're trained to be suspicious; maybe I've just been too well
trained.
:-(
Anyhow, I need some other points of view on this. I don't want to do
a
disservice to the patrons of the Monroe County site by not including
such
queries, but neither do I want to run into problems for having
posted
information on an individual who, for whatever reason, doesn't want
their
info/names/whatever made public. Make sense? Feedback, PLEASE. :-)
- Terri
J.