Re: relative does not want information listed in reports

Lesley Robertson wrote:

"Charlie Hoffpauir" <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 20:46:34 -0600, "Donald Newcomb"
<DRNewcomb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
<snip>
There are two
bottom lines, you want to try to protect people from abuse but at the same
time, birth dates, mariage dates and even divorce dates are part of the
public record. Is long as you don't inject your opinion about what a louse
your cousin Louis is, he really can't say too much about just publishing
his
vital facts.

That's the crux of the matter... You have the RIGHT to publish his
vital facts, but after all, he's your relative, and if he doesn't WANT
them published, you really need to try to accede to his wishes. 'Cause
if you publish them against his wishes, he WILL have a lot to say
(none of it very good) and he'll probably be saying it to more of your
relatives.

This thread is currently running separately on 2 other groups as well, and
someone's come up with a good point. BMD info may be part of the public
domain but isn't that easy to find if you're not an active genealogist. On
the other hand, a web site showing the family tree is. If you Googled with,
for example, Kermit, MacMuppet, you would easily find any information posted
to the MacMuppet Family Page, but not information lurking in BMD deposits or
the parish registers of the MacMuppet family seat on the Bass Rock. Thus,
only a serious researcher is likely to find BMDs, but any casual seeker ("I
wonder what's on line about Auntie Piegi" or "I wonder what's on line about
the folk next door") will find personal pages.

That's correct and I've as yet to see that RIGHT backed up with an authoritative
source. "Public domain" also gets tossed around quite a bit. Let's consider
copyrighted works for a moment. There are many that can be viewed by the public
in bookstores and libraries. Is that what people have in mind when they speak of
"public domain". Try to publish those without permission and you'll see what
happens to your bank account.

But wait a second. Those works are composed of words that you'll find in any
dictionary. Aren't they in the "public domain"? Doesn't that mean that those
works are just a collection of a word here and a word there that are all in the
public domain? Therefore, don't we have a RIGHT to publish?

<LOL>
Bob

The world's getting crowded - we have to allow people to retain some degree
of a sense of privacy.
Lesley Robertson
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