Re: re:search before posting...telephone

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Celia -

the question I answered -
> If someone can find this person in Visalia at a free site, please post?

Maybe I was mistaken, but I took that as a request to explain how one can
use public data bases to locate information instead of having to subscribe
to databases which provide this same information at a fee.

I think there are many people who do not know this information is out there,
do not know how to find it, and could further their research if they did.
Knowledge gives people the power to help themselves, and I think that is a
good thing.

Most of the ancestors we are looking for have died a long time ago, but our
ability to find information about them often depends on locating their living
descendants. If we don't know how to begin to do that, we are done before
we start. Whether we like it or not, the information is out there, so we might
as well learn how to use it to our advantage.

As far as the person who was being looked for is concerned - If a person does
not want to be located, I suggest he have an unlisted telephone number, does
not register to vote, or does not get a license to drive a car.

He should not purchase property, join an organization, graduate from school,
and never allow his name to appear in the newspaper. Also, never use a real
name or geographic location on any genealogy mail board. In other words, cover
up all your tracks so that no one will ever be able to contact you or find you.

I don't think there is double standard going on here at all. This forum is
made up of all kinds of people and over the past few days various individuals
were expressing their own points of view, which are bound to differ.

Lisa Lepore
#110233
Mendon, MA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Celia Male" < celiamale@xxxxxxxxx >
Subject: re:search before posting...telephone

< snip >
>
> I really wonder if I am the only one who finds a big paradox/double standards
> at play here. On the one hand, there is a discussion on whether someone
> should not, reveal the country and/or their town of residence or whether we
> should respect their right to privacy. We are not even allowed to give a house
> number on this forum.
< snip >
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