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From: Eileen Irwin <>
Subject: [Fwd: Re: [Ethics] CA/TX Birth/Death pages, etc.]
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 02:35:03 -0700


I have forwarded this to the list as I think it deserves to be here and
Tim has raised some interesting points.

Eileen

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Subject: Re: [Ethics] CA/TX Birth/Death pages, etc.
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 19:10:16 EDT
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Oh so it is ok to have unlimited access to the 1920 census outside of
the
internet. The census records through 1920 is indeed being transcribed to
be
put on the internet and will shortly be accessed by anyone with that
access.
EVERYONE has access to those records at any public library that
carries
them and you can also order them. Is it any more wrong to have them here
than
there. I do not believe so myself.

Are the people listed in those birth records still living in the same
locations. My grandmother is not in the same location. I am not in the
same
location. Who is to say the record a person finds in the birth records
wityh
the same name as me is me. How are they to know that for sure unless
they
already knew me. My grandmothers siblings still live in the same
locations
they are listed in the census records. But is it really them?

All my information except my social security number is indeed l;ocated
on my
web site anyone wanting to contact me by phone or address know where I
live.
The people that hire me know more about me that I know about me. Why
don't we
just eliminate our personal names from these list and pretend to be
someone
else if we are so afraid that someone may find out that I am a loving
husband
and devoted father that loves to eat icecream and watch cartoons with my
4
year old girl.

Timothy Bidleman

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