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Subject: Re: Rootsweb in the S.F. Chronicle
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 13:06:30 EST
In a message dated 12/7/01 3:41:13 AM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:
If it were before 1900, there would likely be no difficulty. Also, the
records include mother's maiden surname and father's surname. As you can
imagine, one can easily figure out at least some cases of "illegitimacy" with
a keystroke. Having said all that, these are public records under California
law. If a record has been sealed for privacy reasons at the request a party
or by order of court, it does not appear in the database. I would personally
vote to allow the publication of the info to continue. I raise these points
to try to compare it with the situation in GB and Devon, in particular.
Dear Sharon and Terry Blackmore,
The legislators have a concern for individuals assuming new identities for
credit scams, and possibly other nefarious actions for which these criminals
stay up late at night conjuring. I can tell you that our very own State
Senator Jackie Spier tried to get a bill through last year on Privacy issues,
and it failed fortunately. So, we can hope that after 45 days our state
senators can come up with a reasonable plan. It's a difficult matter because
there are so many legitimate reasons for having records public (outside of
our genealogy!). What is happening elsewhere in the world? We usually follow.
Cynthia Skinner
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