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   J. P. Gilliver (John) to laidlaws@hotkey.net.au   
   Re: Latest Ancestry howler - and more se   
   28 Sep 18 16:55:41   
   
   From: G6JPG-255@255soft.uk   
      
   In message , Doug Laidlaw   
    writes:   
   >On 28/09/18 23:05, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:   
   >> That isn't the howler, though. She asked for help (not by 'phone);   
   >>the  reply said something like "you seem to have a lot of people in   
   >>your tree  with the name 'living'."   
   >>   
   >   
   >What is wrong with that?  I have been in genealogy long enough to   
   >remember when details of living people should be hidden!!  DNA seems to   
   >have changed all that.  Like Google's philosophy, anything that they   
   >don't own is not private.   
      
   I'm perfectly aware that living people's details are hidden, and on   
   balance I am fine with that. The howler is that the person answering the   
   query seemed to think there were people actually *called* "Living" in my   
   cousin's tree - i. e. that that is their actual name.   
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