Well, some family members are upset about me publishing public domain information about deceased family members exported from the 1998 Family Tree Maker CDs and federal government's master death file (aka Social Security Death Index). I'm not going to censor bits and pieces of publicly available information for one or two people. I have much better things to do with my time. So I have removed absolutely everything.

These very same people don't invite me to family events, don't let me know when loved ones pass away or if I somehow end up at a family event they make snide comments about me being there.

Its a real shame, too. I've met more family members by publicly posting old family photos than I ever met through direct interaction with relatives. Its telling that I've learned more about my family history from my father's uncle's grandson's ex-wife, whom I've never met, than my own relatives.

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