General Chat

Hi Ann, Yes its very worrying and i really want to find out where all this information came from. Fred seems to have gone a little quiet now. There was no hesitation from him on my first email to him, got a reply almost immediately, but as yet there is no reply as to who the contibuter was. I'll keep you all posted. Jane

Got to go out for a while now, shall check emails when i get back and let you all know. Jane

Jane,Yes please keep me posted I have just read you meesage re- your Sister and like other's it is very upsetting. If we wanted to put our rellies info on the net we would but to do it without our permission is a bit sad!! Ann

This info. is publically available for free on 1837online too for the years 1984-2001. Of course, you need to know the name first but you can get the rest by guessing until you get a match. Was odd to see my rellies too, but I might be able to track down some that were born after 1901. Crista

Hi Crista - sorry to sound thick (again),but should we be worried about this site?? Happy New Year by the way:)) Jude

Dawn In what year did your Granddad die, if it's on Ancestry too? Theresa I understand what you are saying - it must be very upsetting for you.

Hi Jude, You know, I was a bit concerned at first but I don't think it's such a big deal on second thoughts. It's more useful than anything. Would be a shame if it got removed. If you want the 100 year rule scrapped then having access to this kind of information is part of the same deal. Anyway, I don't think it is covered by the Data Protection Act because they aren't living. All this information is available elsewhere. Go easy on Fred. Crista

Lets not get paranoid, as Crista said this is public information. It has my brother on who died two years back so I understand the upset but that's us being human, it's not the records fault. They have probably set up software to repeatedly search 1837 (or other) 1984-2001 till it gets matches. It could not do this with previous records as they only return pages of information. Bob

Hey there everyone, I also went to this website after reading your mails and looked to see if my beloved Dad's details were listed -and they were. I too find this really upsetting and I am angry that someone has obtained and download such personal info. We as relatives have not given permission and I really dislike the fact that these are our loved ones and not a list of names for someone to purchase to then make a website from. I have also tried to email the site owner but to little avail. If anyone does hear back from him I know we would all like to hear the explanations as to the how's and why's.

Having read Dawn's reply, I took another look at Ancestry, and I see that if you subscribe, then you have access to the English Civil Registration Death Index 1993-2002. Now ........ if this is the index that has been used to provide the information on the webfamily site, the information is already available on ancestry, for which we would have to pay! Perhaps we should be applauding Fred for supplying the same information free?! Just a thought .........

I haven't filled in any details as yet. At times I go straight to the page that has a list of name initials. At other times I get taken to the home page. I am also on IE 5 (having great trouble updating to IE6) but I can access the site and find my way around it. Of course there could be lots of things I don't know I am not accessing!! I know some people have said that the info is available on 1837 and it is possible this is where the info has come from, but if that is the case, why is this site starting at 1996 and not 1993? Jacky

Spooky more than anything, my mother is on but her date of death is 6 days out registration district is correct, giving South Warks, which is what Stratford is. My Gran is not on and she died in 1992 nor my uncle in 1994 and they were registered at the same office. Ros

Just found my Aunt on the site under her married name but the death date was a couple of days out. Luckily my old uncle has no pc and can't see it. He would be very upset as death was recent.

Carol There should be a box with letters of the alphabet down the left side and the number of persons on the right. You just click on the initial letter of the surname you are searching. Someone said in a previous message that it was designed to work with Internet Explorer 6. Is this what you have? If not, perhaps this is the reason you are having problems? Janet

Still had no reply from Fred about where this information came from, so i entered my name and email adress on there. You are supposed to get confirmation of your email with a password and username but nothing so far. Wanted to see if there was anymore on the site other than what i can see at present. I'll let you all know what happens. Jane

I checked & my stepmum is on it. It has her death as 02/2001 She actually passed on the 28/01/2001. I feel angry & will try to email them. What right have they to add peoples loved ones who have passed in recent years, especially when they cannot even get the death date right ! Elaine x

I e-mailed them last night.... no reply as yet

I have mailed them & asked them to remove my stepmums details as they have not had permission to put them on the site. And have upset the family in doing so. ( and getting it wrong) any ideas who else we can complain to ?? elaine x

Right here goes I hope I am not going to complicate things here or confuse anyone (or myself) On that site if you hover the mouse after the place of death it gives a ref number..... I have just been on ancestry and checked one of my relatives and it gives the same ref number... Jan

message for Janet from East Northamptonshire I have checked my uncle on ancestry and guess what two entries on there for him as well, one in his real name one in his nickname, identical to what is on that site!! very odd eh?