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Here's another family tree site...but the "Living" here is Nicks, not Messner...

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• ID: I154550
• Name: Living Nicks
• Sex: F
  
  Father: Jesse Seth Nicks b: 1925
  Mother: Living Barbara
  
  Marriage 1 Living Buckingham

mjoann wrote:

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Hi,

I've been reading here for quite a while, but I had to sign up because I wanted to reply to this thread!
I am involved in my own family's genealogy, and I can explain why geneaology sites say "living" instead of giving a name. In genealogy communities, it is considered rude (and rather unsafe) to post the names of people who are still alive. Of course we all know the names of Lindsey's wife and kids, but many genealogy sites and programs are set up to analyze the death dates and default to "living" for any entry in the tree that doesn't have a death date. Obviously for average people who are attempting to remain at least a little anonymous online, it isn't a good idea to post your own name or your children's, etc., so the programs and sites do this for privacy purposes.

Thanks for the explanation. Can you explain why one of the genealogies lists Lindsey's wife as Stevie Nicks and one lists his wife as Kristen Messner?

These are from the same community too, btw.