4) Births, deaths, weddings: Often publicized in local newspapers,
> church newsletters, college alumni news notes. If you are a
> relative of the person (eg a niece of the decedant or a bridesmaid
> in the wedding) your name will appear, too. Same impact as above.
> If you die there are special websites that record that. Dead people
> do not have privacy rights. However, the living relatives of the
> decedant may also be listed and they may not want that.
There are websites maintained by the funeral homes as well as the newspapers that generally show exactly what information appeared in the public newspaper, and was provided by the releatives of the deceased who placed the obituary in the paper. These provide the information that the relatives provided. If you don't want such information out there, don't have an obituary published in the newspaper.
5) Real estate sales: Buying or selling property gets your name in
> the paper and thus on the web. In addition, real estate web pages
> track that information too.
These are by law public records.
7) Court, govt administrative activity: any civil or criminal court
> activity, even minor stuff, gets you out there. If you file an
> administrative action such as a proeprty tax appeal, it gets out > there.
These, too, are by law public records. Wes Leatherock snipped-for-privacy@aol.com snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com