<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18812"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=069443913-20092009>Cathi wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><SPAN class=069443913-20092009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial> >>  </FONT></SPAN>Personally, I would do it for a law firm, but not for an unknown private individual. I haven't done adoption research but many genealogists do. I think that we need to be careful when defining what genealogists do, vs. what we personally feel comfortable doing. <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=069443913-20092009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I'm with Cathi on this. I have located living family members for the genealogy book I did on my ancestor, for the family association where I currently work, and for clients working on genealogy books. Unrelated individuals I would handle as Cathi does. It has to do with my own comfort levels.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=069443913-20092009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=069443913-20092009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I am also in the same group as Cathi when it comes to defining what genealogists in general do. I can only define what I personally do.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=069443913-20092009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=069443913-20092009><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Barbara</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>