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Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 8 Send Message	Eleanor	Report	2 Jul 2010 12:54
Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 8 Send Message	why do people have hidden family members on there trees what does that mean?
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 11,773 Send Message	MrDaff	Report	2 Jul 2010 13:03
	It means they are, or maybe, still alive, and it is against site rules to put Living people on their trees unless permission has been given by that person. Also... anyone who ticks the hide living people box, will have anyone with a birth date of 150 years (I think) or less hidden, unless you have put a date of death. I tend to make up a date of death (on two of my gt gt grandparents, for example, who were born in 1870)... and then put a note in the comments bit of that person's entry that this is not verified, just put in to enable Hot Matches to be made... Love Daff xxxx
Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 8 Send Message	Eleanor	Report	2 Jul 2010 13:08
Member Since: April 2009 Posts: 8 Send Message	Thanks Daff from Ellie
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 19,056 Send Message	Elizabeth2469049	Report	2 Jul 2010 20:29
	But see a current thread on Tips, which took some of us including me by surprise, warning us that it doesn't stop the names of the living coming up on Hot Matches or searches
	Researching: Dominy & Croom in Dorset, Rutherford & McElhatton in Northumberland. Dendy and Thorp