is it a genealogy site, neti? How does it differ fromo ther ones?
I know what you mean, woofgang - I think I may have mentioned before but I was googling my surname one night and came across my father's name - he was in court for embezzlement when he was young. The judge decided to let him off lightly (and wisely so, as he became a model citizen after that), but he'd be horrified if he knew that the newspaper reports were now online for anyone to see. He died long ago, but he could be alive, 90 or so.
Personally I'm not at all bothered by his wicked past, but I'm very glad I've never done anything that got in the newspapers in any way. My descendants will know only what I tell them, and I will appear saintly to a fault.