Pictured: Diane Lynn Thornton Lewis, daughter of Jesse Willard Thornton and granddaughter of Jesse Benton Thornton, with husband, Charles William Lewis, and grandchildren: Carter Jacob and Jansen Claire, children of Duh Lewis and Sue Franklin. Diane taught French and German at Bowling Green High School for 27 years; Charles was a local businessman and golfer.
Charles W. Lewis II (b: 1974) is a Thornton family genealogist and sociologist. He has lived in Ecuador, Ireland, The Netherlands, New York City, Portland (Oregon), Orlando, Lexington (KY), Johnson City, TN, and Bowling Green, KY. He is a Foreign Service Officer at the US Agency for International Development and resides in Arlington, VA.
2 comments:
I would like to know how and why you have obtained my late husband's social security number. It is very upsetting that you somehow feel that you are privy to this information. I will not provide you any information until you have eased my mind that you are not using or going to use this in some kind of identity theft.
Edith Thornton
That is a very reasonable concern, which I will hopefully be able to ease with this response. Once a person passes away, within a set timeframe, the SSN# becomes a part of the public domain and can be used for genealogical research to track residences, birth state, etc...The state of California has released the information to the public, which I have picked up subsequently. One would imagine there would exist safeguards to prevent someone from using a number that had gone out of circulation two decades ago, but, alas, there are some who might try...
As for the information we have published, we only use two types: 1) that which people have volunteered and 2) that listed in the public domain and accessed through research sites or state/ federal offices. I am not certain how long your husband's information has been in the public domain, but I can assure you that we do not use the information nefariously on this end.
To ease your mind though further, I will place cross-hatches over the blog listing...
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