Privacy Policy
Our Commitment to Privacy
The Laman Family Tree website is dedicated to preserving and sharing family history while respecting the privacy of living individuals, especially minor children.
Information We Do NOT Collect
We do not collect, store, or share any sensitive personal information including:
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Current physical addresses
- Social Security numbers
- Banking or financial information
- Social media usernames or handles
Information We Display
All information on this site comes from public records, historical documents, and family submissions:
- Names of deceased individuals
- Birth and death dates (from public records)
- Birth and death locations
- Family relationships
- Historical census records (public domain)
- Photographs from public sources or with permission
Protection for Living Individuals
For the privacy and safety of living family members, the following protections are in place:
- Living adults (18+) can only be viewed in detail by logged-in family members
- Public view shows only names and ID numbers for living adults
🔒 Minor Children (Under 18):
To protect the safety of minor children, their information is completely redacted from public view:
- Do not appear in people lists or surname indexes
- Do not appear in search results
- Do not appear in family trees or pedigree charts
- Do not appear on parent or sibling pages
- Their individual person pages show only a privacy notice
- No clickable links to their information exist anywhere on the site
Photos and Images
We do not publish photos of minor children. All photographs on this site are either:
- From public domain sources (yearbooks, newspapers, etc.)
- Submitted with permission from family members
- Of deceased individuals or historical figures
Contact Us
If you are a family member and believe you should have access to additional information, or if you have concerns about any content on this site, please contact the site administrator at support@lamanfamily.com
If you are a living individual whose information appears on this site and you wish to have it removed or modified, please reach out and we will address your concerns promptly.
External Links
This site may contain links to external websites (such as Find A Grave). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those external sites.
Last Updated: April 2026