No one attacked you Joel, ad hominem or otherwise. I'm sorry you took it that way.

The debate over whether the records should be published online has a direct relationship to searching online. As does the accuracy, completenes,  and security of the records placed online. You convinced me the records you search of the New York townships may be accurate as far as they go, but they are not complete and certainly not secure.

Your ad hominem accusation is unfounded and in fact by at least one definition could itself be considered an ad hominem attack on the motives of those who saw neither the question or the answer in the same way you did.

ad hom·i·nem    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (hm-nm, -nm)
adj.

Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents' motives.