Pettigrew was Potter's Secretkeeper...

[Eddie]

No: HPFGUIDX 161034

> > > Eddie:
> > > I can't say for sure how it happened, but the secret
> > > has been broken. We can infer that because a number of
> > > people other than Peter Pettigrew have told Harry that
> > > his parents were hiding at Godrick's Hollow, something
> > > they would not have been able to do if the secret
> > > was still intact.
> 
> Cindi:
> First post here, and I'm new, so this might have been gone
> over many times before (sorry in advance).  It seems to me that it
> should be reasonably easy for Harry to find his parents' house.
> Didn't Hagrid and Sirius meet there when Lily and James were
> killed?  Else how would Hagrid have gotten Harry?

Eddie:
Hagrid and Sirius may have already been told the secret by Peter.

The problem here, I think, is that we don't really know the details of
the secret.  Is it, "James and Lily are hiding in Godric's Hollow?" or
is it, "James and Lily _AND HARRY_ are hiding in Godric's Hollow?" or
is it, "J & L & H are hiding at number 1234 Main Street in Godric's
Hollow?" or is it, "The child of the prophecy is in the upper bedroom
at 1234 Main Street in Godric's Hollow?" or any number of other
combinations.

Depending on which version of the secret one chooses, the inferences
following can all change.

Also, we don't know who was told the secret: Dumbledore?  Hagrid?
Sirius?  Sirius went to the house when he realized something was wrong
with Peter.  But does that mean he was ABLE to know the secret
location BECAUSE the secret had ALREADY been broken, or because he was
already privy beforehand?  Similarly for Hagrid who went to the house.
How did Hagrid know to go?  Was it Dumbledore who told him?  How did
Dumbledore know?  What the secret already broken or did he already
know beforehand?

There's just too many variables for anybody to be certain of who knew
what when.

HOWEVER, there are far too many people who know NOW that James and
Lily were hiding from Voldemort at Godric's Hollow for me to believe
that the secret is intact.  Even more, people are telling each other
about it.  Madame Rosmerta is told by Fudge and MacGonagall.  Hagrid
and Dumbledore and Sirius and Lupin discuss it openly with Harry and
Ron and Hermione.  It just doesn't make sense to me that the secret is
still intact.

Like I said, Cindi, I agree with you.  I'm just taking this
opportunity to answer all the other posts on the subject.

Eddie