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I have posted about this before and considering that RootsWeb Review October
13, 2004 Vol.7 No.41 thought strong about it to have in the Review, I'm
posting it again.
Please read about the bill and notify your representative your feelings.
Derrell Oakley Teat
RESTRICTING OUR ACCESS TO RECORDS. The U.S. House of Representatives is
considering a bill, House Resolution 10 (H.R. 10), which seeks to
restrict access to birth certificates. David Rencher, chairman of the
Record Access and Preservation Committee, a joint committee of the
National Genealogical Society and Federation of Genealogical Societies
(FGS), has sent a letter to the bill's sponsor, Congressman J. Dennis
Hastert, recommending an amendment to the bill that make a distinction
between certified and non-certified copies and excludes records more
than 100 years old.A copy of the letter is available on the FGS site at:
http://www.fgs.org/rpa/formalactions.htm.
To view this bill, go to http://thomas.loc.gov/
Enter HR10 in the search box for "Bill Number."
Concerned U.S. family historians who wish to contact their congressional
representative can go to: http://www.house.gov/ and enter their zip code.
Follow the link to the representative's website to obtain his/her contact
information.