In most cases now, obituaries will only list survivors. Which in the
majority of cases children outlive their parents so it is not common to find
parents listed in current obituaries.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Love Berryman" <marylove(a)tyler.net>
To: <GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [GAGEN] RECORDS IN GEORGIA
What about obituaries? In the Georgia papers it almost always gives
the
names of the persons parents.
Mary Love Berryman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liz Robertson" <twoaunts(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: <GAGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [GAGEN] RECORDS IN GEORGIA
> The below comments were sent to me today and if it was circulated last
year,
> I missed it. What does this mean as far as the records we have on the
> Georgia web pages are concerned?
>
> Liz Robertson
> Haralson Co., Asst. Coordinator
>
> "Georgia Senate Bill 205 last year was modified by one legislator in a
> bit of "midnight madness," without review by any state agencies. In a
> misguided and failed attempt to protect public privacy, the bill now
> bans from public use any record, created at any time, that gives the
> birth surname name of any person's mother. The result of this is that
> Georgia Department of Archives and History has now closed to the public
> its genealogical files. Some Georgia counties are now refusing to allow
> the public from seeing even ancient marriage records.
>
> We all need to write to anyone and everyone in the Georgia legislature
> to have this part of the bill repealed or amended. It really protects no
> one's privacy as any criminal can easily circumvent the law and with no
> fear of being caught. The bill only inconveniences honest citizens like
> yourself from accessing records for legitimate purposes. I agree with
> your wife that information from birth and death certificates should also
> be made available to the general public, in an unrestricted manner,
> through unofficial copies."
>
>
>
>
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