I am sending this to you to get the word out about proposed legislation in
Indiana concerning Birth and Death Records. Would it be possible for you to
send this to people on your mail list or to people you know that do genealogy
in Indiana? I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Darlene Anderson
IGS East Central District Director
Henry County INGENWEB
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There is proposed legislation to prohibit public access to vital records for
the state of Indiana! House Bill (HB) 1540 can be read online at <A
HREF="http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2003/IN/IN1540.1.html"...
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2003/IN/IN1540.1.html</A> Some of the
language in HB 1540 is:
"h. When one hundred (100) years has elapsed after the date of birth, the
records of those events in the custody of the state or local registrar shall
become available to the public....." There is much more to read concerning HB
1540.
Have I gotten your attention yet? I sure hope so and I hope that each and
every one of us contacts our legislators about this. We've got to contact our
legistatures immediately telling them of our opposition regarding HB 1540 as
genealogists and family historians.
Please read on:
In this morning's Indianapolis Star in Section B City & State on page 3,
House Bill 1540 is listed for Hearing on Wednesday morning at 10:30 from
the Public Health Committee. Our emails and phone calls to legislators will
need to start immediately with follow up letters in the mail on Monday!
Express your opposition to proposed HB 1540 adopting new privacy standards
for Indiana's public vital records!
Even if you live outside the state of Indiana you may be affected by this HB.
This applies to all of us - If we, at some point, wish to become a member of
an organization that requires us to prove our lineage and HB 1540 becomes a
law we will not have access to birth or death records to do this. Our desire
to become a members of any organization that requires us to prove our lineage
may be in jeopardy! Please contact the persons that have authored this
proposed legislature. The site where you can find email address for IN
Representatives is <A
HREF="http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact.pl"...
We are all concerned about identity theft. The state of Indiana requires
information from us that should safeguard the issues of theft identity.
Please contact your representatives by email, phone and follow-up with a
letter.
Thank you for reading this email.
Darlene Anderson
IGS East Central District Director
Henry County INGENWEB