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From: "Linda" <>
Subject: Re: [B&S] New information to be made available
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:22:15 +1000
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Nothing to do with April 1, is it?

Linda
Vic, Australia

> It is not clear when this information will be made available. Since civil
> registration started in 1837, some believe that we have had the right to
> access it since 1938, but the closure rules are unclear. It has been
> suggested that we all sign a petition to get access to this data. It will
> certainly make a big difference to family historians. And this is just
> the
> first step. Once the Parish Register information that the government
> holds
> becomes available, we will be able to demand our complete family tree
> right
> back to the sixteenth century.

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