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From: "Doug Champigny" <>
Subject: Genealogy Alert!
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 22:05:42 -0400

Hello, Fellow Researchers!

Again today, the genealogy lists worldwide are buzzing with Canada's
decision not to ever release the national Census from 1911, or any further
ones. Can you imagine what your database and website would look like once
you removed any info you got from a census? While this is just one country,
is it the start of a trend? Will liability concerns make this a precedent?
And will our descendants be denied the joy of 'Aha! I found it!', that cry
we all love so dearly? <g> Since we all know only too well how families
migrate from country to country over the years, who's to say how many
genealogy buffs this will one day deter?

Many of the letters are pointing out the nice, polite form letters we all
got, rejecting our bid for sanity on this issue (after all, just how do you
violate the privacy of someone who has been dead for 50 years?), and asking
for suggestions on the next step to take. We would like to offer one simple
suggestion: If we're dissatisfied with the service at a local store, we
speak to the owner. If a local franchise causes us grief or turns a deaf
ear, we write the head office. In this vein, we humbly offer
http://pm.gc.ca/mail_room/contact_pm/index.html-ssi, the direct response
page on the P.M.'s web site.(NOTES: that's 'mail_room' and 'contact_pm'; it
uses the underscore, not a hyphen. Also - no www)

We firmly believe this is the logical next step in our battle to protect
our hobby, our rights, and our HERITAGE!!! If those sending us the replies
truly don't have the power to change things, as they so nicely point out,
then we should be talking to one who can. And no one has more power over
this decision than Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien!

Please, take but a few minutes today to help preserve our kind, and to help
wage a battle against one more small step in the loss of our freedoms.

Thank you.

Doug & Teri Champigny,
Toronto, Ontario.

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