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From: eppy <>
Subject: [GaClarke] [Fwd: [GAGEN] NEW GEORGIA LAW affecting Genealogists!]
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 17:49:15 -0500


I thought ya'll might be interested in this post.

jimmy

Ray Thigpen wrote:

> GENEALOGY: Law restricts access to personal information
> Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. - For the Journal-Constitution
> Thursday, July 19, 2001
>
> A Georgia law went into effect July 1 that has caused the Georgia Department
> of Archives and History to post the following notice: "State law requires
> that certain personal information be removed from records before they are
> made available to the public. Social Security numbers (of all persons), and
> birth date and mother's birth name (of living persons) may not be released.
> Access to records containing this information will be delayed or restricted.
> Primarily, researchers may expect delays or restrictions on unpublished
> biographical questionnaire files, some property tax digests, genealogical
> folders (one of their greatest collections, dating back to the 1920s), and
> portions of some manuscript collections."
>
> This new law does not restrict published materials, court records or
> research by government officials.
>
> The archives reference staff is hoping to find a way to deal with this
> effectively. What this means is that genealogical materials that have long
> been open for public use are now being closed due to the increasing issue of
> identity theft.
>
> http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/thursday/gwinnett_b36548fe0
> 1d6f10f1051.html
>
> RAY THIGPEN
> GAGenWeb, USGenWeb
> County Coordinator for:
> Warren County, Georgia
> McDuffie County, Georgia
>
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawarren
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~gamcduff
>
> ==== GAGEN Mailing List ====
> Genealogy research usually begins with our great-grandparents to preserve
> the privacy of 'living persons'. If you encounter a person searching
> their birth parents, the need to go to the area on the web that deals
> with just this type of research. Please refer them to:
> http://www.adoption.org

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