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Subject: - Vital Records Online --- CA lawsuit info (Sorry For Duplicate lists)
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 19:15:51 EST

Forwarded from Quebec Research Mailing List::::::
This may be of intrest to everyone

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> This morning NPR aired a news story about a lawsuit in CA concerning
> posting vital records on the Internet: i.e. violation of privacy, potential
> identity theft.
>
> Rootsweb (MyFamily.com) has pulled their CA data offline, but
> VitalSearch.com (a new site that isn't online yet) refused to agree not to
> post the information. It will be interesting to see what becomes of this
> situation.
>
> Genealogists are the #2 users of the Internet, and the majority of people
> searching for this information are using it for honest reasons. CA is an
> important political/legal trendsetter. Whatever happens in CA usually
> filters across the nation in some form.
>
> Keep your eyes and ears open, and if something comes up in your state, I
> would urge everyone to help support access to vital information. I feel
> that if someone wants to use information for dishonest reasons, they will
> find a way to obtain it whether it is posted online or not.
>


Brenda K. Wolfgram Moore
Ancestral Lineages by Kingsley
http://genealogypro.com/kingsley.html


http://grandtraverseregion.com website:
for Michigan counties: Benzie, GrandTraverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau
surnames: Wolfgram, Kratochvil, Secor/Sicard, Jacques,Leguerre, Vallee and and

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