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From: Mike Hardester <>
Subject: Proposed Federal Law to Restrict Access to Birth Records
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 23:10:33 -0400


List,

I received this message and checked the link below at Ancestry.Com.
Further checking led to the following link which goes directly to the
applicable section:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c108:1:./temp/~c108g49RvY:e287660

This message is not meant to start a political debate of any nature.

It is posted to inform you that HR 10 proposes limiting access to birth
certificates. Ancestry Daily News for Oct
7
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=9105&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=831#announce
(be sure to copy and paste the full URL) publicizes this issue and provides
links to the Federation of Genealogical Society response letter,
congressional representative contact info, and HR 10 itself (do an
Edit>Find>Birth to get to chapter 2).

If you feel strongly about this issue, you are encouraged to write your
congressman

Diane

Forwarded by Mike


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