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From: Valerie Nielsen Williams <>
Subject: Re: [OHErie] HB 95
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:38:08 -0500


I just came back from a trip to Ohio. My sister and I did most
of our research in Fairfield County. However we also went to Montgomery
County and Fayette County. Fayette is the only place I went to the
Health Dept. and my experience there was not a very nice one.
As I was waiting for my turn to be helped, I heard the lady
telling someone who had come in for a birth certificate that they had to
charge so much now because "those genealogisits" were taking birth
records and selling them so people could get false id's and credit. And,
Ohio "Is the worst state for that kind of stuff." When she finally got
to me, I introduced myself as a genealogist, and she quickly tried to
recant what she has said by saying that "it wasn't ALL genealogists, but
a lot of them." I then told her my opinion, and that is that the idiots
in government saw a way to make more money for themselves by charging a
LOT more for something that had hitherto been inexpensive or even free.
I told her that the Ohio legislature simply exploited one segment
of the population--us.

FWIW
val williams

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 19:03:59 -0400 Roger Phillips
<> writes:
> I live out of state and for me this type of action puts a damper on
> plans
> for a research trip to Ohio some time next year. At least now I
> have some
> idea ahead of time what to expect. I would be very disappointed to
> drive
> several hundred miles only to find out that access the information I
> came
> for is denied.
>
> Please make public which towns and libraries are being censored so
> that
> tourists including myself can steer clear of them.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steele" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:45 PM
> Subject: [OHErie] HB 95
>
>
> > Listers,
> > Just got the following on & thought we all
> need
> > to be aware of this and file any complaints as mentioned.
> > Carol
> >
> >
> > Since 1 July, when HB 95 took effect, it appears that some county
> > Departments of Health have been interpreting the new rules in just
> about
> > any way they choose.
> >
> > Of main concern to genealogists, the only thing that HB 95 did was
> to
> > eliminate uncertified copies of birth and death records and to
> increase
> > the price of the certified copies. That portion of HB 95 only
> effects
> > the Department of Health.
> >
> > However, there have been reports that some county Health
> Departments
> > have confiscated microfilmed copies of vital records from
> libraries,
> > have asked libraries to put microfilmed copies of vital records
> away so
> > they are not accessible to the public, have denied access to
> vital
> > records and/or their
> > indexes, and have committed other similar actions.
> >
> > If you are having any trouble obtaining or viewing vital records,
> or any
> > other problems that would violate the open records act in any
> Ohio
> > county, The Ohio Genealogical Society would like to know in order
> to
> > take appropriate action.
> >
> > Please document any violations or problems IN WRITING and send to
> one of
> > the following OGS officers:
> >
> >
> > or
> >
> >
> > or the OGS librarian, Tom Neel, at OGS headquarters in Mansfield,
> > OH. <>
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Karen Miller Bennett
> > OGS Trustee at Large
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