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Subject: [OHLICKIN] Ohio Bill closing records
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:53:37 EDT


Passing this {bad} news on from the Jefferson Co,Ohio list.

> Hello list members searching Ohio records for marriage information:
> This comes from the April 2000 Mahoning County Chapter of the OGS
> newsletter: "Introduced into the Ohio House of Rep. is a bill to amend
> the
> Ohio Revised code that should have genealogists up in arms. 'It states,
> in
> part, that upon receiving a request for records pertaining to the
> issuance of
> marriage licenses, a probate court shall furnish copies of the records as
>
> provided under section 149.43 of the Ohio Revised code, except that the
> court
> shall delete or otherwise remove any social security numbers and the
> maiden
> names of the mothers of the parties to a marriage so that they are not
> available to the person requesting the records, except for use by the
> department of human services, law enforcement personnel, and if ordered
> by
> the court in a civil or criminal trial.' If any individual genealogist
> feels
> that this would impact their ability to do genealogical research, a
> letter
> voicing your concern would be in order here. The address is: The
> Honorable____, Ohio Representatives, 77 South High St., Columbus, Ohio
> 43266-0603. Or www.house.state.oh.us/voice/index. html. Representative
> Ron
> Hood from Canfield is a co-sponsor of this bill."
> Pass this on to any other lists you are subscribed to if you think
> others
> might also be seeking marriage information in Ohio records.
>
> Barbara Faig
> Tennessee
> >>
>
>Thought this might be of interest to anyone that is researching in Ohio.
>
>
>Hello list members searching Ohio records for marriage information:
> This comes from the April 2000 Mahoning County Chapter of the OGS
>newsletter: "Introduced into the Ohio House of Rep. is a bill to amend
>the
>Ohio Revised code that should have genealogists up in arms. 'It states,
>in
>part, that upon receiving a request for records pertaining to the
>issuance of
>marriage licenses, a probate court shall furnish copies of the records as
>
>provided under section 149.43 of the Ohio Revised code, except that the
>court
>shall delete or otherwise remove any social security numbers and the
>maiden
>names of the mothers of the parties to a marriage so that they are not
>available to the person requesting the records, except for use by the
>department of human services, law enforcement personnel, and if ordered
>by
>the court in a civil or criminal trial.' If any individual genealogist
>feels
>that this would impact their ability to do genealogical research, a
>letter
>voicing your concern would be in order here. The address is: The
>Honorable____, Ohio Representatives, 77 South High St., Columbus, Ohio
>43266-0603. Or www.house.state.oh.us/voice/index. html. Representative
>Ron
>Hood from Canfield is a co-sponsor of this bill."
> Pass this on to any other lists you are subscribed to if you think
>others
>might also be seeking marriage information in Ohio records.
>
>Barbara Faig
>Tennessee
>
>

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