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From: Trey Holt <>
Subject: Re: [USGenWeb-SW] New Motion Before the AB
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:12:19 -0600
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I find it interesting that the AB is picking on Texas over this matter when
they just approved the U.S. African American Griots! project as an official
special project.
The U.S. African American Griots! has a vital records section and the cut
off for birth records is 1954 and I did not see any cut off years for death
or marriage records.

I can't help but to wonder what is motivating the AB to make a motion that
is going to upset so many volunteers in one of the largest State projects.
These volunteers worked many hours formatting and preparing these records
to get them online so that they would be available free of charge to
researchers looking for their ancestors. A simple "thank you" from the AB
for the hard work of the volunteers would have been nice and possibly an
explanation included in the motion.

Keep in mind that you can go to the State Library in Austin or almost any
public library in Texas today and view these same records on microfilm or
microfiche.

I am quite confident that the AB will approve this motion and the records
will mysteriously disappear from the files one night soon. I would like to
see an amendment added to this motion that in the event that rootsweb or it
parent company begins making these records available for a fee that they
will be returned to the "archives" so that they may once again be available
free to researchers.

I would also like to see the AB change the name of the "archives" in the
event they pass this motion. An "archives" preserves and protects its
records. It does not destroy significant historical records.

Trey Holt





At 06:14 PM 3/25/2005, wrote:
>The motion as written put the arbitary cut off at 1930. Even the living
>isn't immune from this motion.
>
>David Samuelsen
>
>Original Message:
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>From: Bosque Lover
>Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 15:41:48 -0600
>To:
>Subject: Re: [USGenWeb-SW] New Motion Before the AB
>
>
> > What about the Family Group Sheets?
>
>We already have a policy in place. It says
>"There will be no living person's information listed on your State Family
>Group
>Sheet Pages. A reference to "living" with no further info is permissible"
>
>Also on our group sheet forms, we state
>"DO NOT include LIVING PERSONS on these charts (they will not be added)"
>
>This does not mean some don't get by us, but we do try to keep living info
>offline,
>no matter where else it's listed.
>Bettie <><
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