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From: Elaine <>
Subject: Re: [USGenWeb-SW] New Motion Before the AB
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:29:25 -0600
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Trey, I have to agree with you.

If you want to protect the living, then you should not be accepting one
special project with open arms that has those records online while at
the same time trying to remove the same records from another project
that you have had online for a long time. There is no logic in this
motion at all. Either you do not sanction ANY project having these
records, or they should ALL be allowed to have these records. Are you
also going to tell the US African American Griots to remove their records?

Elaine Martin

Trey Holt wrote:

> 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:
>> -----------------
>> 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 <><
>> --
>> Always face the sunshine & the shadows will fall behind.
>>
>>
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