England does not have the 100 year rule either. The 100 year rule applies in Canada but there were many petitions a couple of years back to have the 1911 census opened earlier and it was. This was an exception. Kathleen On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Ron and Laura Bozzay <rbozzay@earthlink.net>wrote: > Thanks for the clarification. Laws are so different from place to place. > It is hard to keep up with them all! So I just try to do the 100 year rule > and figure that way I am more covered internationally than not. > > Laura > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ray Hennessy > To: rbozzay@earthlink.net;aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Sent: 12/1/2009 4:46:49 AM > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] 100 year limit? > > > 2009/12/1 Laura Bozzay <rbozzay@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > There are some laws that protect privacy in various countries. From the > information Ray posted earlier it sounds like Scotland is not as controlling > about what can be published as some other countries. I guess it depends on > how litigious the folks in that country are. > > ___________________________________________________ > > Hi Laura, > > I was only referring to Statutory Registration. The rules for the Census > are different because there is much more personal [i.e. private] data on > Census returns. > > The Statutory Registers have been open for scrutiny - by visiting any > number of official offices - since they were first recorded [1837 for > England & Wales, 1855 for Scotland] but it is only since the advent of the > Internet that access has become so easy. But no-one has updated the 19th > century laws for these registers [nor should they in my view]. > > -- > Best wishes > > Ray > > ********************************************************** > >From Ray Hennessy > Forenames website: www.whatsinaname.net > Preferred Email address: ray@whatsinaname.net > Hints for Scotland's People at http://bit.ly/WIAN-SCP > ********************************************************** > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >