Hey everybody, This post was on the West Virginia list. I thought I would pass it along to anyone who may be interested. What a terrible road block this is. Mary Subj: [WVLINCOL] House Bill 4330 - concerning birth records Date: 03/20/2004 12:23:23 AM Eastern Standard Time From: sweetladyj@adelphia.net (Jane) Reply-to: sweetladyj@adelphia.net To: WVLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com Hi, I received this email from a list that I am on in WV. I thought everyone would want to know what is happening in one of our states that could cause genealogists problems. Last Saturday, March 13, in the WV Legislature,House Bill 4330 passed. It is now awaiting signature from Governor Wise to make it law. If you are a family genealogist/historian whose research involves West Virginia, then this bill affects your work whether you live in West Virginia or another state. If Governor Wise signs HB 4330, all birth records will be closed to public access for 100 years and all death records closed for 50 years. We are all concerned about privacy issues but HB 4330 in its current format is too restrictive. Please email Governor Wise and address your concerns. Don't delay. The governor's email address is Governor@WVGOV.org If you would like to examine HB 4330 then cut and paste the URL below. Remember to sign your email with your full name and address. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legishp.html Jane ==== WVLINCOL Mailing List ==== Visit this site for information about this list. http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jjadkins/lcwv/mail.html
I got this same letter pertaining to KY. but that bill was of course under another house bill. This is very disturbing information. Lorene At 09:11 AM 3/20/2004 -0500, Amarand@aol.com wrote: >Hey everybody, > > This post was on the West Virginia list. I thought I would pass it along >to anyone who may be interested. What a terrible road block this is. > >Mary > > >Subj: [WVLINCOL] House Bill 4330 - concerning birth records >Date: 03/20/2004 12:23:23 AM Eastern Standard Time >From: sweetladyj@adelphia.net (Jane) >Reply-to: sweetladyj@adelphia.net >To: WVLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com > >Hi, > >I received this email from a list that I am on in WV. I thought >everyone would want to know what is happening in one of our states that >could cause genealogists problems. > >Last Saturday, March 13, in the WV Legislature,House Bill 4330 passed. >It is now awaiting signature from Governor Wise to make it law. If you >are a family genealogist/historian whose research involves West >Virginia, then this bill affects your work whether you live in West >Virginia or another state. If Governor Wise signs HB 4330, all birth >records will be closed to public access for 100 years and all death >records closed for 50 years. We are all concerned about privacy issues >but HB 4330 in its current format is too restrictive. Please email >Governor Wise and address your concerns. Don't delay. The governor's >email address is Governor@WVGOV.org If you would like to examine HB 4330 >then cut and paste the URL below. Remember to sign your email with your >full name and address. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legishp.html > >Jane > > > > > > > > >==== WVLINCOL Mailing List ==== >Visit this site for information about this list. >http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jjadkins/lcwv/mail.html > > >==== BARNES Mailing List ==== > BARNES family reunion announcements are welcome on the list provided no > costs are mentioned but a contact for additional information may be > included in the announcement. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237