>I can't imagine how you keep up with it all!! No apology necessary!! It is >very unsettling to think that it could be true. The thought that more doors >could be closing instead of opening just galls me. >CJ Here is a letter from the person I first got the message: (LP) I guess it will bear watching at least .... - ------------------------------------------------- Since I helped start all this --- I cannot verify the truth of the notice or anything about it's progress through the Iowa Legislature, whether it is a rumor or whatever. I received the notice on another of the RootsWeb lists and felt it was worth passing on. I sent an email to both addresses. The second one came back as "no such address" so I am assuming that one went through. I've had no response as yet from Keith Weigel. Someone said that the problem was lack of man/woman power to provide the needed assistance. As much as we hate paying for access to records, as more and more of us enter into this addictive hobby, sadly it may come to that. I am also doing research in Scotland where all of the Old Parish Registers are online with access for a fee - not terribly high but reduces the need for a person to be there to help and certainly reduces the crowds at the Register Office. Food for thought. Glenda Garrelts Mattes Dover, Mass USA DoverGG@aol.com