Hi Keren I tried to put a bug in their ear ( see below) ...write to His Hon. Scott Smith...or whoever is in charge of the Ministry of Corporate & Consumer Affairs now...If more people write to them...maybe we will get results. Could someone in MB confirm if His Hon. Scott Smith is still in charge there? reg Viv in Vancouver ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: "vmk" <[email protected]> To: "vmk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:41 PM Subject: Fw: [CAN-Manitoba] Fw: Public Access to MBVital Statistics > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "vmk" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 11:07 AM > Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] Fw: Public Access to MBVital Statistics > > > > Hi List > > > > Don't know if any of you recall my e-mail to the Minister of Consumer & > Corp > > Affairs...re access to MB Vital Stastics Jan 10(below) . SEE HIS RESPONSE > > BELOW: Note: he is not saying HOW or exactly WHEN they will be > available. > > Is there someone in Winnipeg that can find out more detail...This is > > exciting news! > > > > regards > > > > Viv in Vancouver, BC > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > THE QUESTION: > > > > From: "vmk" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [CAN-Manitoba] MB Vital Statistics > > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 23:43:13 -0800 > > > > > > Your Honourable Scott Smith > > > > In a Manitoba Government News Release dated December 12, 2000 his > Honourable > > Ron LEMIEUX, at that time Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, > > announced proposed changes to Vital Statistics Act. > > > > http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/press/top/2000/12/2000-12-12-03.html > > > > As a member of the genealogical public, it is of interest to find out if > > and when you will provide us with an index to vital statistics in > Manitoba. > > So that you get a clearer picture of what information genealogists are > > hoping for, please look at the following site for the Province of British > > Columbia: > > > > > > > http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm#indexes > > > > Is there anything that we can to to expedite this service. > > > > Thank you > > > > Viv in Vancouver > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > THE ANSWER: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Consumer & Corp. Affairs, Minister" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 8:49 AM > > Subject: Manitoba Vital Statistics > > > > > > > February 4th, 2002 > > > Viv > > > vmk [[email protected]] > > > > > > > > > Re: Genealogical Search > > > > > > Thank you for providing information on British Columbia Vital Statistics > > > indexes. > > > > > > As you have noted, as a result of amendments to our Vital Statistics > Act, > > > older Manitoba records will be available to the general public, without > > > family or next of kin consent. We are planning to proclaim these > > amendments > > > within the next several months. > > > > > > I hope this information is of assistance to you. > > > > > > Yours truly, > > > > > > - original signed by - > > > > > > Honorable Scott Smith, > > > Minister, > > > Corporate & Consumer Affairs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MANITOBA Mailing List ==== > > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > > Primary Records for Canada > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > >