Greetings All. The following article from CBC News is available online at http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/06/14/online_census020614 The article is printable -- There is also a link to an audio new article regarding this. I find particularly interesting the reference in the caption to a photograph about records from 1911 to 1951. Has the government quietly made these records available without any announcement? I am trying to obtain further clarification through Senator Milne's office, and from Chad Gaffield, team leader of this project. Rest assured I will let you know anything I can find out about this. ---------------------------------- Subsequent to my last message regarding the CBC News article, I have received a response from Professor Chad Gaffield, team leader of the project referred to in the article. This is what he had to say. "The Canadian Century Research Infrastructure project will create StatsCan-like microdata samples for the 20th century enumerations that have not yet been done. Our more recent accomplishment was the 1901 Canadian Families Project 5% sample, and we are building on this work and collaborating with StatsCan so that we will be able to study Canadian society continuously, not at the level of individuals, of course, but in the same way that researchers now study late 20th century censuses. As you can see, this work is unrelated to the 92-year question since our files will not have names." It would appear that any thoughts of release of name-identifiable records at this time are not a reflection of the reality. This is one example of the reason for not taking everything we read, such as the caption on the photograph in the article, as verbatim. We can frequently read into such references much more than was intended. I am advised there is still a possibility of some kind of announcement re: access to Census records following the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. I have been unable to find any clue to what such an announcement will be, if it is forthcoming. Any announcement short of providing unrestricted access to Post 1901 Census records, on the same basis as access is currently available for those records up to and including 1901, will mean that our campaign will continue. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted. NOTE:- Article will be forwarded if desired -- Muriel M. Davidson --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.371 / Virus Database: 206 - Release Date: 6/13/02