--part1_13c.fc63708.2a39fdc7_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Lynn Burris of Edmonton, Alberta! I could not have said it any better ! My feelings exactly. Unlike you, I AM A SENIOR, with health problems too and my genealogy keeps me sane and it is something I want to pass down to my children and my six grandchildren. Thanks for expressing it so well. Dorothy E. Morris Whitby ON. --part1_13c.fc63708.2a39fdc7_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-xi04.mx.aol.com (rly-xi04.mail.aol.com [172.20.116.9]) by air-xi03.mail.aol.com (v86_r1.13) with ESMTP id MAILINXI34-0612231746; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:17:46 -0400 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by rly-xi04.mx.aol.com (v86_r1.13) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXI49-0612231723; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:17:23 -0400 Received: (from [email protected]) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id g5D3GPx17354; Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:16:25 -0600 Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:16:25 -0600 X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Wed Jun 12 21:16:22 2002 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Muriel M. Davidson" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 23:33:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Subject: [CAN-ONT-CARLETON] Letter to the Editor -- Keep Them Coming!!! Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/454 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] Letters to the Editor found at http://www.thestar.com Click on Letters -- more tomorrow? This is one way we have of giving and receiving our opinions!. Muriel M. Davidson [email protected] Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census ------------------------ CENSUS PRIVACY HAS BEEN KEPT FOR LONG ENOUGH Re 1906 census a locked treasure trove, June 9. I believe that the information given by our great-grandparents to the enumerators back in 1906 belongs to us now. As an amateur genealogist, I have used information from previous census records, and I always feel triumphant when I find an ancestor's birthdate, or how many siblings they had, or where they lived, or if they lost a parent at an early age, etc. It brings them closer to me. I am not a grandparent, nor am I retired, but I have a strong desire to find my roots so I can pass something concrete on to my children. Having access to historical census records is very important to genealogists worldwide. Great Britain and the U.S. offer their records online, so the whole world can see them. What is StatsCan hiding? This legal wrangling is costing us, the taxpayers, a lot of money. I am not a lawyer, but I'd like to give my interpretation of the words given to the enumerators of 1906. The enumerators were our great-grandparent's neighbours, working for the government. The enumerators walked from door to door with paper and pen to take the census, information given to them by their neighbours. The government told these enumerators to tell the people, some of whom would be extremely reluctant to give such personal information out to the enumerators, that they, meaning the enumerators/neighbours, wouldn't blab about the information given to them to other neighbours over backyard fences. After 92 years, we can reasonably assume that all the people directly involved in the census of 1906 have died, and so the privacy promised to them was kept for all those years. Now the information given by the people of 1906, our great-grandparents, should be stored in the Public Archives so the people of 2002 can find that information and use it to answer the questions about their nationality for StatsCan on the next census. What's the problem here? There is no need for further studies, or government bills, or legal opinions, or town-hall meetings, or court battles. It's time for StatsCan to come to its senses. Lynn Burris Edmonton, Alta. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 6/5/02 | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 6/5/02 ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== The Carleton County, Ontario mailing list currently has 112 subscribers. ============================== 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 --part1_13c.fc63708.2a39fdc7_boundary--