To all:- Three more Non-Canadian census release petitions were received today. This is great for the support, which we truly appreciate. Where are the Canadian genealogical societies, historical societies, amateur researchers and certified ones????? Your assistance is greatly needed. Parliament will resume January 1, 2001 and knowing Senator Lorna Milne, she has possibly applied for a Private Member's Bill -- date and number will be assigned later. We need both Canadian petitions and Letters from Members of Parliament to support Senator Milne's Private Member's Bill. At the same time, there hopefully will be one in the House of Commons, identical wording. PETITIONS are downloadable in PDF format -- but if some person does not have computer capacity for Adobe Acrobat, I will forward attachments. We now have a real "menu" with petitions in both official languages, so you would have to place your order from the menu at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm Check http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm Is YOUR Member of Parliament agreeable to release of census -- or has he/she never answered a letter, a BLUE ??? will designate this. Compose a letter which may be sent by e-mail, giving your riding and address. Before you move on to another one, print the letter as is, sign your name at the bottom and put in an envelope, addressed to: Name of Member/House of Commons/Parliament Bldgs., Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Postage is FREE. IF you receive an answer, please forward the WORDING of the letter to me for this list. If the letter is a YES one, put in an envelope and mail to Senator Lorna Milne, Senate of Canada, Parliament Bldgs., Ottawa, ON K1A 0A4 Again, postage is FREE. Reason: Letters may be used, in either language, in support of census release. E-Mails are nice, show a great deal of interest, but sadly, are counted according to subject. Also, many listowners refuse to allow census postings on the various lists, as they feel it is political. Actually, census records are GENEALOGY and HISTORY but we have had to revert to Parliament to hopefully obtain OUR heritage. Looking forward to a greater CANADIAN response -- the Non-Canadians are ahead of us!!! Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> Canada Census Committee Brampton Centre Riding 25 Crestview Avenue Brampton, ON L6W 2R8