Jan8864@aol.com wrote: > what can one do. Jan To all:- The last available year for a Canadian census is 1901. The 1906 one for three prairie provinces should have been released in 1998, but politicians prevented release of our history and heritage. Unless every researcher, amateur and otherwise, pitches in to help the Canada Census Committee, the 1901 census COULD be the last one you and I will be able to view. ============================================== Hi Jan:- The above is as posted on the QUEBEC-RESEARCH list and I am pleased you contacted me. First, are you Canadian or Non-Canadian? There are PETITIONS for both in PDF format, easily downloadable from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm Non-Canadians may sign only for the Senate. Canadians may sign for both Senate and House of Commons, in their own language. Addresses where to send petitions are on the pages. The Hon. Brian Tobin, MP, is the new Minister of Industry -- responsible for our census records. E-Mail: <Brian.Tobin@ic.gc.ca> You will receive a receipt from his Communications Secretary -- answer later, we hope. Mailing address: The Hon. Brian Tobin, MP / Minister of Industry / House of Commons / Parliament Buildings / Ottawa, Ontario / K1A 0A6 Your complete name, address and phone number should be given, write "from the heart", give area being searched, relationship, etc. If Canadian (or Non-Canadian) we have 300 other Members of Parliament to whom letters may be written http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm At the left is the MPs message board, showing previous messages At the right, Gordon Watts has a place where one may send a message. The symbols are interesting: GOLD tick means YES; RED X means NO; GREEN FENCE means "someone who cannot make up his/her mind" and the BLUE?? are either new MPs or those who did not answer. Some of the listowners refuse to allow any census postings -- Senator Lorna Milne could not believe that. The reasoning is that census is political, but it is genealogy and history. There is another interesting site with lots of genealogy: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Print off the petition(s) of your choice -- Be Prepared for Christmas company! Write if you have further questions -- but The Hon. Brian Tobin wants lots of mail, I am certain! Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> Canada Census Committee member Subscribe: CANADA-CENSUS-CAMPAIGN-L-request@rootsweb.com