Hi David:- First, I will tell you a personal story: My mother and her family were from Bucksport, Maine, arrived in Canada 1909. Also, I am one of those with dual-citizenship (good only in Canada), as I worked in United States . ------------------------------- Beside my computer are two (2) fat envelopes of NON-CANADIAN petitions for use by a friend, Senator Lorna Milne, as she hopes for the safe passage of her Bill S-15. This would release Canadian census records to the National Archives, and to us for research in 2003, unless the 92-year rule was changed by legislation. The Canadians WELCOME Non-Canadians and their help!! I feel there is no boundary where census records are concerned - many have roots in Canada, the records are needed. Petitions are downloadable/printable from:- http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm Choose the Non-Canadian one for use in the Senate of Canada. Member of Parliament Scoreboard is colorful: http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/index6.htm [We hope the only two colors will soon be GOLD and RED] So, whether you be Yanks, Southerners or whatever, WELCOME!!! Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> 25 Crestview Ave., Brampton, Ontario L6W 2R8 Canada http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html [Our future coast-to-coast-to-coast genealogy site] --------------------------------------------------------------- DSavignac@aol.com wrote: > Mrs. Davidson, > > If there is a way that we citizens of the U.S. can help this effort -- > without offending our friends to the north by butting into their affairs -- > then it might help if we were to know how. We wouldn't want it to become > one of those "there go those Yanks again" sort of thing ... > > David Savignac > Crofton, MD