Hi Fred. Thank you for your interest and support. Encouragement from people such as yourself make it seem that we are not alone, and that our efforts are worthwhile. None of us on the Canada Census Committee are doing it because we seek praise from others, however the odd pat on the back is nice to receive. (This is NOT a solicitation) <]:-) WHEN WE SUCCEED it will be because of the efforts of many thousands of people like yourself, from both Canada, and other countries, in writing letters, signing petitions, and speaking to their elected representatives. It will be very much a collaborative effort -- the few of us on the committee cannot do it alone! Thank you for your interest and support. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. WATTS gordon_watts@telus.net Port Coquitlam, BC ICQ # 9183352 Keep up to date on Post 1901 Census information at http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census and http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Farm/7843/poll.html Download and circulate Post 1901 Census Petitions now from http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Zacher <fzacher@upc.com> To: <gordon_watts@telus.net> Sent: Thursday, 13 July, 2000 6:34 AM Subject: Canadian Census Gordon, Thank you for leading the charge to make Canadian Census records available to the public. This is very important to my wife since her grandmother and great grandparents immigrated to Canada in a covered wagon in the early 1900's. She has several great aunts and uncles who were born there before her gg grandparents returned to Oklahoma. Restricting census information would prevent her from finding out more about them while they were citizens of your great country. Thanks, Fred Zacher Norman, OK fzacher@mmcable.com