To all readers:- Parliament will soon be opening -- on October 4th -- so we have been hoping to have as many as possible petitions for release of the 1911 (and later) census records. Go to http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/ You will find INSTRUCTIONS and downloadable PETITIONS. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, it is available at this site - free. The Instructions are very simple but important. The petitions for the House of Commons and Senate of Canada are for CANADIANS to sign. The NON-RESIDENT petition is for all other petition signers. All petitions may be signed again even if one has signed prior to June, 2004 -- these are NEW petitions so use any old ones for scrap paper. In Canada, a person may sign both petitions. End of lecture!!! To date, but not tabulated as yet, are the following numbrs:- House of Commons -- to Gordon Watts == 87 Senate of Canada == 852 Non-Resident == 265 A note from Stewart Green, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa:- "Attached please find my petition for public access to Canada's historic census records. I am signing this petition because my grandfather lived in British Columbia in the 1910's and 1920's and access to post-1901 census data will assist me greatly in researching my family history. I would like to thank the post 1901 census project for the work they have done and wish you all the best in your endeavour. Signed -- Stewart C. Green. These type of notes act as adrenalin to us -- they keep us "charged"! Just keep census petitions being signed in all available places, please. NOT NOTES on census petitions -- a sticky note will do!! Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~downhome/post1901census.htm