I have just read in the June issue of "Family Tree Magazine" and I quote: "Exciting News! The census Act Amendment bill has passed through the Senate. That means that we have saved the next Australian census for posterity. This will be the first Australian national census ever retained in some 200 years" >From a letter written by Nick Vine Hall, Chairman, Census Working Party. Food for thought, I think? So if Australia has seen sense, why on earth are the Canadian politicians trying to destroy the census records? Makes you wander what they're afraid of being found! Regards, Ann McClean. Subject: Re: Destruction of Canadian censuses/Aust census > Hi there Ann, > Just as a by-the-way, I understand that the Australian government destroys > their census records as soon as they have extracted whatever data they > require for planning/demographics/whatever. > My genealogist's heart cringes.... > Evanie C > > > this last paragraph in your posting > is rather disturbing: > > > > > > canadian government is currently planning on destroying all censuses > > > after 1901. these censuses will not just be locked away..they will be > > > destroyed. > > ______________________________