I live in the U.S., but have relatives and ancestors in Canada. The requirement that requests for archival information be from a Canadian citizen or resident is not new, and not just for this situation. If you are not either of the above, you can either write to an elected representative in the locale your relatives are from/in (as Gordon suggested), or find someone in Canada to submit a request with their name and address. And yes, according to the form I have, you can be a Canadian citizen living elsewhere. Hilary Henkin Atlanta, Georgia At 10:18 PM 5/29/03 -0500, Beth Ostriyznick wrote: >To everyone on the list > I feel that is very unfair to all of the Canadians who have moved to > the United States as a requirement of employment etc and whose families > are still located in Canada. As I am the one currently researching our > family, it would be impossible for me to obtain the records needed to > research our families. However, my question would be how can they verify > the information that will be filled in on these forms? I could very > easily use my sister's name and address on the form in Canada or at least > my name and her address. I still don't see how they can fully regulate > this release especially considering how many people tried to access the > 1901 release. >Beth