Greetings All. It is with great regret that I announce the passing of one of our Canada Census Committee members, Don Nisbet, of Surrey, British Columbia. I have just received a telephone call from Don's sister advising me that he had been found dead in his apartment. Official date of death is given as 17 May 2000. Don's sister was unsure as to the cause of death but felt it could have been due to complications relating to arthritis. I do not know his age but having twice met him my impression was that he was a relatively young man, certainly younger than myself. Don was a frequent poster to the Canada Census Campaign mail list and was an avid researcher. He had made contact with people in Australia that were involved with the efforts there to stop the destruction of their Census records. He had also made contacts in the United States where he obtained information relating to their Census issues. Aside from developing and presenting his own submission to the Expert Panel on Access to Historic Census Records, he fed me several pieces of information that became an integral part of my own submission to the Expert Panel. Don's submission is accessible through a link on the Post 1901 Census Project website. My final contact with Don was an email dated 9 May 2000 in which he provided a URL for a website containing the report of the Australian Committee of their House of Representatives in which the retention and eventual public access to their Census records was recommended. Since 9 May 2000 I had tried to contact Don several times, by email, snail mail, by telephone and even by visiting his apartment building, all without success. Don was his family's keeper of genealogical records. He will be missed by them, as he will be missed by those of us who read with interest his many informative postings to the mail list. When we are successful in our goal of obtaining public access to Historic Census it will be due, at least in part, to the dedicated research and participation in our campaign by Don. Rest in Peace, Don. We will remember you. Gordon A. WATTS gordon_watts@telus.net Port Coquitlam, BC 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