Dear Mr. Ken Epp, M.P. I have taken your email address off your reply to Mrs. Davidson, and have taken it on my own to urge you to vote YES on the Census question. My father was born in St. Catharines, Ont., Canada. His grandparents came to Canada in 1883. Without the information that has been released at the Archives and earlier Census' I would not have known my Great Grandparents were in Canada and buried in St. Catharines. I would never have known my Grandmother, Elsie Eliza Andrina BERRY/CORNEY was a British Home Child and have been able to trace her and her family back to England. Or traced my father's CORNEY' family back to the Isle of Wight. I am still trying to trace my Great Uncle and my Great Great Grandmother's records in Canada. Without your help in securing for us the right to see these Censuses to find our families, many will not be able to go back and trace their families. But most of all, Thousands of British Home Children will remain unclaimed through eternity. For these children, not of their own volition, were sent to Canada without their families, names changed, birth dates changed to wipe out all background. These children deserve to be claimed and their voices heard. So thank you for your vote of YES to release the census. Thank you on behalf of all the children waiting to be found by the relatives. Patricia Corney Quakertown, PA USA Granddaughter of Elsie Eliza A. BERRY, BHC IOWFHS #1334 bluroc@worldnet.att.net ======================== Following messages forwarded by:- Patricia Corney <bluroc@worldnet.att.net> --------------------- From: "Robert Doak" <robert.doak@sympatico.ca> To: <BRITISHHOMECHILDREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 1:11 AM Subject: Re: 1901 Census Let us not lose our credibility. The Canadian 1901 census has been available since 1993. What we are concerned about is the release of the 1911 census in 2003. The hurdle is that legislation (or at least regulations) was passed prior to the 1911 census promising to keep the information confidential. We are asking for an amendment so that the 1911 census and later versions can be released on the 92 year schedule to which we have become accustomed. Robert Doak <robert.doak@sympatico.ca> ==================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Brown" <srbrowns@attcanada.net> To: <BRITISHHOMECHILDREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 1:06 PM Subject: 1901 Census To: Mr Ken Epp M. P. It is very important that the Canadian 1901 Census be open to the Public. Those of us who can trace our Ancestory to a "British Home Child" require this infomation in order to trace our families. Attempting to find out about our ancestors is very frustrating at times and some Government Agencies both in Canada and Great Britain are reluctant to release information, while others bend over backwards to provide assistance. What was done to those Children ranging in age from 3 to 18 should shame both the Government of Canada and the Government of Great Britain. Let's not put another nail in the Coffin by preventing access to their ancestors on the Post-1901 Census. A Former Ontarian Suzanne Brown <srbrowns@attcanada.net> =================== ---- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hubbard" <hsusan@hotmail.com> To: <bluroc@worldnet.att.net> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 12:19 PM Subject: Release of 1901 Census Info I vote YES to the release of Post-1901 Census Info. I agree, you have the right to know your ancestors, good and bad, otherwise as humans, we will repeat their mistakes. I'd like to be known as an evolving species not a regressing one. Thanks. Susan Hubbard <hSusan@hotmail.com> =====================