Gee, I went to the cited reference at the Senate and got a lot of info that was just as unspecific as your letter. I recall Rootsweb, a few months ago, publishing a lot of information about me that truly infuriated me and I ain't even dead. I'd like to reserve the right to not panic until I understand what we are faced with and so far I don't. I have e-mailed sen. Spier. The warning, tho, is appreciated. cheers, Gard > > Dear Californians and everybody else out there interested in the future of > genealogy, > > I just went to www.rootsweb.com and was shocked to see that the California > legislature is trying to pass a law that will severely limit access to birth > and death records in California. I know that I wish they would give us more > access and not less. It is tough enough just going on birth certificates, > marriage certificates,death certificates and census records, but now they > want to take that away from us too. It wasn't long ago that the federal > government raised social security records from what I recall being $3 to $27. > That was a major blow to family history enthusiasts. This could be even > worse. It will be bad enough if this law passes in California, but then the