There is a bill in the US House of Representatives that will restrict access to birth certificates. It is apparently going quickly through committee approvals. If you want to read more about it and how to contact your representative read the Ancestry Daily News online at www.ancestry.com/dailynews the October 7, 2004 issue. You will see where to go to read the bill, what the FGS is doing and how you can help. If this is an inappropiate use of this list, I apologize, but it seemed an important issue for all genealogists/family historians. Ginny Thomas