Dear List Members: I am passing this on from a mailing list I belong to (NYDUTCHE-L@rootsweb.com), as I feel this is very important: Please take just a few minutes of your time & visit http://www.NationalTrust.org/ On the HOME page to the left click on 'Contact the National Trust'. Through this page you can express your desire for them to use there efforts to restore OUR PUBLIC RECORDS. "These Birth, Marriage, and Death Records are our heritage to help us find our families that emigrated to the U.S. Our Census allows us to see where they were and how we got to whter we live. Shipping Lists of the ships that brought them here and other pertinent records, State by State. With all that the Government is doing to "Protect Privacy Rights", and their supposed "lack of funds" we are all in danger of losing our rights to search for our families." Completing this request only takes 2 minutes from start to finish (I timed it) and, I feel, most essential for all of our genealogy/heritage searches. Thank you for your consideration. Jan