On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Don Nickell wrote: > I've occasionally been using the CA birth records to find information > and suddenly (this month?) find that > http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi is now Forbidden. I > wrote and was told that people had demanded it be removed. > > Has anyone else heard anything? I just wonder if it's not now under > Ancestry.com for sale. > > Thanks, In this case "people" was a handful of activists and a couple of noisy politicians. In addition to the usual blather about the non-existent "right to privacy", were concerns that adoptees could more easily identify their biological parents. Texas birth records have also been pulled from rootsweb and the Texas Dept of Health website. Steve --
In article <5523448545098F45.6D0AF4189C75A543.19598BE591E4497E@lp.airnews.net>, shmartonak@ticnet.com wrote: >On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Don Nickell wrote: > >> I've occasionally been using the CA birth records to find information >> and suddenly (this month?) find that >> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi is now Forbidden. I >> wrote and was told that people had demanded it be removed. >> >> Has anyone else heard anything? I just wonder if it's not now under >> Ancestry.com for sale. >> >> Thanks, > >In this case "people" was a handful of activists and a couple of noisy >politicians. In addition to the usual blather about the >non-existent "right to privacy", were concerns that adoptees could more >easily identify their biological parents. Texas birth records have also >been pulled from rootsweb and the Texas Dept of Health website. The data is all still available from vitalsearch-ca including Texas. -- Ron ========= WAS CANCELLED BY =======: Message-ID: <cancel.jrp59-2C7E7B.07364126122001@dfiatx1-snr1.gtei.net> Control: cancel <jrp59-2C7E7B.07364126122001@dfiatx1-snr1.gtei.net> Subject: cmsg cancel <jrp59-2C7E7B.07364126122001@dfiatx1-snr1.gtei.net> From: Ron Parsons <jrp59@gte.net> Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:13:18 GMT X-No-Archive: yes Newsgroups: microsoft.test,comp.lang.c,soc.genealogy.misc NNTP-Posting-Host: wonenara.ozemail.com.au 203.108.164.177 Lines: 1 Path: news.sol.net!spool0-nwblwi.newsops.execpc.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!priapus.visi.com!zeus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!sea-feed.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!msrnewsc1!cppssbbsa01.microsoft.com!tkmsftngp01!tkmsftngp05!u.n.a.c.a.n.c.e.l.l.e.r This message was cancelled from within Mozilla.
In article <5523448545098F45.6D0AF4189C75A543.19598BE591E4497E@lp.airnews.net>, shmartonak@ticnet.com wrote: >On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Don Nickell wrote: > >> I've occasionally been using the CA birth records to find information >> and suddenly (this month?) find that >> http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi is now Forbidden. I >> wrote and was told that people had demanded it be removed. >> >> Has anyone else heard anything? I just wonder if it's not now under >> Ancestry.com for sale. >> >> Thanks, > >In this case "people" was a handful of activists and a couple of noisy >politicians. In addition to the usual blather about the >non-existent "right to privacy", were concerns that adoptees could more >easily identify their biological parents. Texas birth records have also >been pulled from rootsweb and the Texas Dept of Health website. The data is all still available from vitalsearch-ca including Texas. -- Ron