"Sportysprout" <sportysprout@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > I am doing a study at University on Copyright, Data Protection and > Freedom Of Information Acts and how they effect the family > historian. I particularly want to focus on the various closure > rules that relate to documentation. Can any one suggest and source > books or websites etc that may be useful from an academic point of > view? Anyone know where I may find out what law states what length > of closure should apply to what document type etc. Any help / > advice gratefully received. This is very much a hot issue in the UK at the moment. There are proposals to close some BMD information on "people under 100 years old", as they cutely put it, meaning all events within the last 100 years, even if the people involved are long dead. You might try asking on soc.genealogy.britain (alias GENBRIT, if you prefer the mailing list) - although it is technically off-topic, we're a forgiving lot, and there are several regulars who know a lot about this. -- Don Aitken Don Aitken <don-aitken@freeuk.com>