Hello Karen: It would indeed be a tragedy if the S.D. vital records were not available for those of us interested in our family research. As we all know, most politicians, just as most people, probably are not interested in their family history at any point in time. That does not mean that there are not enough of us that are interested, and would like access to them, from time to time. As a native of South Dakota, born, raised, and graduated from USD, with many of my family and relatives, still living in S.D., we certainly would like to continue to have access, just as any other family would. Having been gone for over 40 years, remembering my roots, and researching my family, is a lot of fun, a great pasttime, and very mentally stimulating. When anyone gets started in this great hobby, the #1 hobby in the world today, they will get hooked like the rest of us. It is just like chocolate! You will like it a lot! If my friend, Governor Bill Janklow, was still the Governor, I would contact him personally about this, but since he is not there, and I don't know if I know anyone else in state government, I can't do much about this situation from St. Louis. Karen, I hope you can rally the troops, so to speak, and march on the "state house"!! That seems to be the only way that politicians respond today! Good luck to all of my South Dakota brothers and sisters, fight the fight, and don't let them run over you! Your voice is just as important as theirs. If you get enough voices, you can make a lot of noise! Maybe, then they will listen. Jack Knott formerly of Mobridge, SD, SDSM&T, @ USD Phone: 314-265-7778 Fax: 636-352-0181 jknott41@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <KarenHob@aol.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 12:11 PM Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] South Dakota''s records access law > An article in the Madison newspaper about South Dakota's > cloture of vital records is at: > > http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1302&dept_id=181990&newsid=16363742&PAG > =461&rfi=9 > > It appears that a membership card in a genealogical society is needed > to get access. > > Karen > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the > list? To search the archives, go to: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=GERMAN-BOHEMIAN > >