This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hendry,Hedger, Little, Hunt, Glass, Blackburn, Podell, Shellhart, Foust, Chunn Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3h.2ADI/622 Message Board Post: There is a bill now before the Indiana Committee on Public Health that, if passed, will restrict access to Indiana birth records less than 100 years old and Indiana death records less than 75 years old!!! Indiana genealogists in high places have tried to make amendments to the bill to allow access to persons doing "genealogical study" but, because "genealogical study" is not clearly defined, the lack of a definition could be used as a legal means to restrict the records. The bill was authored by Peggy Welch and Indiana Vital Records Association is its major supporter. The committee is scheduled to hear the bill at the State House in Indianapolis at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, February 12. It is hoped that those who oppose the bill can show up in great numbers. If you are a resident of Indiana and you cannot attend this important meeting, the Indiana Genealogical Society encourages you to contact your state representative, senator, all members of the House's Committee on Public Health, and the sponsors of the bill and tell them to vote NO on HB1540. The bill's sponsors and committee members are noted below. For other information about how to contact your legislator and senator, go to http://www.in.gov/legislative/legislators/. To read more about the bill go to http://www.indgensoc.org/HB1540.html. (Copied from Randi Richardson, moderator of Monroe County Indiana rootsweb elist.)