Greetings All. By way of introduction, let me tell you that I am a leader of the campaign to regain public access to Post 1901 Census records in Canada. Some of you may already be familiar with me from other mail lists to which I post. I have been invited by the administrator of this genealogy mail list to occasionaly post messages relating to our campaign to the list. The purpose in doing so is two-fold. First, to inform listers about the situation and what is being done to resolve it; and Second, to enlist your help in resolving the problem. You may also see occasional postings from others involved in our campaign. Unless we are successful in making necessary changes, we will NEVER see another Census of Canada made available for public access. While this list is predominately used by US citizens, many of you will have ancestral roots in Canada, and so would have use for our Census records. If you see our postings on other lists to which you subscribe and feel you see them enough, I would ask you to have a little patience with us and use your delete key. My posts will normally show "Post 1901 Census" at the start of the subject line to make it easy for you to pass over, or delete without viewing. If you wish to respond to me about any of my postings I would ask that you do so to both the list, and to myself directly. With the number of lists to which I subscribe I may not always see a message posted only to the list. Any message that I post relating to our campaign may be forwarded without notice to me. For those not familiar with the issue, and what we are trying to accomplish, I invite you to visit the Post 1901 Census Project website at the URL following my signature. You will find a great deal of information there. I thank you all for your interest, and for your support. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm