It will be hard for many to get this done in 3 weeks, as the cost of an informational OR certified copy is $18.00 Steph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sally Rolls Pavia" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 8:07 AM Subject: [KansasCity] ***** CALIFORNIA: FYI - Access to CA Vital Records changing ***** > CALIFORNIA: FYI - Access to CA Vital > Records changing > > [Posted to the Genie-Angels list by Terri Walker] > > If you've put off getting vital records documents for family members who > were born or died in California, now is the time to get moving. > > Informational copies of California birth and death certificates will become > more difficult to obtain after January 1, 2006. > > After that date, according to the State of California website, INFORMATIONAL > certified copies of birth and death certificates will be available only > through the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This is a > significant change from the current source, the county recorder's office. > > Through the end of the year, informational copies of birth and death > certificates for Los Angeles County can be ordered online at the Recorder's > website, http://lavote.net/recorder/birth_death.htm. Be sure to specify the > INFORMATIONAL copy and follow instructions on the website. Other counties > may have similar websites. Ron Filion, a force behind the great San > Francisco genealogy website, www.sfgenealogy.com, reports that he spoke > recently with one of the local County Clerk's offices. He was told > that the State was NOT ready to do this. So, unless they get a legal > extension, there may a significant delay (12 to 24 months) as compared > to the 2-3 week wait that we are currently experiencing in Los Angeles. > Here's a link to the State of California regulations and the relevant > paragraph: > > http://www.privacy.ca.gov/code/hsc103525.htm > > Informational certified copies of birth and death certificates issued > pursuant to subdivision (b) shall only be printed from the single statewide > database prepared by the State Registrar and shall be electronically > redacted to remove any signatures for purposes of compliance with this > section. Local registrars and county recorders shall not issue informational > certified copies of birth and death certificates from any source other than > the statewide database prepared by the State Registrar. This subdivision > shall become operative on January 1, 2006 > > > > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >