UPDATE: The following was submitted on the APG-L maillist by Sharon Sergeant <info@genealogyfair.com> Thank you to those who wrote to your Represenatives. > Hello, > Many Middlesex County MA researchers are reporting that they have had > an official response that this bill will never leave the Rules > Committee. An email from the office of Representative Carol Cleven of > the MA House Rules Committee reports that she has spoke directly with > the Committee Chairman and the bill is effectively defeated. > http://www.state.ma.us/legis/comm/h33.htm > > Other MA Representatives have unofficially reported this status to > telephone inquiries. There is also an unofficial confirming report from > a disgruntled H5158 proponent that EVERY Massachusetts Representative > has been flooded with numerous calls and emails. > > The Patriot Ledger newspaper of Quincy MA also ran an article on July > 18, somewhat more detailed than the Waltham News Tribune article, but I > do not find it in the on-line version of the paper > http://ledger.southofboston.com/ > > The Massachusetts Genealogical Council will verify these reports and > likely return to work on the MA Senate bill S2302 - emphasizing long > term records preservation and access issues. > http://www.state.ma.us/legis/bills/st02302.htm > > Thank you all for your interest and support in this matter! > Sharon Sergeant, Program Director > The Massachusetts Genealogical Council > http://massgencouncil.home.attbi.com/index.htm > -- Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service Box 2601 - Norman, Oklahoma 73070-2601 http://www.dittmar.net/fred Member: Association of Professional Genealogists Mail List Administrator: MAPLYMOU-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAR-L@rootsweb.com CANNING-L@rootsweb.com DITTMAN-L@rootsweb.com Board Member & Genealogical Assistant Oklahoma Genealogical Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs