@###%%%#@! Wouldn't you know it, just when I have more time in my schedule to sit down and do some online research they change the rules! Geesh! I had found the CA birth and death indexes a wonderful tool for my San Francisco research. They think the bad guys will be stopped by taking this access away? Stuff and nonsense. They probably used a different source than Rootsweb anyway. My daughter's social security number was stolen and used without benefit of online resources or Rootsweb. Rootsweb is probably also trying to avoid litigation. Thanks for the notice Cathy. Does any one have a suggestion for what we might do to have these records made available to us again? Later, Lauren [email protected] wrote: > > > Genealogy Web site removes California birth records