I have received previous copies of this email. Before everyone gets all bent out of shape over this, I would suggest some research into the situation. It is my understanding that senate bill S 2845 is to reform the intelligence community and intelligence related activities of the United States government. So do you want more terrorism or do you want to see birth certificates. And secondly, we have not been able to access Michigan birth records for how many years? So before this email takes on a life of its own, check into it, see what it is about. I also believe the bill has already passed and been made into law. Don't just be one of the pack and follow along, get out there and lead the way. gypsy -----Original Message----- From: mrjcbs@juno.com [mailto:mrjcbs@juno.com] Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 9:27 AM To: MIMECOST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIMECOST] Fw: FW: [FHCPatrons] Law Impacting Family Historians This looks interesting. mrj --------- Forwarded message ---------- To: "Dick & Sarah Jacobs (E-mail)" <MRJCBS@juno.com>, Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:04:57 -0500 Subject: FW: [FHCPatrons] Law Impacting Family Historians Looks like "opposition" is once again attempting to thwart putting families together again. -----Original Message----- From: swt39 [mailto:swt39@comcast.net] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 1:26 PM To: FHC Patrons List Subject: [FHCPatrons] Law Impacting Family Historians New Bill Will Close Records to Genealogists HR10 has passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives and is now part of S.2845. The amendments suggested by David Rencher in his letter to the bill's sponsor, Congressman J. Dennis Hastert, were NOT incorporated into this legislation. Thus, the terms of HR10 will now be considered by the Senate, as part of S.2845. If S.2845 becomes law, as now written, family historians will face some real challenges in attempts to obtain birth records, even on long-deceased individuals. Specifically, what genealogists need to do is suggest to their lawmakers the addition of Sec. 3061(b)(1)(A)(iii) that would read: "who is alive on the date that access to their birth certificate is requested." This addition would clarify that the legislation (soon to be law) applies ONLY to birth certificates of CURRENTLY LIVING PERSONS. If you do not know your U.S. Senator's e-mail address, you can find it at http://www.senate.gov/ This bill can be found online at http://thomas.loc.gov/ Put in S.2845 (in the bill number window) and then select item No. 3; and go to Subtitle B -- Identity Management Security; Chapter 2 -- Improved Security for Birth Certificates. Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 8 December 2004, Vol. 7, No. 49. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Access film/fiche lists, classes, & links: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCPatrons/files Unsubscribe? Send an empty email to: FHCPatrons-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com To post a message to the entire group send email to: FHCPatrons@yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FHCPatrons/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: FHCPatrons-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ==== MIMECOST Mailing List ==== List Mom is Jan Cortez. You can contact me at cristian@netonecom.net