By sending copies of the birth information in a family's records this would in no way be a bad thing. You must be an attorney or politician to come up with that. I see no reason why, IFa judge has to rule on it (now, think about it----THAT'S ridiculous--------would you want a judge ruling over birth & Bible records on YOUR birth information? Would your mother appreciate knowing that her mother-in-law was on print as being your mother?----Shades of incest!!!) presenting those records and a notarized request for correction should be more than enough. Do you know the meaning of the word "politician"? Poli (poly-----many). Ticks (blood sucking parasites). Put them together and you'll see why most of us believe that lawyers, politicians, government agencies are the root of all evil and the cause of more problems and complications than they solve. Common sense has been put on the shelf. If the state legislature wrote such crap into being they are WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. There should be a simple and free (or very low cost) way to accomplish this. Mary Lander ----- Original Message ----- From: Art Morgan <artmorg@wt.net> To: Mary Lander <jacknday@datasync.com> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 11:44 AM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Ridiculous charges. > Mary: > > The flip side of your position is that anyone could fill out your "form", > have it notarized, send it in to the appropriate state department and get > CORRECT information changed. No way should such a simple procedure be > permitted. Most state laws only permit such action through the proper court > of jurisdiction, and that's the way it should be. Surely, if you think > about what you have proposed for a minute you can see that as did our state > legislatures. Art Morgan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mary Lander" <jacknday@datasync.com> > To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:17 AM > Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Ridiculous charges. > > > > I have been watching the messages about the injustice of SS fees. Think > > about this one. > > My grandfather died in 1945. Several years ago I ordered a copy of his > death > > certificate and found that my own father had given the information and > that, > > for some strange reason, had listed as Grandpa's mother's name the name of > > his grandmother. I have checked with the Vital Statistics in Jackson > several > > times, with several attorneys, and all agree that I would have to hire a > > specific type of lawyer, wait until the "case" goes to court to present my > > "evidence" and pay a huge fee to accomplish the simple matter of > correcting > > incorrect information. Meanwhile, > > anyone searching for genealogical information would find incorrect, > > misleading information that I have long tried to > > have corrected. How's that for injustice? I don't have the kind of money > to > > waste when a simple matter of correcting > > information on a form (I can see having it notarized and paying for that) > > should be free and easy to do. > > > > How's that for trying to change the subject? > > > > Mary Lander > > > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > > where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > >