This is such great news. Yvonne in Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:41 PM Subject: [MORIPLEY] VIRGINIA BILL SB818 DEFEATED > Today is a day of great celebration! > > The constituency spoke and the Virginia General Assembly heard your > voices.Your opinion counted; your letters and emails read and heeded. > Democracy is alive and well in Virginia! > > There is much to be said about the power of united voices and this is an > excellent example. This Bill if enacted allowed clerks at their discretion to > destroy historic Wills > and other pertinent historical records dated after 1/1/1913 once they had > been microfilmed and retained in their files for 6 months to 10 yrs. Thanks > to all of you who took the time to send e-mails and letters, our voices were > heard and our future generations will be able to continue researching their > ancestry. > > Judy Neu > Springwater, NY. > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >