Hi All, I am sending this to several lists. I don't know if we can make a difference or not. But, as you can see from the answer I received below, Guilford vital records on line has been changed. I mentioned in my message to Bill that without the parents name available the records were not nearly as useful to us as genealogist. Maybe if all of you who have used this resource would send a message to Register of Deeds Lee Payne we could change her mind. http://www.co.guilford.nc.us/novation/rodvrpub.html Thanks Mary Ellis _____________________ This is part of my message to Bill Nash last night. _________________________ I was on the Vital Records page trying to verify some dates and happened to notice that the death records don't include the parents name, at least on all that I checked. So, I tried some birth records from my own family that I know had my fathers name before, it wasn't there either. Has that bit of information been removed? I sure hope that it isn't permanent, if I am putting families together for my genealogy , having the parent there is the only way I know I have the right 'Joe Smith' or 'Jane Doe', so without that name it is not nearly as useful for genealogy. ______________________ His Answer to me........... Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:09:55 -0400 From: Bill Nash <BNASH@co.guilford.nc.us> Effective today, we are omitting parents' names from all vital records, per Register of Deeds Lee Payne. Sorry. We have forwarded your e-mail to her office so that she might be aware of your concerns. -- Mary Ellis County Coordinator Alamance NCGenWeb http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwellis/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncalaman/ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncacgs/ Non-Genealogy http://marelli12.surplusalert.com/