I was at the State Archives a few days ago and one of the staff told me the bill was being redrafted. Curt Miller -------------- Original message -------------- From: GmDjones51@aol.com > Hi Barbara, > > I got a phone call today from Assemblyman Penacchio's office. His aide > thinks the bill has not been posted because Speaker Roberts has some concerns > with > it. I called Robert's office-after e-mailing him my concerns and the West > Virginia info-and no one there had any information to impart. They did assure me > the Speaker would read my e-mail. > > After that, I called the Family History Center in Utah and let them know > about this bill. They told me they have Vital Records up to 1900 for NJ. I asked > the gentleman did he think they'd have to pull those records if this bill > passed and he said he wasn't sure. > > Then I called the State Archives and was told unofficially that-and this is > strictly office chatter-another bill was being drafted that would transfer the > Vital Records to the Archives. The young lady didn't know any particulars. > Like I said, "it might have just been a rumor." > > That's about it for now. > > Mike > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > New Jersey Legislative Alerts: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/legislation.html > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Hi Folks I was hoping to only do one email tonight with "A-1390" in the subject line - but thought I should respond to the emails about "redrafting" A-1390 and "drafting a new bill" from Curt and Mike. GSNJ and the Advocates for New Jersey History are indeed working together to draft a separate bill that we hope might be sponsored and passed. This bill will include language directing the Dept of Health to turn over more of the older records to the NJ State Archives and to continue to do so on a regular schedule as years go by. The Archives and Dept of Health have actually discussed this idea over the last several years. Hopefully this might get the ball rolling on that score. As soon as there is any definitive news on this subject - I will be sure to let everyone know. (Then we can all sharpen our pencils again and write in favor of this!) As noted in my previous email, GSNJ and the Advocates for New Jersey History are also working together on getting the language in A-1390 fixed before it goes to a vote in the Assembly - but these are (at present) separate projects, with some points in common. We'll keep everyone updated as we learn anything. Regards, Joan M. Lowry, President Genealogical Society of New Jersey mailto:membership@gsnj.org website: www.gsnj.org