Dear Joan: I tried with all my language skills to rifle this Mr. Allen for a better reason and what has moved him to do this legislation. My Dutch is a little strained about now, since I can't get any more information from the Archives and so Many Societies helping, but I can't find Joseph Kaar and his family before 1780; AND Jan WANTS TO MAKE IT TOUGHER??? Besides influencing NJ>> who the blazies is he and what is his real concern. Sorry, he just got me between the eyes! FYI - My GodFather was a Naval Officer and when he died his name was promptly chosen by a Czech Immigrant, here without any visa or whatever, and is using it happily in Florida!! That's were his family lives, including My GodFather's Son. I have never said anything because this man is not hurting anyone and isn't taking any benefits away from my family except he is using the name. He got it from this Act that Jan wants to shut down access to. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan M Lowry (GSNJ)<mailto:jml-gsnj@earthlink.net> To: NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:34 AM Subject: RE: [GSNJ] Vital Records Access Legislation - Updates on New Hampshire and New Jersey Dear List Members Please be assured that your GSNJ Board of Trustees is aware of this pending legislation, Assembly Bill 1390 (AB1390), and is working to have the language of the bill amended to be more friendly to genealogists. We do not want to be too hasty in our rush to react to the pending legislation. There are indications that the sponsors of the bill do not intend to prevent genealogical access to the records. In fact, there is some indication that genealogical research is one of the reasons they are considering to be an "expressly approved reason" for being able to view the records. So, the matter may be more a matter of helping them frame the bill so that the wording is more obvious and allows genealogical copies to remain a viable option as defined in Executive Order 18 signed by former Governor McGreevey. GSNJ and other NJ groups are currently working with the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies' Public Records Access and Monitoring Committee as well as the Records Preservation and Access Committee of the Federation of Genealogical Societies to develop letters for constituents and their societies to send to legislators. GSNJ will be posting more information on our website soon. <<www.gsnj.org<http://www.gsnj.org/>>> Regards, Joan M. Lowry, President Genealogical Society of New Jersey mailto:membership@gsnj.org<mailto:membership@gsnj.org> website: www.gsnj.org<http://www.gsnj.org/> ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.html<http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/genmag.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<http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx>