Hello everyone: So the Great State of New Jersey is trying to make a law that we will not be able to get a copy of our own Birth Cerficates or Marriage Lic, or Death Certificates for our parents or grand-parents. I think someone really needs to put the skids to this. I can understand with the Credit Card Co. & other business but not the Vital Records that we all need to use for our own families & family research. Most of my family history is in Monmouth Co. Manalapan Twp & Millstone Twp. So this would really hinder my research. Clare Rooney Short formerly of Perrineville, Millstone Twp. Monmouth Co. NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan M Lowry" <jmlowry@earthlink.net> To: <NJ-GSNJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:29 PM Subject: [GSNJ] NJ Vital Records Access Threatened > Hello All > > In light of recent discussions on this list regarding NJ Vital Records > access, I thought that you should have more information on the serious > piece of pending legislation that would remove virtually all Vital > Records from the realm of Public Records, Assembly Bill 1390. In > addition to making the records non-public, the bill would further > restrict who would be allowed to obtain copies and would allow only > "viewing" of the records to others. > > The bill also would make it against the law to "transfer, sell, share, > reproduce or otherwise disclose the information to another party." > There would be penalties for disclosing the information that could be > serious fines or even jail time. I don't know how anyone can write a > history book, article, or anything else if you can't share the > information, or provide a documented source for the information. > > The proposed bill, Assembly Bill 1390, is a product of the Homeland > Security and State Preparedness Committee. You can see the proposed > language at http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A1500/1390_I1.PDF. > You can also get there from the Genealogical Society of New Jersey's > website www.gsnj.org by going to the page for Legislative Alerts (the > direct page link is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/legislation.html.) > > This bill may be heard by the Assembly as early as March 2. I urge you > to make contact with the sponsors of the bill via fax or email as soon > as possible to ask them to amend the bill. There is a summary sheet on > the GSNJ website that gives more information on the bill and proposed > amended language. There are also sample letters for use by individuals > and by societies and organizations. See the Legislative Alerts page on > the GSNJ website > > I would welcome any comments or assistance that can be offered to help > us get the bill changed before it is too late! My email address is: > mailto:jml-gsnj@earthlink.net > > Thank you very much. > > Sincerely, > Joan M. Lowry, President > > Genealogical Society of New Jersey > www.gsnj.org > > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > GSNJ Newsletter: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/newsletter.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/252 - Release Date: 2/6/2006 > >

I live in Missouri now but all my family is from New Jersey on both sides of the family. I thought it was hard enough when I would take a trip to Paterson and I would have to know the specific date, show my license and pay by cash. They don't have the books available to look through and it made it very hard making sure the date was correct before they would issue the certificate. In St. Louis, they make the books available for you to search through and find what you are looking for. Exactly why are they doing this? It doesn't make sense. And it is so important to find our ancestors. scrappyclare1 <scrappyclare1@verizon.net> wrote: Hello everyone: So the Great State of New Jersey is trying to make a law that we will not be able to get a copy of our own Birth Cerficates or Marriage Lic, or Death Certificates for our parents or grand-parents. I think someone really needs to put the skids to this. I can understand with the Credit Card Co. & other business but not the Vital Records that we all need to use for our own families & family research. Most of my family history is in Monmouth Co. Manalapan Twp & Millstone Twp. So this would really hinder my research. Clare Rooney Short formerly of Perrineville, Millstone Twp. Monmouth Co. NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan M Lowry" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:29 PM Subject: [GSNJ] NJ Vital Records Access Threatened > Hello All > > In light of recent discussions on this list regarding NJ Vital Records > access, I thought that you should have more information on the serious > piece of pending legislation that would remove virtually all Vital > Records from the realm of Public Records, Assembly Bill 1390. In > addition to making the records non-public, the bill would further > restrict who would be allowed to obtain copies and would allow only > "viewing" of the records to others. > > The bill also would make it against the law to "transfer, sell, share, > reproduce or otherwise disclose the information to another party." > There would be penalties for disclosing the information that could be > serious fines or even jail time. I don't know how anyone can write a > history book, article, or anything else if you can't share the > information, or provide a documented source for the information. > > The proposed bill, Assembly Bill 1390, is a product of the Homeland > Security and State Preparedness Committee. You can see the proposed > language at http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A1500/1390_I1.PDF. > You can also get there from the Genealogical Society of New Jersey's > website www.gsnj.org by going to the page for Legislative Alerts (the > direct page link is: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/legislation.html.) > > This bill may be heard by the Assembly as early as March 2. I urge you > to make contact with the sponsors of the bill via fax or email as soon > as possible to ask them to amend the bill. There is a summary sheet on > the GSNJ website that gives more information on the bill and proposed > amended language. There are also sample letters for use by individuals > and by societies and organizations. See the Legislative Alerts page on > the GSNJ website > > I would welcome any comments or assistance that can be offered to help > us get the bill changed before it is too late! My email address is: > mailto:jml-gsnj@earthlink.net > > Thank you very much. > > Sincerely, > Joan M. Lowry, President > > Genealogical Society of New Jersey > www.gsnj.org > > > > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== > GSNJ Newsletter: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgsnj/newsletter.html > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/252 - Release Date: 2/6/2006 > > ==== NJ-GSNJ Mailing List ==== Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey: 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 Terry Smith Administrative Assistant Gateway Foundation 720 Olive St., Ste 1977 St. Louis, MO 63101 314-241-3347 314-241-3559 (Fax)