Oops!!! Sorry for that last E mail to the list! You wrote a very good letter. Joan In a message dated 3/13/02 12:15:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, TCall2000@aol.com writes: > March 13, 2002 > > Via Facsimile: 201-928-0406 > > Assemblywoman Loretta Weinberg > Chairwoman of the Assembly > Health and Human Services Committee > > RE: Difficulty of Genealogists in Obtaining Vital > Records > > Dear Assemblywomen Weinberg: > > I wish to bring to your attention a problem that family > historians/genealogists are having recently with obtaining death, birth and > marriage certificates of our ancestors from Trenton. > > Our requests are being returned to us with demands for the names of the > subjects' parents, even their mothers' maiden names. These are long-dead > ancestors we're talking about here, not the people next door. Frankly, if > we knew that information, we would not need those documents. > > Trenton appears to be waging a campaign designed to make it more > difficult for family historians/genealogists seeking their roots. Privacy > is not a valid excuse. The subjects of these documents are long-deceased > and since they are the ancestors of the document-seekers, I think the > privacy issue is rendered moot. (And we are all weary of September 11 being > used as a excuse by people who don't seem to want to do their jobs.) > > I think these rules and practices are patently unfair to family > historians/genealogists and I think they need to be changed. > > Thank you for your attention to this matter. > >