I have just received this from another list, done it and hope others will follow suit - it's easy to do. Jean > > This is something everyone should do. From a member of EOLFHS > > -------------------------------------------------- > > I have managed to get 10 Downing Street to allow an e-petition looking for > > support to have open access to the registers of Births, Marriages and > > Deaths from 1837 to 1908. > > > > This one act would enable all family historians and genealogists to find > > the right family certificate without having to purchase a copy certificate > > which turns out to be incorrect. > > > > I hope you can support me in this as I feel it will make family history > > just that little bit easier, after all these registrations are over 100 > > years old. > > > > The link is http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/OpenBMDrecords/ > > > > > > ------------------------------- >

I might agree if I could ban free usage from overseas. Why should any part of my taxes be used to subsidise a hobby? JK On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Jean WOOD <jeangrahame@orange.fr> wrote: > > I have just received this from another list, done it and hope others will follow suit - it's easy to do. > > Jean > > > > >> >> This is something everyone should do. From a member of EOLFHS >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> > I have managed to get 10 Downing Street to allow an e-petition looking for >> > support to have open access to the registers of Births, Marriages and >> > Deaths from 1837 to 1908. >> > >> > This one act would enable all family historians and genealogists to find >> > the right family certificate without having to purchase a copy certificate >> > which turns out to be incorrect. >> > >> > I hope you can support me in this as I feel it will make family history >> > just that little bit easier, after all these registrations are over 100 >> > years old. >> > >> > The link is http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/OpenBMDrecords/ >> > >> >