When I talked with the historian at Kenton Co, He said there's some rule that they can't be published for 100 years. And it was only 50 for the death certificates. Which is why the 1954 death records are available. And birth certificates are not. On Feb 27, 2005, at 3:02 PM, CharlotteAnneMlr@aol.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/27/2005 2:43:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > AnnBergelt@aol.com writes: > > Hi, > > Very interesting information. I think it's a good indication of the > "right > hand not knowing what the left is doing" when it comes to decisions > being > made about privacy, records, etc. > > It always seems to me that the best method of maintaining privacy in > copying > family records would have to do with keeping the range within a > certain > number of years (say 75 or at least 50) and exceptions being made for > more > recent > ones depending on the purpose and recipient. > > If the Social Security number is a problem, they can cross it out > before > distribution. > > It might be found on the SSDI anyway. > > Too many rules in too many places, basically. > > Best wishes, > > Ann > > > Ann, > > Here in Allen County, Ohio I have been to the courthouse twice and both > times the same girl waited on me and both times she said that she had > had her > shoulder operated on and she said that it was hard for her to lift the > books. > She is probably in her 20's. I am 51, and it is a lot harder on me to > lift them > than it would be a younger person. The second time I was there, she > said that > the copier wouldn't work right. I got the feeling that she just > didn't want > to mess with lifting the books. I live in Allen County, and I could > help a > lot of people if I could get copies of old marriage certificates for > them, but > if you can't get the copies of them, then you can't do anything. The > marriage > certificates that I wanted copied both times were very old and most > of the > people were deceased, so there wouldn't be a privacy issue. I have > been to > many courthouses in Kentucky and I have never had a problem with > getting copies. > It is sad to me that the courthouse in the county that I live in is so > genealogy-unfriendly. > I have thought about complaining to her superior but I don't know who > that > would be. > > Thank you, > Charlotte Miller > _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html_ > (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html) > > > > ==== OHHAMILT Mailing List ==== > ~*~*~*~ The Resources in the USGenWeb's Parade of States Awaits! > ~*~*~*~ > -- Table of all States: http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinks-table.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >