More than likely, the Health Dept. will be making it available to the public at a later date...FOR A SERVICE CHARGE. It appears to be out and out thievery. Pam Drake <padrake@psci.net> wrote:Thanks CJ for letting us know about this crazy tactic of the Health Dept. They STOLE the microfilm from the library!The genealogy society BOUGHT the microfilm ;not the Health Dept.!! I would suggest the County Sheriff go & retrieve the microfilm from the Health Dept.at the very least & give them back to the genealogy society. Another thing,I can't believe the Library Director let the Health Dept. take the microfilm in the first place! Here in Indiana we haven't had that problem. In fact, in our county public library, we have lots of vital statistics about early residents with the full cooperation of our Health Dept. The library also has Catholic Church records(marriage, birth,baptism, death) from the Archdiocese there too. Thanks again for letting us know about this crazy plan of this Health Dept.I'm glad I don't have "roots" in Huron Co.if that's the way they treat public property! Sincerely, Pam Drake padrake@psci.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "CJ Skinner" To: Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 8:30 AM Subject: [OHWASH] Ohio Records & The New Law > Passing this along it comes from rootsweb lists and seems to be legit. > | > | Good morning group > | > | We, here in Huron County, are in the middle of working to retrieve the > | microfilm that we bought from the LDS, It was removed from our public > | library by the Huron County Health Department, without our consent and > | against our > | wishes. We are working with the State Health Department, OGS and others to > | accomplish this goal. > | > | > | We could use a little public support from you, the researchers. > | > | I would like each of you to go to > | > http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1699&dept_id=46371&newsid=10 > | 153455&PAG=461&rfi=9 and read the article there. Dick Eastman has also > taken > | up the cause. Go to www.eogn.com and read his comments. Please read > | either/both of these > | articles and make up your own mind. If you feel so led, please forward > this > | to your > | county mail lists. I hope the Ohio researchers will take a stand so this > | does not happen in your county. > | > | If you would like to help us retrieve the microfilm that holds the birth > | and death records (public domain), please send your comments to: > | > | Huron County Health Department, 180 Milan Ave, Norwalk, OH 44857. > | Please do not use any rash language. Just state your opinion of this case > | and how it affects you. Thanks for any support you feel you can give. > | Peace, > | > Judy > > Cheryl J Skinner (CJ) > OHGenExchange County Coordinator for Adams, Belmont, Noble & Perry Counties > http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=oh&county=adams > http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=oh&county=belmont > http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=oh&county=noble > http://www.genexchange.org/county.cfm?state=oh&county=perry > Help Keep Genealogy Free Volunteer at the GenExchange! > http://www.genexchange.org/volunteering.cfm > > ______________________________ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software