Hi all Well, don't bother sending E-mail to Rep. Pease about the Internet and genealogy. Following is the "automated" response I got from the e-mail that I sent to him, and I personally feel that he will never see the original message. Perhaps sending a letter to one of the addresses below would be better. By the way, living in Colorado, I sent a cc: to my Senators, and also my Representative. I did get "automated" responses to this e-mail, but all of them did state that my message would be read and answered. 05/25/2000 -- 22:00 Elizabeth Lawrence, thank you for sharing your comments with Congressman Ed Pease via the Internet. The Internet is one of the many ways in which Congressman Pease listens to fellow Hoosiers from the Seventh District of Indiana. While this site is used to receive information, personal responses are not provided in this medium. If you would like a response regarding your comments or need assistance on a specific matter, please contact one of the Congressman’s offices listed below. Danville Office: 355 S. Washington Street Danville, IN 46122 (317) 718-0307 Lafayette Office: 107 Halleck Federal Building Lafayette, IN 47901 (765) 423-1661 Terre Haute Office: 107 Federal Building Terre Haute, IN 47808 (812) 238-1619 Washington, DC Office: 119 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-5805 Once again, thank you for your comments. Congressman Pease appreciates your thoughts and hopes that you will continue to share your comments and concerns. Please feel free to contact us at one of the offices listed above if you need assistance or if we may help in any way. The Office of Congressman Ed Pease http://www.house.gov/pease ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Lawrence" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 7:28 PM Subject: Regulation of Geneology on the Internet > Honorable Rep. Pease: > > What will it take to make our federal and state legislators realize that we > don't need more regulations and laws, we need less! The more laws and > regulations we have, the less freedom we have, and therefore the closer we > become to a police state. We certainly do not need any regulation on > genealogy on the Internet, or even a general regulation of any kind on any > internet activity. It might be a good idea to have a regulation to control > the behavior and thinking of many legislators. > > I have many European friends who are concerned about the way we, as a > nation, are moving towards a police state, more and more every day. In > their opinion, the loss of freedom is by small steps, until all freedom is > gone, which usually results in a revolution. Ask them, they know. As they > say they've had them for hundreds of years in Europe. They are convinced > that a revolution in the United States will happen sooner, rather than > later. > > I have a web site on the Internet that is accessed and used by hundreds of > school districts on a daily basis on History, and the Westward Movement. I > have upwards of 1500 "hits" per day. I'm an historical researcher and > writer, have studied and interpreted history all my life, and for those > reasons I believe that the thinking of the Europeans is valid. I'm a firm > believer in the free speech on the Internet, and lack of regulations, but I > also believe strongly that the Internet needs to be self-regulating. That's > the job of the family. Please take the time to look at my website on the > "Overland Trail" which is in Northern Colorado: > > http://www.over-land.com > > and see that there are no advertisements, even though on a daily basis I'm > bombarded with requests to put on ads that may net me thousands of dollars > per month. This is another example of "self regulation." > > I believe that the genealogy sites on the Internet have sparked an interest > in billions of families to look at their "roots." A person that is > searching his genealogy is helping to build family identity and values. I > am of Icelandic descent, and have no need to search the genealogy web sites, > as all of our history has been published for hundreds of years, is readily > available to all Icelandic citizens, and it's availability hasn't hurt us in > any way. But, the freedom to have such genealogical sites, and to search > these sites by others, for basically no cost at all, needs to remain > unregulated! > > Thank you. > > Elizabeth Lawrence > > > >