Since these gentleman are elected officials, I don't see why not (There are others, check out the Delaware County Home Page for the others): Ron Raymand (a really nice guy and very interest in history, by the way) Mailing Address: 1337 Chester Pike, Sharon Hill, PA, 19079 Curt Weldon (also a really nice guy) curtpa7@hr.house.gov Honorable Curt Weldon 2452 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 30 S. Valley Road Paoli, Pennsylvania 19301 Honorable Curt Weldon 1554 Garrett Road Upper Darby, Pennsylvania 19082 If I may offer just a suggestion or two to those considering putting your experiences on paper. Use commonsense when writing your letters. While reasonable access to records is of vital importance to all genealogists, this isn't by any stretch of the imagination the most important thing to the State Assembly or Congress. Be tactful and offer practical solutions for ways to make change possible, rather than just complaining. You get more bees with honey than vinegar; and if the people and their elected representatives can work together to present well-considered alternatives and options to the present situation, we'd have a better chance at opening up those archives. Karen Greim Mullian booboopies@aol.com In a message dated Sat, 26 Aug 2000 11:55:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, harv <harv@uswest.net> writes: << How about if you post the names and addresses (email) of the state representative(s) who represent that area on this mail list? I would be happy to drop him/her a line and voice my displeasure. My husband experienced difficulty with this same group when trying to get some info on his family (by mail). I think if all of us wrote a letter to the representative and let them know that the offices are stonewalling citizens who pay their salaries that maybe something might be changed. I'd be happy to be one of the letter writers. >>