The following was posted on the Berks Co. mailing list I subscribe to. It concerns vital records being closed for 100 years. There's a link to an article that explains it all. Diane Klopp "Life & Death of Public Records" http://www.alternet.org/story/32242 If you are concerned, here is a site that lists e-mail addresses for your senators in D. C.: www.senate.gov/general/ contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm - 101k - Here is a site with e-mail addresses of the congressmen: www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html - 6k - Feb 20, 2006 -