Greetings All We have been campaigning now for more than six years to regain unresticted public access to all Historic Census records of Canada in accordance with the Access to Information and Privacy Acts. We have not yet succeeded. What is noted after all this time is that there are still a great many people who are not aware of the Census issue, or that believe with the release of the 1906 Census of the NorthWestern Provinces the issue has been resolved. This would include a great many people who belong to genealogical or historical organizations. Let me assure everyone that public access of 92-year-old Census records is still very much an issue. The release of the 1906 Census records, although very welcome, resolved nothing for records after 1906. The Canada Census Committee is making a renewed effort to ensure that as many people as possible become aware that Canadian records of Census after 1906 are still being withheld by the Chief Statistician of Canada. With that in mind we seek your assistance. We ask that you attend meetings of your organizations to ensure those attending are aware that without their assistance we may not see any records of Census in Canada past 1906. Contact the editors of your organization's Newsletter and ask them to inform their membership about the Census issue through their publications. We need contact information for as many Canadian genealogical and historical organizations as possible. Mailing addresses etc. are relatively easy to find for the major organizations. It is more difficult for smaller, local groups. Please send to me, at my email address below, the full name of any genealogical or historical organization you belong to. Include full postal mailing address, email address and any applicable website URLs. If possible include the name of the President, or major contact of the organization. This information is needed in order to enable us to contact as many people as possible. It is my intention to include pages on the Post 1901 Census Project website containing this contact information. I hope the end result will be a more comprehensive, up-to-date listing of such organizations (Canadian) than any I am currently aware of. In responding to this request please use the subject line "Addresses for genealogical/historical organizations" (without the quotes). I have set up filters in my mail program to direct all responses with this subject line into a specific folder. Happy Hunting. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Port Coquitlam, BC http://globalgenealogy.com/Census en français http://globalgenealogy.com/Census/Index_f.htm Permission to forward without notice is granted.