Don Burris on our list gave me a heads-up to a proposed change in census information that is requested. The link shown will take you to the site where you can read the full report and input your feelings. Basically, they are wanting to eliminate marital status (and other questions) from the forms to save money. Don stated: The Census Bureau it taking public comment on whether to remove marital information from census information. It goes without saying that future genealogical research will become more complicated with past census only reporting full family information on the long form (only 10% of the nation was provided the long form), and if future information does not include family status. Go to the following to make your voice heard. <http://www.populationassociation.org/2014/11/06/census-bureau-invites-public>http://www.populationassociation.org/2014/11/06/census-bureau-invites-public -comments-on-proposal-to-remove-marriage-and-field-of-degree-questions-on-th e-acs/ On the link provided above, there is a link to the individual who is taking comments from people. There is a deadline coming up soon when they will take comments. I don't mind some of the information being omitted (tho it's nice!), but the marital status IS important! Would you send an email nicely requesting that this information remain????? Here is what I wrote as an example - you can use much of the same wording except where I state "as a professional genealogist": Having read through the proposals to remove certain information from census questionnaires, I would like to request that one item not be removed: Marital status. As a historian and professional genealogist, this information is so important. We depend on that information in tracing our family trees and preserving family records. It is not used for any other purpose. Would you please consider leaving this question on future census forms? Thank you, Sandi Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Save money? BS. This is all about being politically correct. RPMc Sent from my iPad > On Nov 28, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Sandi Gorin via <south-central-kentucky@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Don Burris on our list gave me a heads-up to a proposed change in > census information that is requested. The link shown will take you to > the site where you can read the full report and input your feelings. > Basically, they are wanting to eliminate marital status (and other > questions) from the forms to save money. Don stated: > > The Census Bureau it taking public comment on whether to remove marital > information from census information. It goes without saying that future > genealogical research will become more complicated with past census only > reporting full family information on the long form (only 10% of the > nation was > provided the long form), and if future information does not include family > status. Go to the following to make your voice heard. > > <http://www.populationassociation.org/2014/11/06/census-bureau-invites-public>http://www.populationassociation.org/2014/11/06/census-bureau-invites-public > -comments-on-proposal-to-remove-marriage-and-field-of-degree-questions-on-th > e-acs/ > > On the link provided above, there is a link to the individual who is > taking comments from people. There is a deadline coming up soon when > they will take comments. I don't mind some of the information being > omitted (tho it's nice!), but the marital status IS important! Would > you send an email nicely requesting that this information remain????? > > Here is what I wrote as an example - you can use much of the same > wording except where I state "as a professional genealogist": > > Having read through the proposals to remove certain information from > census questionnaires, I would like to request that one item not be > removed: Marital status. > > As a historian and professional genealogist, this information is so > important. We depend on that information in tracing our family trees > and preserving family records. It is not used for any other purpose. > > Would you please consider leaving this question on future census forms? > > Thank you, > > > Sandi > > Colonel Sandi Gorin > President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society > Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html > Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-CENTRAL-KENTUCKY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message