> Von: Anna Rufer[SMTP:rufer@xtra.co.nz] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. Januar 2000 08:44 > An: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Betreff: Re: [SWITZ] New Swiss Civil Registration Ordinance > > Dear Dr Seelentag & others interested - > Does this alarmingly expensive piece of news also apply if you want to go > and view the Famielenschein in person? > Unfortunately - yes - or to make it even worse : you will not be allowed to view the original register at all, if someone adheres to the new ordinance strictly :-(. And someone who wants to be left alone will just do that ! The ordinance states that under normal circumstances you shouldn't get access to the register, but get a Familienschein as an excerpt of the relevant data instead - so there is some freedom of interpretation what "normal circumstances" are. Good luck - Wolf