List, I received this message and checked the link below at Ancestry.Com. Further checking led to the following link which goes directly to the applicable section: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c108:1:./temp/~c108g49RvY:e287660 This message is not meant to start a political debate of any nature. It is posted to inform you that HR 10 proposes limiting access to birth certificates. Ancestry Daily News for Oct 7 http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=9105&o_iid=831&o_lid=831&o_it=831#announce (be sure to copy and paste the full URL) publicizes this issue and provides links to the Federation of Genealogical Society response letter, congressional representative contact info, and HR 10 itself (do an Edit>Find>Birth to get to chapter 2). If you feel strongly about this issue, you are encouraged to write your congressman Diane Forwarded by Mike