The census files for Nueces county are back. Joy Fisher replaced them. Thanks, Vicki Elaine wrote: > Dorman, > > One example is Nueces County Archives. > http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/nueces/nuetoc.htm > > Click on any census and all you get is 404 > > Click on Birth Records, Death Records, Marriage Records, Divorce Records > and all you get is 404 > > We were told they were removed due to identity theft. So we began > investigating and many files in many counties have been removed from the > archives. > > Elaine > > txarchives@mac.com wrote: > >> Elaine, >> >> There was a discussion among the Archives FMs in 2008 concerning the >> unbelievable amounts of >> requests to be removed from people "googling" their names and finding >> marriage, birth and divorce >> records in the public domain. >> >> Some county FMs decided to remove the birth Vital Records because of >> the 75 year rule in the State >> of Texas. >> >> Its a sticky issue in my opinion. From my experience, I removed >> hundreds of names a week from those who have requested their names >> to be removed from the archives. I've been threatened with lawsuits, >> court cases, bodily harm, cussed, etc. >> >> Is there a specific county that you have reference? >> >> Dorman Holub: txarchives@mac.com >> Texas Archives State File Manager: http://usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm >> >> >> >> On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:58 AM, Elaine wrote: >> >> >>> Dorman, >>> >>> The problem is that the files that were linked to in RW are not in the >>> archives with USGenWeb now, and when we asked some of the archive >>> managers, we were told they were removed because of the possibility of >>> them being used for identity theft. We had always been told in the >>> past it was fine to link to individual files, but they were removed with >>> no warning......we just suddenly had a lot of broken links and have been >>> unable to find the files in the USGenWeb archives site to relink to. >>> Were we told correctly that files were removed and will no longer be in >>> the archives? >>> >>> Elaine >>> >>> txarchives@mac.com wrote: >>> >>>> The Archives files that Shirley has a question about being removed are >>>> the old Rootsweb.Ancestry.com files in Texas. >>>> They are now all gone. >>>> >>>> The CCs need to update their links to the Texas Archives page instead >>>> of individual files in the archives. >>>> >>>> >>>> The new link to the census pages in question is: >>>> >>>> http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/census/ >>>> >>>> >>>> Everyone needs to ensure your links to the Archives pages are correct. >>>> http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/managers.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> Dorman Holub: txarchives@mac.com >>>> Texas Archives State File Manager: >>>> http://usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Apr 6, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Shirley Cullum wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Dorman Holub is checking with Linda and/or Joy to find out more >>>>> information for us. >>>>> >>>>> Shirley >>>>> >>>>> --- On Mon, 4/6/09, Vicki <wire@shaffer.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Vicki <wire@shaffer.com> >>>>> Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Fwd: [TXGW-NEWS] Files No Longer Available in >>>>> the Archives >>>>> To: txgen@rootsweb.com >>>>> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 8:19 AM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It could be that a file manager forgot to move the census files to new >>>>> server. But someone probably still has them on their computer and can >>>>> replace. >>>>> >>>>> Vicki >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Shirley Cullum wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Nan, >>>>>> No, the files have been removed from the new Archives site >>>>>> and includes many Census files from the 1800's. >>>>>> >>>>>> Shirley >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --- On Mon, 4/6/09, Nan <nstarjak@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From: Nan <nstarjak@gmail.com> >>>>>> Subject: [TXGEN] Fwd: [TXGW-NEWS] Files No Longer Available in the >>>>>> Archives >>>>>> To: txgen@rootsweb.com >>>>>> Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 8:04 AM >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Shirley. >>>>>> >>>>>> Could these be links to the old archives files on rootsweb? Those >>>>>> have been deleted (at long last), since everything should be on >>>>>> www.usgwarchives.net since last year. >>>>>> >>>>>> There may have been some vital records deleted from the current site, >>>>>> but I'm not aware of any wholesale deletions of other types of files. >>>>>> >>>>>> Nan >>>>>> (who also works in the archives) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>> From: <shirlcullum@sbcglobal.net> >>>>>> Date: Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:50 PM >>>>>> Subject: [TXGW-NEWS] Files No Longer Available in the Archives >>>>>> To: "TXGW-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com" <TXGW-NEWS-L@rootsweb.com> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Everyone, >>>>>> Tonight I found that many of the files in the Archives for >>>>>> some >>>>>> of our counties have been removed. The removed files include all >>>>>> types >>>>>> of records, births, deaths, cemeteries, biographies...and the list >>>>>> goes on. >>>>>> >>>>>> I contacted a couple of Archives managers and they confirmed that >>>>>> some >>>>>> files have been removed. That leads me to be concerned that more >>>>>> counties will be affected in the near future. >>>>>> >>>>>> Please check your links to individual files in the Archives for your >>>>>> county to see if your county is affected. I would even suggest that >>>>>> you link only to the county and state Archives rather than individual >>>>>> files since they may be removed. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here are a couple of free programs for checking for dead links: >>>>>> Xenu http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html >>>>>> And for those who would rather use a link checker that doesn't have >>>>>> to >>>>>> be downloaded, here is a link to Dead-Links.com >>>>>> http://www.dead-links.com/ . >>>>>> >>>>>> Please let me know if I can help in any way. >>>>>> >>>>>> Shirley >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>> TXGW-NEWS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>>>>> the >>>>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com >>>>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>>>> the body of the message >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com >>>>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>>>> the body of the message >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com >>>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>>> the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com >>>>> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >>>>> the body of the message >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Whenever I feel that the world is moving too fast, I go to the Post >>> Office. >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TXGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> > >