And why remove census records from the 1800's? Identity theft doesn't make sense for everything that has been removed. And you can go to any cemetery and get a name, birth date, death date, and many times birth place, the names of their parents, siblings, & children from one headstone. Are we going to put up 6 foot walls with barb wire around the top of cemeteries to stop identity theft? I agree we should protect the living, but give me a break.......census records from the 1800's? Elaine Sue Tackel wrote: > We have come up against that Identity Theft problem here in Wise County. > (Should be public information after - 75 years for Birth Records, and 25 > years for Death Records) - (See text and link below for TX Public > Information Act) > What about births and obituaries in the local papers. ????? > Sue > > Text of the Texas Public Information Act > http://www.oag.state.tx.us/AG_Publications/txts/2004publicinfohb_3_01.shtml > § 552.115. Exception: Birth and Death Records > (a) A birth or death record maintained by the bureau of vital statistics of > the Texas Department of Health or a local registration official is excepted > from the requirements of Section 552.021, except that: > (1) a birth record is public information and available to the public on and > after the 75th anniversary of the date of birth as shown on the record filed > with the bureau of vital statistics or local registration official; > (2) a death record is public information and available to the public on and > after the 25th anniversary of the date of death as shown on the record filed > with the bureau of vital statistics or local registration official; > (3) a general birth index or a general death index established or maintained > by the bureau of vital statistics or a local registration official is public > information and available to the public to the extent the index relates to a > birth record or death record that is public information and available to the > public under Subdivision (1) or (2); > (4) a summary birth index or a summary death index prepared or maintained by > the bureau of vital statistics or a local registration official is public > information and available to the public; and > (5) a birth or death record is available to the chief executive officer of a > home-rule municipality or the officer's designee if: > (A) the record is used only to identify a property owner or other person to > whom the municipality is required to give notice when enforcing a state > statute or an ordinance; > (B) the municipality has exercised due diligence in the manner described by > Section 54.035(e), Local Government Code, to identify the person; and > (C) the officer or designee signs a confidentiality agreement that requires > that: > (i) the information not be disclosed outside the office of the officer or > designee, or within the office for a purpose other than the purpose > described by Paragraph (A); > (ii) the information be labeled as confidential; > (iii) the information be kept securely; and > (iv) the number of copies made of the information or the notes taken from > the information that implicate the confidential nature of the information be > controlled, with all copies or notes that are not destroyed or returned > remaining confidential and subject to the confidentiality agreement. > (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a general birth index or a summary birth > index is not public information and is not available to the public if: > (1) the fact of an adoption or paternity determination can be revealed by > the index; or > (2) the index contains specific identifying information relating to the > parents of a child who is the subject of an adoption placement. > (c) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to the microfilming agreement entered > into by the Genealogical Society of Utah, a nonprofit corporation organized > under the laws of the State of Utah, and the Archives and Information > Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. > (d) For the purposes of fulfilling the terms of the agreement in Subsection > (c), the Genealogical Society of Utah shall have access to birth records on > and after the 50th anniversary of the date of birth as shown on the record > filed with the bureau of vital statistics or local registration official, > but such birth records shall not be made available to the public until the > 75th anniversary of the date of birth as shown on the record. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shirley Cullum" <shirlcullum@sbcglobal.net> > To: <txgen@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:20 AM > Subject: Re: [TXGEN] Files are in the Archives > > > Dorman, > Some birth, death, and census files are gone from some county Archives at > the new Archives site. I was told this was due to identity theft issues by > the county file manager. > > Shirley > > --- On Mon, 4/6/09, txarchives@mac.com <txarchives@mac.com> wrote: > > > From: txarchives@mac.com <txarchives@mac.com> > Subject: [TXGEN] Files are in the Archives > To: txgen@rootsweb.com > Date: Monday, April 6, 2009, 9:44 AM > > > 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 > > ------------------------------- > 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.