This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stephenson-Rucker Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/1951 Message Board Post: Last Saturday, March 13, in the WV Legislature, House Bill 4330 passed. It is now awaiting signature from Governor Wise to make it law. If you are a family genealogist/historian whose research involves West Virginia, then this bill affects your work whether you live in West Virginia or another state. If Governor Wise signs HB 4330, all birth records will be closed to public access for 100 years and all death records closed for 50 years.PLEASE ask him not to sign Governor@WVGOV.org