This is a message sent to me from a fellow ranchos member, Olivia
Jaurequi-Reyes.

joseph

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Joseph Puentes
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Subject: Fw: [CA-SCGS] California Legislation Threatens Records
Availability - Need Your Help
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:07:52 -0700 (PDT)
From: Olivia Jaurequi-Jaurequi
To: Joseph Puentes

Hello Jospeh,
I received this email yesterday and thought I'd forward it along to you
to be sent to Ranchos members if you think appropriate. Don't know if
you've received any information on Assembly Bill 130 which is to be
heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee sometime soon. I'm
associate with GSHA-SC and received it from my contact. If passed the
bill will most probably affect most researchers in California.

Olivia Jaurequi-Reyes
Rowland Heights, CA

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Donie Nelson
To: GSHA-SC eNews List
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2009 4:29:02 PM
Subject: FW: [CA-SCGS] California Legislation Threatens Records
Availability - Need Your Help

Dear Researcher:

Please read the message below from our colleagues at SCGS. This affects
anyone who accesses California records now or in the future. We need to
write to Gov. Schwarzenegger NOW.

Donie Nelson
eNews You Can Use
Genealogical Society of Hispanic America - Southern California
310-204-6808
http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/GSHA.htm
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------ Forwarded Message
From: "Paula Hinkel"
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:27:55 -0700
To:
Subject: [CA-SCGS] California Legislation Threatens Records Availability -
Need Your Help

Passing along this notice from
Liz Stookesberry Myers
California Alliance of Genealogical Societies
Legislative Committee

Assembly Bill 130 will be heard in the Senate Appropriations
Committee very soon. It was introduced by Kevin Jeffries
(Republican) of the Temecula area. The Bill was presented at the
request of the Recorder Association of California. They want to be
able to handle Marriage Records the same as Birth and Death Records.
That means that they can black out the Mother's Maiden name, if the
County Recorder chooses. The Recorder also has the option of sending
out an informational copy only.

The main concern is what the Recorder of each county may or may not
choose to do. At least that is the way it is written today.

As we know, the unfounded fear of ID theft is a worry to
legislatures on the state and national levels. Yet, research shows
that ID Theft is caused by Data Hackers or stolen items from a
friend or acquaintance!

I urge you to notify the Senate Appropriation's Committee and your
State Representatives of our feelings about access to these public
records. Remind them that these records help us to find family and
determine if an inherited disease is running through the family
lines. That seems to get their attention.

Go to www.senate.ca.gov/ and click on Committees go to: Standing
Committee to Appropriations. There you will see the members of the
committee and staff information. Call or write these committee
members and let them know how important changing this rule is to
genealogists world wide!

Go to http://www.legislature.ca.gov/ to find your local
representative. When this bill goes to the Senate and Assembly
Floor, we will need to jump in and let them know how important
access to these records is to us!

We have been advised by Jan Meisels Allen, of the International
Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies and Chairperson, of
Public Records Access and Monitoring Committee to "write to the
governor as it can be heard as soon as today and the way this bill
is moving it won't take long for it to pass both houses on the
floor." Urge the governor to veto the bill..."
http://gov.ca.gov/interact#contact

Please take a moment to make a call, or write a letter or Fax your
thoughts. It will only happen if we take the time to do it now!

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