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From: "Mary Lauffer" <>
Subject: Re: [Phly-Rts] PHILLY-ROOTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 150
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:10:53 -0400
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To whom do i send a letter if i am out of state? mary L
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> 1. PA genealogical sources (Eugene Stackhouse)
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> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:59:37 -0400
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> Subject: [Phly-Rts] PA genealogical sources
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> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:56:51 -0400
> Subject: PA State Senate to consider easier access to genealogical sources
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> PA State Senate to consider easier access to genealogical sources
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> In reference to getting better access to older Pennsylvania state birth
> and death certificates,, Senate Bill 361 unanimously passed the Public
> Health & Welfare Committee back in June. Now we need help getting it
> passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee when the State Senate
> reconvenes this month. From there it should go to the full Senate for a
> vote, but one step at a time. The bill is simple in that it just makes
> death certificates over 50 years old and birth certificates over 100 years
> old in Pennsylvania open records. Once the bill becomes law it would be
> then possible to have the records online. Without this change in the law
> the records will remain very restricted forever. This is discussed in
> detail on our website in the Latest News section of our website:
> http://users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access.htm (includes a sample letter for
> this bill). If you would please let everyone you can know about this
> (including out of state residents). Visits, phone calls, letters are the
> most effective, but even a one paragraph email sent to at least one state
> senator is better than nothing. The most important persons to contact
> would be their own state senator and the committee chairman Jake Corman
> who decides which bills are voted on. Senators Vincent Hughes and
> Christine Tartaglione are also on the committee. Hearing from
> organizations within their districts, their constituents and others could
> prove decisive in getting the bill brought up for a committee vote. Thank
> you for all your help. Tim Gruber
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> Gene Stackhouse in Germantown Heights, President Emeritus, Germantown
> Historical Society.
> Author: "Germantown in the Civil War"
> The History Press, 635 Rutledge Ave., Charleston, SC 29403
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