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From: "craftyladyjw" <>
Subject: Re: [TNCAMPBE-L] KY Records Closing
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:11:07 -0500
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Hi List: I printed it out last night and read it thru. It is so poorly done
that you would think a child had something to do with drafting it. Actually
it is not really redone, just a line thru the part they are trying to vote
on, and out. What I would like to know is? What happened to the, BY THE
PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE. As far as I can see THE PEOPLE, are being left out
of the votes. We need to let our voices be heard, loud and clear that we are
tired of our Senators (that we voted in office) trying to sneek these things
thru. without our input. I live in Ohio but was B: in Kentucky and this will
effect my genealogy. I have already sent in my letters and I also wrote to
MSNBS. May not do any good, but I did it anyway. Too little was done here in
Ohio about this and now they are charging $17.00 for all copies of birth and
death cert.'s. It has stopped a lot of people from being able to get any
copies. This is just another attempt at raising the cost of things. The
Almighty Dollar. J. W.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra Rookard" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 4:47 PM
Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] KY Records Closing


> I am willing to bet that a full 25% of every American alive today can
trace
> their roots back to KY in some fashion. Sometimes the line between this
> State and TN was very blurred. We ancestral Tennesseans owe them an
> obligation to stand along side them. Or to stand up for/with them right
now,
> as the case may warrant.
>
> All is not lost, yet. Our gg'grandfathers fought and gave their very lives
> for these rights.Granted, this is the 11th hour in Kentucky, but it is
still
> not too late. The vote is tomorrow.
>
> We online genealogists defeated SB 818, (Bill to Destroy Wills), in
Virginia
> under even worse circumstances in Feb 2003. It had already passed the
Senate
> *unanimously* and our influence alone saw to its defeat in the House
15-80!
> This killed the Bill and the vote made history in the Commonwealth of
> Virginia. Our voices counted.
>
> It CAN be done again! There is no fat lady singing, ... yet! She is in
WV,
> but not in KY.
>
> Read the Bill carefully for yourself. It is rather poorly presented, which
> ought to tell you something:
> http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/record/04rs/HB100/SCS1.doc
>
> Email every Senator in Kentucky immediately. Tell them how irreparable
this
> action is. Tell them how much money you and other genealogists spend in
KY.
> Tell them that identity thieves get their information from the local
> newspaper, not their Courthouses.
>
> Be nice, but firm and concise. Stick to the facts, (and cite them), and
> resist any negative emotion.
>
> Here is the url for the entire KY Senate Roster:
> http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/whoswho/whoswho.htm
>
>
> Debra
> The moral of this story: Stay on top of your State Legislators at all
times.
> Do not allow this leprosy to gain a foothold in Tennessee.
> BTW, I am receiving email back from KY Senators. Some are surprised at my
> explanation of this Bill.
>
>
>
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