Tonight the Chicago Tribune is reporting something that made me smile. Governor Pat Quinn plans to sign into law a measure allowing adoptees to access their original birth records. The signing is planned for Friday, May 21, 2010. According to the article “The legislation allows anyone adopted before 1946 to get their full birth certificate […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health’s Division of Vital Records is moving to new offices. The office will be closed from May 27 -31 and will reopen on June 1, 2010. Because of this move, rush service and some other customer requests for birth and death records might be delayed. Click here to read the […]
The Minnesota Association of County Officers has fulfilled our wishes. If you were not sure of which county a marriage took place in, you could only search at Ancestry.com from 1958 – 2001 or request that search from the Minnesota Department of Health. For other years you needed to know the exact county and check […]
Over at Genealogy Roots Blog, Joe Beine has posted a list of “Recently Added Online Birth and Marriage Records Indexes.” If you haven’t seen the links that Joe has compiled check them out. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see his other ongoing links. I know you will agree with me that Joe […]
Have Pennsylvania ancestors? Frustrated with tough access issues? It is time to let Pennsylvania legislators hear from you. In yesterday’s Lebanon Daily News, Pennsylvania professional genealogist wrote his column describing what is needed from genealogists in order to help pass a bill that would loosen up the access requirements. You can read Jim’s column here. […]