Thanks Gloria, I have signed it and tweeted it
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| Author: | Gloria [ Sat May 24, 2014 2:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Petition to open historic registers |
From LFHHS From Steve Benson Dear All, There is a petition on line to make historic BMD registers available. The organiser Guy Etchells is asking us to seek support from our membership. Have a look at the petition and see what you think. It needs a lot more signatures if it is going to succeed - only 5729 have signed up as at today. It needs at least 100,000 before 25/03/15 to cause any Parliamentary action. Would you like to help ? Steve Benson http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/62779 Petition to open historic registers Responsible department: Home Office We ask that historic birth marriage & death registers be open to public inspection at county record offices or the National Archives Until 1973 registers of BMD held at superintendent registrar’s offices were open to public inspection Today’s technology available allows the registers to be digitized and made available as facsimile copies protecting the original from damage Commercial concerns are willing to scan the registers and make them available online under licence at no cost to the public purse A new accurate index of BMDs could be compiled by volunteers thereby complying with the 1836 legislation for the first time in 177 years. The benefits include taking pressure off Superintendent Registrars and the GRO enabling them to concentrate on the core task of recording & administering current registrations. Revenue would be created for the County Record Offices or the National Archives swelling the government coffers. All at no cost to the taxpayer or government. Number of signatures: 5,729 Created by: Guy Etchells Closing: 25/03/2015 09:15 |
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| Author: | Mel [ Sun May 25, 2014 8:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Petition to open historic registers |
Thanks Gloria, I have signed it and tweeted it
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| Author: | portia [ Thu May 29, 2014 12:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Petition to open historic registers |
I signed - number 5845 |
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