tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post6155859237878529581..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Iowa, RPAC, and VotingThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-26290576932108798852012-01-05T00:29:48.253-07:002012-01-05T00:29:48.253-07:00Colleagues,
The RPAC Blog announcement of the pub...Colleagues,<br /><br />The RPAC Blog announcement of the publication of the RPAC White Paper in February 2009 included the following:<br /> “ We envision that this will be a living document. Updates and corrections are welcomed and should be submitted to access@fgs.org .”<br /><br />I wish to renew the invitation to submit updates and corrections. It will greatly assist our effort to improve this needed resource if your suggestions are provided to us at access@fgs.org . Please be as specific as possible. Thank you.<br /><br />The Executive Summary currently includes the following explanation of “Recommendations” made in the RPAC White Paper: “In the pages that follow, we have made some recommendations representing the minimum public access to vital records that we view as essential. By doing so, our intent is to exhort those jurisdictions whose access provisions are more restrictive to move, at least, to that level. We support open records and it is definitely not our intent to suggest that the more “open” jurisdictions need to adopt more restrictive measures.”<br /><br />We anticipate significant additional legislative and regulatory activity this Spring, all of which may impact our access to the records we need. Please monitor the RPAC Blog at http://www.fgs.org/rpac/ for the latest developments.<br /><br />Cordially,<br /><br />Fred<br /><br />Frederick E. Moss, J.D., LL.M.<br />RPAC MemberFred Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08518823088950569831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-66783303070115393952012-01-04T10:08:17.030-07:002012-01-04T10:08:17.030-07:00I sent this onto the Iowa Genealogy Society (igs@i...I sent this onto the Iowa Genealogy Society (igs@iowagenealogy.org) as they should be an expert in this Iowa information. Hope that they correct any inaccuracies.gonetogardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09827225915162961499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-45297141323046962902012-01-04T07:30:30.068-07:002012-01-04T07:30:30.068-07:00Perhaps it is still to early in this morning and I...Perhaps it is still to early in this morning and I do not fully understand the report which is showing all the vital records in Iowa have a restricted time period. I have been researching here for more than a dozen years and I still have found full access to birth, marriage and death records. The year 2011 found me doing some additional research in eastern Iowa and one of the court houses did have some sort of restriction on a portion of the more recent death records. This was strange as I visited several court houses on that trip and only the one had the policy. I was in my local court house just yesterday and there was no restriction on any of the vital records, so I am still lost about the RPAC report!!Norm Princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059671755034635586noreply@blogger.com