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I think there's way too much paranoia out there. I'm going back in my cave.

Randy

I'm glad to see your comments. I agree with you completely. My assessment is that those persons who are grossly over preoccupied w/ creating rules, or implementing new policy that it almost doesn't matter whether its really effective, or if the implementation is actually more time consuming and costly then what is actually required to remedy the problem. I'm nearly sick to death (literally) of having to give my genealogical history just to accomplish the most simple transaction. And the irony is that others are so sheepish about it that any objection is obstracized or demeaned.

Each time I encounter these invasions of privacy, my thinking is that any entity or agency will conduct numerous meetings with staff or other pertinent personnel before a decision is made. So, where are all the people who ask questions or pose the what-ifs during these meetings when they make all of these innovative and genius decisions on the behalf of the American public. I personally am striving for the confidence to get people involved in getting those who they elect to actually work for the benefit of the constituents and to defend their rights, especially when millions of homeland security dollars are repeatedly reported in the news as having been wasted, mishandled or misplaced.

Megan, you have it exactly correct. One additional thing I am concerned about, is the potential that my own sensative information will be compromised, in their attempts to protect the privacy of the dead. I am in the process of obtaining an AZ death certificate of a recently deceased relative. They require a copy of ones birth (or marriage) certificate, to prove ones relationship to the deceased. For handy payment one can enter their credit card informaion, since they do not accept personal checks. Should this fall into the wrong hands there is a great deal of information that would be very handy for a crook to have. Information that would hurt me, NOT, recently passed, Great Aunt Tilly.

On a positive note, some of Arizona's vital document fees have actually been reduced. In one case from $28, down to $10, as of the the first of 2007.

I agree. My grandmother was in two Texas State Hospitals from 1926 until her death in 1951. I am not allowed to have her records because of the sake of identity theft. I believe if I am able to prove that I am her direct granddaughter and not an illegal alien, I should be able to obtain all her records in which might lead me to be able to find the birth and burial place of my grandfather.

I think there should be some way in which legal citizens can acquire their direct ancestors records.

Patricia