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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 08:25:00 EST
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- Subject: Ohio Records and Public Access
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- Some comments were made several weeks ago about public access to
- records in Ohio. Last evening I was brought up to date on one aspect:
- The Attorney General has appointed a task force on this subject; the
- task force is holding hearings in Columbus from anybody who is
- interested in the topic. A report with recommendation is due to
- the Attorney General of Ohio in January 1994. In the meantime two
- bills introducted into the legislature last session were not passed, but
- are being introduced this session, all towards making the records
- "more open" than in the past. If any of you have written to any
- public office in Ohio and have been refused access to the records,
- I would appreciate direct e-mail to that effect. Documentation would
- be advisable (send to Jim Freed, P. O. Box 864, Delaware, OH 43015).
- Genealogists are represented on the task force by at least two
- individuals, one (a member of our local genealogical society) who
- is representing the Ohio Genealogical Society, and another
- representing the Ohio DAR. If you can send me personal stories
- documented with any important and verifiable copies of
- correspondence I will be happy to provide them to a member of
- the task force....will not promise any aspect of what will happen
- to them, but at least it may give them some ideas of "out-of-state"
- interest or unhappiness with Ohio "policy". By the way, I "think"
- that the problem has not been so much with the current laws, but
- with the lack of enforcement or follow through with what laws
- are available.
- jmfreed@cc.owu.edu
-