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03-01-15, 04:03
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E-petition to open historic registers
I just wondered whether Guy Etchells' petition had been mentioned here before. If it has, please delete this post!
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/62779 Last edited by Muggins in Sussex; 03-01-15 at 04:14. 
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03-01-15, 07:04
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I've signed it, Joan. Thanks for alerting us.
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03-01-15, 07:33
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Does anyone know when this petition was started? Apparently I've already signed it, but I don't recall that, so it must have been several years ago, yet there are only 8000+ signatures.
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"Something has been filled in that I didn't know was blank" Matthew Broderick WDYTYA? March 2010
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03-01-15, 07:42
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I don't know, Merry, but it says on the site "An e-petition can be open for up to 1 year"
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03-01-15, 07:56
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Thanks Joan, I didn't see that. So....I must be going loopy then, as I have no recollection of signing anything in the last year. If it's only open until March they surely won't get enough signatures - don't you need 100s of 1000s of sigs before anyone cares?
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"Something has been filled in that I didn't know was blank" Matthew Broderick WDYTYA? March 2010
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03-01-15, 08:03
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No idea how many sigs you need Merry, but it does look as though the petition was launched last March, as you say. - http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazi...-bmds-launches
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03-01-15, 09:48
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Guy has mentioned this on another forum and my impression is that the petition has failed.
Howver, he said at the time and has recently repeated, that a far more effective tool than signing a petition is to lobby your MP about the subject. The more people who do this, the more likely "they" are to listen. The subject has recently been raised by Baroness (??? sorry, can't remember her name!) and it is hoped that a renewed attack on this subject will at last bring results. So - email your MP. I also emailed my local family history society and the U3A and my library kindly put up a notice (advertising the petition but also asking people to email their MP). OC Last edited by Olde Crone; 03-01-15 at 09:49. Reason: too many likelys
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03-01-15, 10:04
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The word "historic" is misused in the title of this petition, so I would find it difficult to support it. It could be taken to mean that only famous / very important registers would be digitised and made publicly available. It would be better if it gave an indication of what the proposed cut-off date would be and made it clear that it means all the registers up to that date.
Maybe a new petition should be drawn up that is worded properly and perhaps makes particular reference to the Lancashire registers which have already been transferred to the Lancashire Archives?
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