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All family historians... please note .. there are changes proposed re what will be included in marriage applications and certificates... The proposal is to reduce the information included.
You can protest, please submit your thoughts to the department and as many politciians as you can. If we don't object, this will go through and so much valuable information will be lost to researchers. Submissions to marriagecelebrantssection@ag.gov.au
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This is the short version of what I have written... feel free to adapt it. Do include your contact details, name and address is fine. Make sure you include the link as I suspect many politicians might not know about this...
The changes suggested will certainly affect future family historians, but will also affect many families directly. It is a forgone right to know the names of our ancestors, as well as where they lived, what their occupation was, mother’s maiden name and whether any of the parents of the people concerned are deceased at the time of the marriage.
Yours sincerely,"
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"As I believe that this applies to all Australians, present and future, I am asking you to consider this submission.
I am one of many who are alarmed at the proposed changes to the marriage forms.
By simplifying this form, what could possibly be the advantages? As I see it, we will be losing valuable information that can help families trace their ancestors. In today’s society, we are more open to helping adopted people find their biological parents… where there is mutual agreement. This will make that harder.
We are often looking to trace ancestors for knowledge of medical history… this will be much harder, if not nigh impossible to do that.
There are times when we are trying to trace those entitled to an inheritance... marriage certificates, along with other certificates, are invaluable.
We, in Australia, are fortunate to have some of the best certificates in the world. Why change it ?
I would appreciate an acknowledgement and explanation.
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The Australia Notice of intended Marriage (NOIM) form is being considered to have changes that are important to genealogists.
Included in the suggested changes that would eliminate certain information are:
Father's name in full (if not known write unknown) if deceased add deceased.
Mothers maiden name in full ( if not known, write unknown, if deceased, write deceased.
Usual place of residence
Usual occupation
Feedback is being requested by the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department. The deadline is 28 October 2018. To see the notice and submit comments see: https://www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Pages/review-marriage-forms-noim.aspx.
Send comments to: marriagecelebrantssection@ag.gov.au.
To see the proposed NOIM form go to: https://www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Documents/marriage-draft-noim.PDF
The current existing forms may be seen at:
The decision to make changes is a result of Marriage Equality Act as of December 2017 and to streamline the forms. Any change on the NOIM will also impact other official marriage forms, specifically the Official Certificate of Marriage, and the Declaration of No Legal Impediment to Marriage.
Thank you to Janice Sellers for telling us about the proposed changes.
Staatsarchiv Hamburg
On September 9 The IAJGS Records Access Alert first reported on the unconscionable destruction of over one million death records by the Staatsarchiv Hamburg. At the time there were few European news articles about this travesty. Since then there have been more news articles and several blog posts by other genealogical writers.
The IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee has taken this very seriously. We have submitted letters to the president of Bundesarchiv even though the structure of the German archives is such that the federal archive, the Bundesarchiv, does not have authority over the state archives such as Hamburg's Staatsarchiv. Additionally, IAJGS submitted letters to the Mayor of Hamburg, the president of the Hamburg Parliament (Buergerschaft) and the Minister of Culture and Media for Hamburg. Our letters expressed our concern over the Destruction and hopes that action will be taken to prevent such action in the future, and to support a commission that would include a genealogist along with historians.
If you have any questions about our position, please let me know.
To read the previous posting on the Staatsarchiv Hamburg and more go to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/private/records-access-alerts/. You must be registered to access the archives. To register go to: http://lists.iajgs.org/mailman/listinfo/records-access-alerts and follow the instructions to enter your email address, full name and which genealogical organization with whom you are affiliated.
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As always, lots of fascinating and useful stuff. The article on place names in Ancestry explains an issue I've often come across. Very helpful.Thanks Chris.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments and your support, Stella. It's always good to know that particular items have been helpful.
ReplyDeleteEmail sent to the AG's Dept. Thoroughly enjoyed visiting various links as usual. I particularly enjoyed reading about the Japanese candy art and looking at the sample books of the needlework of the female model schools. And coming back to write this comment I've flagged another dozen links to go back and look at. Will the housework ever be started????
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alex, for the sent email and the feedback. I find it hard to decide each week as to what intrigued me most, but the needlework has to be one of my favourites.
ReplyDeleteHousework? Please explain...