http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/cheshire-bmd/ Alan Stewart's UK and Ireland family history news Mon, 06 May 2013 06:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/cheshire-bmd/#comment-236 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:12:04 +0000 http://growyourownfamilytree.wordpress.com/?p=826#comment-236 Why has the RBMD for East Cheshire opted to modify the data available to legitimate searchers? Under Freedom of Information Act this data ought to be available to us. However, I can see this will be but at a cost; that someone will be available in an office to send the information – once an application has been made, approved and paid for. Legitimate searchers already do this to confirm their researches, or otherwise. If the restriction is in connection with identitiy theft and fraud there are many other ways in which a dedicated fraudster discover the available information.
I have family in the said area, they have made use of the searches and re-discovered family connections in the process. If the restriction was for a specified length of time after death say five years and then reinserted fine, it can be managed through progamming; no-one would have to duplicate the effort involved

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