Show Open 1900 Census By a vote of 17 to the House Post Office and Civil Service Committee has reported a bill which would open the 1900 Census immediately to qualified historians' and GUNN who earlier submitted a Census bill with broader said that the bill reported by the committee would give immediate access to the 1900 Census to those qualified and interested in the UNDER THE bill reported by the the Director of the Census would be given authority to promulgate rules and guidelines for eligibility He would designate which genealogists and historians would have access to the information Charles Wilson sponsor of the was adamant about the confidentiality of Census and proposed the amendment closing the files after the will go to the Rules Committee and then to the floor of the said the bill fails in either the information of the 1900 Census will become available under existing passes the House and then goes on to become the outcome will be the To the committee's action means the information contained in the 1900 Census will soon be available to genealogists and historians |