#saveourwills — Public Fediverse posts
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On the last possible day to submit a response to the Ministry of Justice's consultation on proposals regarding the retention (actually, in most cases, destruction after digitisation) of post-1858 wills, I have emailed my contribution. I restrained my language as best I could, but the phrases “cringeworthy references," “unforgivable and short-sighted cultural vandalism,” “absurd and frankly elitist notion,” and “naïve proposal” do appear. 😠
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First the Ministry of Justice in the UK wants to destroy wills after 1858. (#SaveOurWills)
Now the Bury St. Edmund’s Archives are under threat of being (temporarily) closed.
Don’t allow this.
Archives & such materials deserve to be available in all forms. ALL can sign.
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✍️have you signed the petition to #SaveOurWills? https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/654081
🌎 Only British citizens or UK residents have the right to sign, but you can still respond if you’re outside the UK & unable to sign the petition:
Email:
[email protected]
Write to:
Will Storage consultation
Ministry of Justice
Postpoint 5.25
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
Link to consultation 👉🏻 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/storage-and-retention-of-original-will-documents -
From Lifelines Research on Twitter:
“We're getting ever closer to the 10,000 signatures needed to get a government response to this petition.
PLEASE sign and please retweet to show your support.
Don't let the government destroy these historically important original documents!
#SaveOurWills”https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/654081
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#SaveOurWills #CommonSense #FamilyHistory #genealogy @geneadons please sign this petition if you are UK citizen. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/654081
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Over 7,000 signatures on the #SaveOurWills petition let’s get it to 10,000 when the Government should respond.
Please support this petition with your signature (U.K. Citizens.Residents only, sorry)
Remember to confirm your signature via the email sent after signing.
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Please sign and share this petition if you are a UK citizen. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/654081
You can also respond to the MoJ's consultation if you are a British resident by emailing: [email protected] #genealogy #saveourwills #commonsense -
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With the go-ahead from Richard Holt, [the creator of the #SaveOurWills petition] there is now a WhatsApp channel to receive news about #SaveOurWills, click (https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaF6Joe0QeamXWb9IF1F) to follow it.
As to where you can find it, they'll be in the menus indicated.
HOWEVER, by default - notifications are off.
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A 'from the beginning to now' podcast episode on how the #SaveOurWills situation arose and what YOU can do to help.
Episode 6, '#SaveOurWills', is out on all platforms.