Post by Admin on Nov 13, 2011 14:27:43 GMT -5
The Elvis Factor:
Another excuse is what we call the Elvis Factor. Yes, we're talking about Elvis Presley. According to Vital Records the tabloids want to get a copy of his death certificate and so it has to be kept under lock and key to prevent this. Vital Records claims the same sort of thing could happen with Pennsylvania's public figures even after a lapse of 50 years. As part of this claim they say the news media and others would want to get the death certificates of the late Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers), Pennsylvania Governor Bob Casey, U.S. Senator John Heinz and the passengers and crew of Flight 93 and that this would interfere in the privacy of the families.
Will anyone really care all that much in the year 2041 what Frank Rizzo or John Heinz had died of? Bob Casey in 2050? Fred Rogers in 2053? Does anyone really care all that much now? Without a doubt California has more celebrities than any other state. The news media jumps all over every little thing that happens there. Why isn't California having these kinds of problems where there is no waiting period (let alone a 50 year waiting period) for a death certificate to become an open record?
Now back to Elvis. In the State of Tennessee only certified death certificates less than 50 years old are restricted to family members and the cause of death is redacted for any non-certified copy issued. After 50 years ALL Tennessee state death certificates are open to the general public without restriction including information about the cause of death. So in the year 2027 Elvis Presley's death certificate will be open to the general public without restriction including what the cause of death was. Shelby County, where Memphis lies, already has its deaths certificates more than 50 years old available online. In fact Shelby County also has an index for deaths less than 50 years old. Yes, you can indeed find Elvis A. Presley who died August 16, 1977 at age 42 and divorced listed in this index. By the way his death certificate number is 33157 (the website for Shelby County deaths can be found under Deaths Certificate Databases In Other States Etc section of our website).
To begin with it is a bit ridiculous to take one colossal exception, such as with Elvis, and say this is why ALL death certificates should be restricted indefinitely. It is especially ironic for PA Vital Records to try to claim our proposal should never be implemented because of the Elvis Factor when the very county he died in already has their death certificates more than 50 years old online and an index of deaths just like we are saying the State of Pennsylvania should have.
users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access-SL-VitalRecords.htm#Elvis
Another excuse is what we call the Elvis Factor. Yes, we're talking about Elvis Presley. According to Vital Records the tabloids want to get a copy of his death certificate and so it has to be kept under lock and key to prevent this. Vital Records claims the same sort of thing could happen with Pennsylvania's public figures even after a lapse of 50 years. As part of this claim they say the news media and others would want to get the death certificates of the late Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers), Pennsylvania Governor Bob Casey, U.S. Senator John Heinz and the passengers and crew of Flight 93 and that this would interfere in the privacy of the families.
Will anyone really care all that much in the year 2041 what Frank Rizzo or John Heinz had died of? Bob Casey in 2050? Fred Rogers in 2053? Does anyone really care all that much now? Without a doubt California has more celebrities than any other state. The news media jumps all over every little thing that happens there. Why isn't California having these kinds of problems where there is no waiting period (let alone a 50 year waiting period) for a death certificate to become an open record?
Now back to Elvis. In the State of Tennessee only certified death certificates less than 50 years old are restricted to family members and the cause of death is redacted for any non-certified copy issued. After 50 years ALL Tennessee state death certificates are open to the general public without restriction including information about the cause of death. So in the year 2027 Elvis Presley's death certificate will be open to the general public without restriction including what the cause of death was. Shelby County, where Memphis lies, already has its deaths certificates more than 50 years old available online. In fact Shelby County also has an index for deaths less than 50 years old. Yes, you can indeed find Elvis A. Presley who died August 16, 1977 at age 42 and divorced listed in this index. By the way his death certificate number is 33157 (the website for Shelby County deaths can be found under Deaths Certificate Databases In Other States Etc section of our website).
To begin with it is a bit ridiculous to take one colossal exception, such as with Elvis, and say this is why ALL death certificates should be restricted indefinitely. It is especially ironic for PA Vital Records to try to claim our proposal should never be implemented because of the Elvis Factor when the very county he died in already has their death certificates more than 50 years old online and an index of deaths just like we are saying the State of Pennsylvania should have.
users.rcn.com/timarg/PaHR-Access-SL-VitalRecords.htm#Elvis