International Genealogical Record Preservation Act
The World Assembly,
Believing the importance of people to know their descendance,
And the preservation of records pertaining to such descendance to be important for purposes pertaining to historical accuracy and knowledge,
Hereby proposes the following:
a) Establish the International Organization of Genealogical Records (IOGR), which shall perform the following:
a. Maintain genealogical trees for all families internationally online and written down.
b. Ensure the compliance of WA member nations by this Act.
b) All Member Nations shall be required to establish a National Genealogical Record Preservation Administration (NGRP), which shall gather and preserve gathered genealogical records.
c) Require all citizens and immigrants to supply names of all known relatives to the NGRP of that nation.
d) The NGRP’s of all nations shall supply all records to the IOGR for processing and genealogical tree placement.
e) Minimum preservation conditions of records shall include:
a. Dry space
b. Alphabetical ordering
c. Records in page protectors, or some other sort of preservation system that maintains the current condition of the records from all possible happenstance apart from age.
d. Periodical checking of records for age damage, upon which the record shall be copied.
e. Translations to any language available in the record housing
f. Complete and easy public access to all records
f) Any nation that does not comply by this Act shall be subject to fines proportional to the population of the nation (57%)
The preservation of genealogical records is important to the historical preservation of knowledge for descendancy.