This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eike Schoen-Petersen) excerpts from Carol's mail on the topic: > > PLEASE UNDERSTAND that all this information is on record in Holland, and > (I assume Norway). It's only a question of somebody asking for it. > > > ANOTHER PROBLEM - When an owner sends in an application to register, or > transfer from another registry, he can't know until he receives his NFHR > certificate whether it's going to be a complete 5 generation pedigree, or > whether there'll be holes in it. -- > > If it's not, he then has to track down the missing information, return the > original certificate (with another fee), and wait for a new certificate to > be made. Problem is, this isn't an easy task for a lot of owners as many > would have no idea where to get this information. The NFHR Registrar knows > how to do it. > > > Isn't there a better way? Should owners contact Mike before sending in > registration applications or transfers to find out if five generations are > in the computer? > > That would entail much more work for Mike because he'd have to look up > every applicant, rather than just the ones that come up incomplete when > he's doing the certificates. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > This is pretty simple. 4th and 5th generations Fjordhorses are in the > European Studbook computers. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > The NFHR should write the European registries and formally request their > cooperation in obtaining prompt pedigree information on horses in their > data banks. > > When you finally get the registration certificate for your new Fjord, > wouldn't you rather have it completely filled in, rather than see a lot of > blank spaces? > > Regards, Carol Rivoire >
In Europe we are used to transferring horses from different countries quite a lot. What you get when you buy a horse used to be the pedigree/birth certificate and now is the "equine passport". This should contain the pedigree and I mean THE pedigree. Not holes. Why would there be holes in a computer-printout by a registry that has the complete data in the computer? Even in the days when we didn't have computers it was all written out in full. Some papers only include the first 3 generations, there could be a problem. If the Dutch include some ancestors but not others in the papers it sure seems an unusual way of doing it. Maybe Bob van Bon could organize access to the studbook information as the Danish have done with their Winhorse-system and Norway is planning to do (within the next millenium I expect). Eike Schoen-Petersen Haffwiesenhof 17375 Leopoldshagen Germany
