[aMorePerfectUnion]

Don,
Have you asked after September, 2008? It sounds as if this is something new.
ampu

[TheDon]

"Members may not have copies of their membership records. Under no circumstances may membership records be given to anyone other than the bishop or a clerk. Although members may not have copies of their membership records, they are encouraged to have copies of their Individual Ordinance Sumary (IOS) for themselves and any dependent children living at home ("Church Handbook of Instructions," [2006], 145)."