--part1_20.5fe25ee.265341ed_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_20.5fe25ee.265341ed_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <MSNEWTON-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (rly-yd02.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.2]) by air-yd04.mail.aol.com (v73.12) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 May 2000 15:40:21 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (v73.12) with ESMTP; Tue, 16 May 2000 15:40:11 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA20167; Tue, 16 May 2000 12:38:41 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 12:38:41 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: GaleFuller@aol.com Tue May 16 12:38:33 2000 From: GaleFuller@aol.com Message-ID: <c1.3396814.2652fd9b@aol.com> Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 15:38:03 EDT Old-To: MSNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 106 Subject: [MSNEWTON] Important to Each of You Resent-Message-ID: <HKpGuD.A.Z6E.9OaI5@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: MSNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: MSNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: MSNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <MSNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/514 X-Loop: MSNEWTON-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: MSNEWTON-L-request@rootsweb.com Dear fellow researchers: I know that many of you have ordered documents from the National Archives and Records Administration called NARA for short. This is the federal agency which has *our* pension records, bounty land records, military records, passenger lists as well as other records of importance to a genealogist. NARA is proposing a rate increase. Not a small one to cover the cost of living but a VERY LARGE increase! The records most often sought, the pension records of our ancestors, will have a 400% increase in Sept. unless we make our voices heard. Several years ago, when NARA was threatened with a dramatic funding cut, they appealed to genealogist to write and express our opinions and dissatisfaction. We did and basically *saved* them. Now it is our turn to speak out on this issue too. First visit this site, it is the NARA site that tells you about the proposed fee increases. Some of you can hyperlink and others will need to copy and paste the page. Either way, read it carefully. Yes, it is your typical government document full of mumble jumble and you have to wade through all of that. But the new fees are listed. All increases are far more than a modest increase! Now is the time we can act together. We can write an email, send a fax or better yet, a snail mail letter to NARA. In addition, notify you congressman and any other official you know to express your dissatisfaction in this most unfair rate increase. The time is NOW. The cut off date for getting your opinions in is June 26, 2000. Although the increase is not scheduled until Sept., we must act now to get them to rethink this gigantic increase. Thank you for reading this. Please take the time to write a similar message to each of the mailing list you receive, and send to them as well as to each genealogist that you personally correspond with and encourage them to do the same. Together we can be a Million Genealogist On Line Against Fee Increases!! With elections not far away, I do not think congress wants to make a VERY Large group of constituents upset!! So go below and click or copy and see for yourselves what is proposed and then write your letter now, not tomorrow, not next week. NOW. <A HREF="http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html">Proposed Rule NARA Fee Schedule-36 CFR Part 1258</A> or http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html Thanks. Gale --part1_20.5fe25ee.265341ed_boundary--