Thought this might interest someone. Joyce in CA -------- Original Message -------- Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:54 AM To: stlouis-mo@rootsweb.com Subject: NARA hiking rates 338% on Civil War Pension Records and Others FYI [please circulate intact, please note that The Civil War pension as well as other military pension/bounty records Are not microfilmed except for Revolutionary War, only the indexes Were. - David Samuelsen] *Warning to all U.S. Genealogists! *Two rules published in the Federal Register on Monday, February 26, 2007, relate to fees for reproductions Of records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). In the case of Civil War pension applications, the proposal is For a 338% increase! Page 8327 contains a proposed rule revising fees for reproductions to Cover NARA's costs for providing copies. On page 8279 is an interim Final rule removing fee schedule fees for the reproduction of records Of Other Federal agencies stored in NARA records centers. The proposals are written in the finest governmental "legalese" Language. However, it is obvious that the proposal is to *INCREASE* all Fees. No surprise there, right? Here is the list: Type of record Order form Proposed Fee Passenger arrival lists NATF Form 81 $25.00 Federal Census requests NATF Form 82 $25.00 Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims NATF Form 83 $25.00 Land entry records NATF Form 84 $40.00 Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period). NATF Form 85 $125.00 (a 338% increase from the present fee of $37.00!) Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War) NATF Form 85 $60.00 Pension documents packet (selected records). NATF Form 85 $25.00 Bounty land warrant application files NATF Form 85 $25.00 Military service files more than 75 years old NATF Form 86 $25.00 Both rules are open for public comment until April 27, 2007. There's Much more information available in the Federal Register. The link to the proposed rule is: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov /2007/E7-3160.htm <http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.GPO.go V/2007/E7-3160.htm> The link to the interim final rule is: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov /2007/E7-3162.htm

Last year they increased the cost o0f a copy of a Social Security application from $7 to $27 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Cooper" <jarmscoop@twinwolf.net> To: "CAMODOC List" <CAMODOC@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: [CAMODOC] Rising Costs of Pension Reports > Thought this might interest someone. > > Joyce in CA > > -------- Original Message -------- > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 3:54 AM > To: stlouis-mo@rootsweb.com > Subject: NARA hiking rates 338% on Civil War Pension Records and Others > > > FYI > > [please circulate intact, please note that > The Civil War pension as well as other military pension/bounty records > Are not microfilmed except for Revolutionary War, only the indexes > Were. - David Samuelsen] > > *Warning to all U.S. Genealogists! *Two rules published in the Federal > Register on Monday, February 26, 2007, relate to fees for reproductions > Of records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration > (NARA). In the case of Civil War pension applications, the proposal is > For a 338% increase! > > Page 8327 contains a proposed rule revising fees for reproductions to > Cover NARA's costs for providing copies. On page 8279 is an interim > Final rule removing fee schedule fees for the reproduction of records > Of > Other Federal agencies stored in NARA records centers. > > The proposals are written in the finest governmental "legalese" > Language. However, it is obvious that the proposal is to *INCREASE* all > Fees. No surprise there, right? > > Here is the list: > > Type of record > Order form > Proposed Fee > > Passenger arrival lists > NATF Form 81 > $25.00 > > Federal Census requests > NATF Form 82 > $25.00 > > Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims > NATF Form 83 > $25.00 > > Land entry records > NATF Form 84 > $40.00 > > Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period). > NATF Form 85 > $125.00 (a 338% increase from the present fee of $37.00!) > > Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War) > NATF Form 85 > $60.00 > > Pension documents packet (selected records). > NATF Form 85 > $25.00 > > Bounty land warrant application files > NATF Form 85 > $25.00 > > Military service files more than 75 years old > NATF Form 86 > $25.00 > > Both rules are open for public comment until April 27, 2007. There's > Much more information available in the Federal Register. > > The link to the proposed rule is: > http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov > /2007/E7-3160.htm > > > <http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.GPO.go > V/2007/E7-3160.htm> > > The link to the interim final rule is: > http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov > /2007/E7-3162.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAMODOC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.6/709 - Release Date: 3/3/2007 > 8:12 AM > >