-----Original Message----- From: Judith Kaufman <jakaufman@icdc.com> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:53 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] NARA Fee Increases > >Received this information from one of my mailing lists and think it worthy >of passing along. Many of us have used, or will use, NARA in the future. >These fee increases are substantial. Please read. NARA website with fees at >end of message. > > > Subject: Fwd: NARA Fee Increases > > >> Here's something of interest to genealogists: >> >> NARA Fee Increases >> >> Dear fellow researchers: >> >> I know that many of you have ordered documents from 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. > >http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html > > > > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > > >