> January 30, 2003 > > F A M I L Y T R E E M A G A Z I N E E M A I L U P D A T E > Essential news and tips for family historians. > > http://www.familytreemagazine.com > ___________________________________________________________ > SAVE STATE LIBRARIES > > Proposed budget cuts may soon limit public access to two > state libraries. > > Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has proposed shutting down the > 150-year-old Florida State Library in Tallahassee and moving > its collections to the already-overcrowded Florida State > University library by July 1. The State Library currently > houses more than a million books, manuscripts, maps, federal > documents, periodicals, films and other resources. Library > staff would be laid off in the move. > > Washington Gov. Gary Locke has proposed severe budget cuts > for his state's library, as well, including significant > downsizing of library staff. That means this 150-year-old > institution, which holds some of Lewis and Clark's journals > and 40,000 reels of microfilm, could close its doors to the > public. > > You can help save these state libraries--and secure public > access to their treasures--by writing Florida and Washington > legislators. For contact information and to learn more about > these proposals, visit the Federation of Genealogical > Societies Web site (http://www.fgs.org/rpa/FlCurrent.htm) or > the Friends of the Washington State Library site > (http://www.wslfriends.org). > > --Lauren Eisenstodt, Assistant Editor > lauren.eisenstodt@fwpubs.com > ======================================================= > SUBSCRIBE INFORMATION > To subscribe to this newsletter, sign up at > http://www.familytreemagazine.com/newsletter.asp OR > send a blank message to join-familytree@lists.sparklist.com > ======================================================= ==== ALDALE Mailing List ==== 750,000 men from the South faced 2 million men from the North .