Hi Jean: I know we will agree to disagree on this. However, I am not going to take sides on this one<g> With the advent of the American Public screaming that government is too big and costly something has to give. Unfortunately, sometimes that means closing a place down that means a lot to the people in the area like a military base, records center, closing VA hospitals in rural areas, etc. We scream and complain about higher taxes but I really don't know what the solution is. The keyword in the government today is work smarter not harder and do it with less to save the taxpayers money. Somewhere there has to be a compromise I suspect. George gebasden@worldnet.att.net http://www.basden.com ---------- > From: theshadow <theshadow@hot1.net> > To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Closing of Some ARCHIVES > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 10:24 PM > > Hello Folks, > There are several achives around the country which are being proposed > for closing or moving to another site. One such is the one at FT. > Worth, TX which is being considered for being moved to GA. This, of > course, would be great for the folks in GA, but would be a tradegy for > North Texans who have no other source other than the Dallas Public > Library for extensive genealogical research. That's not to down-play > the part that other libraries play in providing gen. research, but the > Archives are a MAJOR source of information. > > As a follow-up to the closing of the FT. Worth Archives, a friend sent > me an up-date on the meeting to discuss the closing. It is very long, > so I am just giving you the URL where you can go to get the latest > update. The main point made I am copying for you below as I think it > is something we all need to know----write, write, write the powers > that be: > > >Richard Claypoole, Assistant Archivist for Regional Records > Services, and Stephen Hannestad, Head of the Space and Security > Management Division, came to Ft. Worth on June 10 to hold a > public meeting concerning the future of the National Archives, > Southwest Region in Ft. Worth, and the possible closing and/or > consolidation of various regional branches of the National > Archives. > > Kent Carter, Director of the National Archives, Southwest Region, > presided at the meeting.> > > >...someone asked Mr. Carter if this space planning would become a > political thing, and his reply was simply 'Yes.' This means that those > of use who wish to retain the archives must contact governors, > senators, and representatives who can use their power to help us. The > employees of the Archives cannot do this. WE must do it.< > > Another interesting point was made: > > >I missed the name of the representative of the local > Historical Society, but she wanted the group to know that > genealogists were not the only users of the Regional Archives. > She pointed out that she represented serious and scholarly people > whose books will not be written or published if these records are > moved away. While genealogists make up most of the customers of > the Archives, there are people in a number of other fields who > use the records here.< > > Again, the points made at the meeting were very interesting, so check > out the NARA URL at Ancestry to read all of it. > > > For FT. Worth: > http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews/clay.htm > > > For General Discussion and other Meeting Dates: > http://www.ancestry.com/nara.htm > > LCranston > > > > > > > > > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > Family Workings: http://www.familyworkings.com > > A site to help researchers break through those brickwalls.  Lots of links, > subcatagorized, ancestor queries, tips, and cemetary research.  Looking for > research donations of: Cemetaries, obits, volunteer researchers, and > anything else that may be of interest to other researchers.  Submit links, > ancestor queries and tips. Check it out > > > > > > > >