Lets hope this does not happen in other states..please sign.. Thank you Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy T R I C E" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:11 AM Subject: [KYHOPKIN] > >From the Florida Historical Society Website: > http://www.floridahistory.info/petition/ > > > I signed the petition mentioned below. I think > it's a shame that Jeb Bush is planning on doing > this and worry about the other states following > suit. Please consider signing it too. The > deadline is Feb 28. > > Regards, > nt > > > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Gov. Bush's proposed budget includes plans for > the reorganization of the departments of State and > Community Affairs. > > A particular concern is his proposal to close the > state library and dismantle and disburse its > collections. The people of Florida will lose a > great deal by the moving of the state library's > collections (in particular the archives, the > Florida collection, and the state documents > collection and depository program). The state > universities, specifically FSU, are not funded, > staffed or equipped with space to provide services > to the people of Florida as well as the state > library does. The ready access to the collections > that we, the public, currently enjoy would be > severely limited. Our state library is nationally > known and respected. It would be a great loss for > Florida to dismantle its state library at the same > time that many states are strengthening theirs > through additional funding and public support. > > Please ask our senators and representatives to > support the state library by restoring funding for > it to the budget. Don't let our state be known for > its lack of support for its libraries, literacy > and historical documents. Let us be known instead > as a state of readers by keeping our wonderful > state library alive and thriving. > > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Petition to Save Florida State Archives > > The following article is from Eastman's Online > Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2003 by > Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with > the permission of the author. Information about > the newsletter is available at > http://www.RootsForum.com. > > > Two weeks ago I wrote about Governor Jeb Bush's > plans to close and dismantle the Florida State > Archives. This would be a terrible blow for > genealogists. First of all, anyone researching > Florida ancestors would lose one of the most > valuable resources available. Second, additional > genealogists would be hurt when other state > governments decide to follow Bush's cost-cutting > measures and begin closing other archives and > state libraries around the country. > > Genealogists are not the only ones affected. The > Florida State Genealogical Society, Florida > Historical Society, Florida Archaeological > Council, Florida Anthropological Society, Florida > Trust for Historic Preservation and the Florida > Association of Museums are all banding together to > defeat this threat. You can read my article on > this at: > http://www.rootsforum.com/archives/news0305.htm#Fl > oridaTreasuresAtRisk > > The Florida Historical Society has created a > website to collect electronic signatures for a > petition about the State Library of Florida > closing. Genealogists and others around the world > are encouraged to sign this petition. It will then > be sent to Governor Bush and members of the State > Legislature on February 28, 2003. > > I added my name to the petition this week, and I > would like to ask you to add your name as well. To > add your name to this petition, go to: > http://www.floridahistory.info/petition/ > > > > > > > > ==== KYHOPKIN Mailing List ==== > Hopkins County Homepage: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/ > Earlington Veterans: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyhopkin/towns/earlington/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >