The Indiana State Archives is moving, and this problem was brought to attention from the DeKalb County Indiana List. PLEASE READ THE MESSAGE BELOW !!! I found this info. on the archive vault at Access Indiana, http://www.state.in.us/icpr/move.html ( "Visit our new critical records vault" link at bottom left of page) It boasts of fire safety to 2000 degrees etc, but says NOTHING about being water proof or humidity control! You may find your Indiana Representatives listed here: http://www.state.in.us/legislative/leg_list.html Karl PS. If you belong to OTHER Indiana lists, please let them know! From: INTERNET:INGEN-L@rootsweb.com, INTERNET:INGEN-L@rootsweb.com To: [unknown], INTERNET:INGEN-L@rootsweb.com Date: 2/26/101 2:45 PM RE: [INGEN] Indiana State Archives All Indiana researchers who use the facilities at the Indiana State Library should be aware of the following: The Indiana State Archives will shut down it's research facility in the Indiana State Library in downtown Indianapolis, February 28th. It will reopen on the northestside of Indianapolis, at 6440 East 30th Street on March 15th. There will be more space in the new facility, but those who have checked out the new building say old problems threatening the safety of documents remain and a new one crops up. The Archives will be in a state-owned former RCA Corp. warehouse, built in the 1950's, that has a flat, leaky roof and leaking pipes. The roof once collapsed under the weight of snow. In addition the humidity is said to be much too low for storing archival records. It has been tested at just 10% rather than the desired 40 to 60%. Let your governor and legislators know that this is a foolhardy action that could lead to disaster for archival records like military records, naturalization records, state facilities records, etc. The email address for Governor Frank O'Bannon is: fobannon@state.in.us Jack L. Eaton Indianapolis J4777EA@aol.com ==== INDEKALB Mailing List ==== Don't forget to visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~indekalb/index.html