> Fellow genealogists...... > Please read and sign the petition referenced below that I received from the > New England Historic Genealogical Society....... > Thanks > Marcie > > NHPRC Funding in Danger of Elimination > > The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is the > grant-making arm of the National Archives and Records Administration. > Through the course of four decades, the Commission has awarded $153 million > to thousands of archives, colleges and universities, and individuals to > preserve and publish important historical records that document non-Federal > American history. President Bush's budget recommends that all grant funding > and staff support for NHPRC be eliminated in the next fiscal year. > > Such an event would vastly decrease the preservation, let alone the > availability, of records for genealogical research. For more information on > how this will impact genealogists, and how you can help, visit the FGS/NGS > Records Preservation and Access Committee at > http://www.fgs.org/rpa/formalactions.htm. More details can also be found on > a website developed to dissemination information specifically on this issue > at http://www.savearchives.org. NEHGS will be taking signatures to save the > NHPRC at its booth at the NGS conference in Nashville (see story above). > > ********************************** > > >