> Carol, > I am very interested in knowing more about this. I did not know of the > existence of Shenandoah (Co.?) archives held under the "protection" of the > Shen Nat Park. > NO, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SHENANDOAH COUNTY, AT ALEAST NOT DIRECTLY. IT > HAS TO DO WITH MOSTLY THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES SUCH AS RAPPHANNOCK, MADISON, > CULPEPER, ORANGE, AND WARREN. IT WAS DURING ROOSEVELTS' TERM OF OFFICE WHEN > THE SKYLINE DRIVE WAS BUILT AND A "PLAYGROUND FOR THE WASHINGTONIANS" WAS > BUILT. A LOT OF MOUNTAIN PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED/KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOMES, > AND FORCED TO RELOCATE. > > What do these archives contain? > THESE ARCHIVES CONTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE PEOPLE WHO ONCE LIVED ON > THE MOUNTAIN, WHAT IS NOW CALLED THE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK. THE > INFORMATION WAS ORIGINALLY KEPT IN THE SEPARATE COUNTIES WHICH WERE > INVOLVED, BUT THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OR WHEN IT HAPPENED, (BUT > SOME WOULD KNOW, I.E. http://www.mindspring.com/~bbrubach/cos.html , WE CALL > OURSELVES "THE CHILDREN OF THE SHENANDOAH" > What is the phone no. you called? Who is > the person to start with? > THE PHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS ARE AT: http://www.nps.gov/shen/home.htm THIS > BATTLE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, AND THERE WAS AN ARTICLE FROM > THE WASHINGTON POST LAST YEAR THAT I HAD SAVED, BUT IT IS NO LONGER THERE.IT > WAS CONCERNING A HAROLD WOODWARD FROM MADISON, VA WHO WAS COMPLAINING > ABOUT THIS VERY THING. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF FIND THAT ARTICLE. IT WAS > CALLED "ANGER IN THE APPLACHAI" > > Are these records of great interest to us genealogically and have we been > denied access to them throughout the years? > DEFINITELY OF INTEREST TO US GENEALOGICALLY AND HISTORICALLY, ESPECIALLY IF > YOU HAVE ANCESTORS FROM THERE. > WISH I COULD TELL YOU MORE NOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING WEB SPACE > FOR A NEW GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL WEB PAGE AND I WILL HAVE THE HONOR OF > BEING THE COORDINATOR FOR A WHILE. SO PLEASE FEEL FRE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY > INFORMATION, OR WITH QUESTIONS > DO YOU MIND IF I POST THIS REPLY TO OTHER MAILING LIST, THESE ARE GOOD > QUESTIONS. I WON'T DO IT WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION, OR I CAN DELETE YOUR PART? > THANKS > > Louie Moses > > On Monday, April 23, 2001 4:34 PM, Carol Laing [SMTP:cplaing@adelphia.net] > wrote: > > > > Today I called the Shen Nat Park Headquarters to inquire about the > archives > > being available. I was told they are "being moved to another building" > and > > "a nicer air conditioned building". She had no idea when this was > happening, > > and would not say for sure where they were being moved. > > > > We need to rise up and protest!!! Is anyone interested in demonstrating > at > > the park's entrances this year? Would that be legal, dunno? Sure would > fix > > them though, wouldn't it. If we gave out information about how we were > being > > denied the right to our own ancestors records, and the park has held them > up > > for how many years now. We have got to do something, this has been going > on > > for years and who knows where our records will go next?!! Someplace else, > > God only knows where. > > > > Has anyone filed a Freedom Of Information Complaint? I may do that. > > > > Please, anyone else who is interested, contact me!!! > > > > Carol > > > > Carol Laing > > cplaing@adelphia.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Carol Laing > > cplaing@adelphia.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VAMADISO Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Madison County USGenWeb Homepage! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vamadiso/madison.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== VAMADISO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Madison County USGenWeb Homepage! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vamadiso/madison.htm > > > > > > Carol Laing cplaing@adelphia.net