--WebTV-Mail-20018-427 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit --WebTV-Mail-20018-427 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-10.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.44) by storefull-172.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Wed, 17 May 2000 21:19:28 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.30]) by mailsorter-101-10.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id VAA25402; Wed, 17 May 2000 21:19:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from [email protected]) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA01995; Wed, 17 May 2000 21:15:56 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 21:15:56 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Wed May 17 21:15:50 2000 Message-Id: <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> From: "Sally & Carroll" <[email protected]> Old-To: <[email protected]>, "SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-L" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "MCFARLAND-L" <[email protected]>, "ILHENRY-L" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Kathy & Ron" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 23:05:06 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1157 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [ALS-LOR-L] FW: [ALTALLAPOOSA] Important to Each of You Resent-Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Resent-From: [email protected] X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/9971 X-Loop: [email protected] Precedence: list Resent-Sender: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 2:41 PM Subject: [ALTALLAPOOSA] Important to Each of You >Dear fellow researchers: > >I know that many of you have ordered documents from the National Archives and >Records Administration called NARA for short. This is the federal agency >which has *our* pension records, bounty land records, military records, >passenger lists as well as other records of importance to a genealogist. > >NARA is proposing a rate increase. Not a small one to cover the cost of >living but a VERY LARGE increase! The records most often sought, the pension >records of our ancestors, will have a 400% increase in Sept. unless we make >our voices heard. > >Several years ago, when NARA was threatened with a dramatic funding cut, they >appealed to genealogist to write and express our opinions and >dissatisfaction. We did and basically *saved* them. Now it is our turn to >speak out on this issue too. > >First visit this site, it is the NARA site that tells you about the proposed >fee increases. Some of you can hyperlink and others will need to copy and >paste the page. Either way, read it carefully. Yes, it is your typical >government document full of mumble jumble and you have to wade through all of >that. But the new fees are listed. All increases are far more than a modest >increase! > >Now is the time we can act together. We can write an email, send a fax or >better yet, a snail mail letter to NARA. In addition, notify you congressman >and any other official you know to express your dissatisfaction in this most >unfair rate increase. > >The time is NOW. The cut off date for getting your opinions in is June 26, >2000. Although the increase is not scheduled until Sept., we must act now to >get them to rethink this gigantic increase. > >Thank you for reading this. Please take the time to write a similar message >to each of the mailing list you receive, and send to them as well as to each >genealogist that you personally correspond with and encourage them to do the >same. Together we can be a Million Genealogist On Line Against Fee >Increases!! > >With elections not far away, I do not think congress wants to make a VERY >Large group of constituents upset!! So go below and click or copy and see >for yourselves what is proposed and then write your letter now, not tomorrow, >not next week. NOW. > > <A HREF="http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html">Proposed Rule NARA Fee >Schedule-36 CFR Part 1258</A> or > >http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html > >Thanks. Gale > ==== ILROCKIS Mailing List ==== Keep an eye on this census site because more census' are going up every day. http://www.usgenweb.org/census/states.htm ==== ALSACE-LORRAINE Mailing List ==== Need to contact listowner? Send your message to [email protected] --WebTV-Mail-20018-427--