Thought you'd like to know! Thought you might like to know -- and pass it along to your friends. >Just got from Dick Eastman - [please circulate intact, please note that >the Civil War pension as well as other military pension/bounty records >are not microfilmed except for Revolutionary War, only the indexes were. >- David Samuelsen] > >*Warning to all U.S. genealogists! *Two rules published in the Federal >Register on Monday, February 26, 2007, relate to fees for reproductions >of records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration >(NARA). In the case of Civil War pension applications, the proposal is >for a 338% increase! > >Page 8327 contains a proposed rule revising fees for reproductions to >cover NARA's costs for providing copies. On page 8279 is an interim >final rule removing fee schedule fees for the reproduction of records of >other Federal agencies stored in NARA records centers. > >The proposals are written in the finest governmental "legalese" >language. However, it is obvious that the proposal is to *INCREASE* all >fees. No surprise there, right? > >Here is the list: > >Type of record >Order form >Proposed Fee > >Passenger arrival lists >NATF Form 81 >$25.00 > >Federal Census requests >NATF Form 82 >$25.00 > >Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims >NATF Form 83 >$25.00 > >Land entry records >NATF Form 84 >$40.00 > >Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period). >NATF Form 85 >$125.00 (a 338% increase from the present fee of $37.00!) > >Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War) >NATF Form 85 >$60.00 > >Pension documents packet (selected records). >NATF Form 85 >$25.00 > >Bounty land warrant application files >NATF Form 85 >$25.00 > >Military service files more than 75 years old >NATF Form 86 >$25.00 > >Both rules are open for public comment until April 27, 2007. There's >much more information available in the Federal Register. > >The link to the proposed rule is: >http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-3160.htm > > ><http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-3160.htm> > >The link to the interim final rule is: >http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-3162.htm > >----------------------------------------------- >To contact the list owner, use [email protected] > >Please don't send ATTACHED FILES to the list! >