--part1_e6.4ad1b38.263b5346_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_e6.4ad1b38.263b5346_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <VAWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-za04.mx.aol.com (rly-za04.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.100]) by air-za03.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 14:21:10 -0400 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [209.85.6.27]) by rly-za04.mx.aol.com (v71.10) with ESMTP; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 14:20:25 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA06909; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:16:34 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 11:16:34 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-Sender: greenwic@intcomm.net Fri Apr 28 11:16:26 2000 Message-ID: <002601bfb13c$d7c613e0$2d1f92d8@mrs.-greenwood> From: "greenwic" <greenwic@intcomm.net> Old-To: "Thomas Hopkins Peake" <tpeake@northstate.net>, "Sherry Hildreth" <sherryh2@juno.com>, "Ruby (Greer) Howard" <rubymh@worldnet.att.net>, "Richard Theresa Renfro" <renfro@home.com>, "Randy Lewis Tatum" <lewisfamily@mindspring.com>, "Nonnie Kenney" <nonie@internetcds.com>, "Mike (Card) Congdon" <cokiesrd@midamerica.net>, "Marjorie (Thomas) Smallwood" <smallwm@alltel.net>, "Kenneth Vance Smith" <kensmith@flash.net>, "Kay Reed (Renfro) Bedford" <hbedford@midrivers.com>, "Josiah (Humphrey) Witaker" <JoeRhubard@aol.com>, "Jean (Renfro) Copeland" <ajcop@flash.net>, "James (Jim) Le Roy Williams" <CORALCO@aol.com>, "Jack L. Byrd" <byrdjl@worldnet.att.net>, "Gary (Humphrey) Kline" <GDKskills@aol.com>, "Edward (Renfro) Bregenzer" <ebreg@ix.netcom.com>, "Ed (Peak) O\"Brien" <edlobrien@earthlink.net>, "Dorothy Truitt" <tdorothy@flash.net>, "Donna Howard Baldwin" <lorrindajb@worldnet.att.net>, "Christine Hood" <crishood@bellsouth.net>, "Bob & Susan (Renfro) Anderson" <sanders@murlin.com>, "Ann & Robert N. Lackey" <rnlackey@gamewood.net>, "Alma Eischen" <Hobekid@aol.com> Old-Cc: "Willie (Renfro) Russell" <grumppaw@home.com>, "Teresa (Odom) Braziel" <rbraziel@mindspring.com>, "Robert & Denie Fitch" <BFITCH@aol.com>, "O. W. Odom" <owodom@mail.utexas.edu>, "Marilyn K. Harton" <mharton@aol.com>, "Lindy Sheehan" <LindyT@aol.com>, "Joyce Gore Locke" <jglocke@yucca.net>, "Jim (Greer/Standifer) Graham" <L5Jim@cris.com>, "Jan (Odom) Wallace" <jwallace@flash.net>, "Hubert Harrison" <hharrisn@scrtc.blue.net>, "Goff (Card) McMahon" <gmcmahon@mindspring.com>, "Eunice Hamill" <Ezham@aol.com>, "Ed & Peggy Card" <edthec@carol.net>, "Donna Acuff Holt" <easybreeze@earthlink.net>, "Dennis (Thomas) Penny" <jdpenney@1cc.net>, "Brenda Lee Burgess" <burgessb@infoAve.net>, "Blair Vorgang" <bvorgang@us.oracle.com>, "Bettye Tinker" <tinker@catt.com>, "Betty & Ralph Hayes" <Gerhay1@aol.com> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 13:05:55 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3612.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 Subject: [VAWASHIN] Fw: CUZZINS: Fwd: FYI: NARA Reproduction Fee Schedule (Proposed) Resent-Message-ID: <LaYVm.A.rqB._VdC5@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1427 X-Loop: VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: VAWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com Hello all; this was mailed to me by my Acuff mailing list. the fees do seem exorbitant, after all our taxes pay for the cost of employees who do this work, why should there be such high fees. We all need to express our thoughts to NARA on this, they would like us too. Please read the following message I am forwarding. Always, Imo -----Original Message----- From: Billie R. McNamara <mcnamara@usit.net> To: Recipient list suppressed <Recipient list suppressed> Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 7:45 AM Subject: CUZZINS: Fwd: FYI: NARA Reproduction Fee Schedule (Proposed) >Forwarded message: > >The NARA proposal to revamp the system and fees for providing copies of >Military Service Records, Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files, and >Pension Application Files has been published in the 25 April 2000 issue >of the Federal Register. Public comment is invited and should be >directed to > >NARA Regulation Comment Desk >8601 Adelphi Road >College Park, MD 20740-6001 >Fax: 301 713-7270 > >The comment period closes on 26 June 2000. NARA prefers that you use >either the postal address or fax number to submit our comments rather >than e-mail. >A complete copy of the Federal Register notice is available from the >NARA Web site at http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html. > >The proposed Reproduction Fee Schedule covers a number of items, but the >Military Service Records, and the Pension and Bounty-Land Warrants are >of the greatest concern to genealogists. NARA proposes three major >changes: > >1. The NATF Form 80 would be discontinued, to be replaced by two new >forms: NATF Form 85 to request both Bounty-Land Warrant application >files and Pension files (more than 75 years old), and NATF From 86 to >request Military Service Records (more than 75 years old). > >2. For all three types of files, NARA would no longer send a selection >of pages, but would send the complete file. This would eliminate the >two-step process currently used and should be beneficial to most >genealogists. > >3. The fees for all three types of files would be raised. For Military >Service Records the new fee would be $17.00, regardless of the number of >pages included in the file. For Bounty-land Warrants the fee would be >$17.25, again without regard to the number of pages. For Pension Files >the fee would be $40.00, regardless of the number of pages. > >Finally, the proposal would go into effect on 1 September 2000, if >approved. > >Many genealogists may consider the proposed fees to be excessive. NARA >specifically invites comment on the proposed fee schedule. The FGS/NGS >Records Preservation and Access Committee urges everyone who wants to >comment to carefully read the full proposal before submitting comments. >The proposed fees are intended to cover the actual cost of locating, >copying and mailing the records, plus 10% as authorized by law, and are >based on the average size of the files. NARA states that the average for >Military Service Records and Bounty-land Applications is somewhere under >20 pages, while the average for full Pension Files is 105 pages. > >The FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee will be looking at >the NARA proposal carefully, and will submit comments as appropriate. >Individuals who would like to provide input to the Committee's >evaluation are welcome to do so but are also encouraged to comment >direct to NARA at the address given above. Comments for Committee >consideration should be e-mailed to fgs-access@fgs.org, or mailed to >Federation of Genealogical Societies, Attention: RPAC, PO Box 200940, >Austin, TX 78720-0940. In order for the Records Preservation and Access >Committee to adequately evaluate such input it must be received by 26 >May 2000. The deadline for comment to NARA, however, is still 26 June >2000. > >Posting of this message to other mail lists is encouraged. A copy of >this message will also be available on the Records Preservation and >Access page of the FGS Web site <http://www.fgs.org/fgs-recordsnews.htm> >and on the NGS Web site <http://www.ngsgenealogy.org> > >**** > > >Community email addresses: > Post message: TN-all@onelist.com > Subscribe: TN-all-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: TN-all-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: TN-all-owner@onelist.com > > --part1_e6.4ad1b38.263b5346_boundary--