As you know, this country is in the midst of restoring freedom to millions of people in the middle east, while at the same time spending billions of dollars here at home to secure the safety of the American homeland. All of this on top of a devastating attack on our people and our economy by radical islamic forces on 9-11. This came on the heels of an economic down-turn caused by the bursting economic bubble of the 1990's, and one of the major concerns of the American people right now is to control spending at the national level. The only comparable period in American history was the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the resulting military buildup during WWII. The major difference between these two periods seems to be that many Americans don't believe that any sacrifices need to be made during these times. In fact, some folks are intent on increasing spending, even at the expense of our vitally important defense needs. If we are serious about reducing the deficit and eliminating the spectre of inflation, it's time to realize that we have to prioritize our budget expendatures. Those of us who are involved in family history research feel that our projects should continue to be funded at previous levels. What genealogy needs is not more federal money, but more private donations and volunteers. In times like these, the people who benefit the most from protecting our historic records should take personal responsibility to restore and protect them. Bill Snipes Serenity4us2@aol.com wrote: > >>>----------------->Forwarded Message: >Subj: [STRICKLAND] Save our archives -- sign the petition, please! Date: >6/12/2005 5:48:17 PM Eastern Standard Time From: _haston@neto.com_ >(mailto:haston@neto.com) Reply-to: _STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com_ >(mailto:STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com) To: _STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com_ >(mailto:STRICKLAND-L@rootsweb.com) Sent from the Internet _(Details)_ (aolmsg://018f7d10/inethdr/2) >>>>The following e-mail is of great concern to any genealogists who use>archives.>Please read, sign the petition, then send this to any other Rootsweb or>genealogy lists you're on.>>>The President's budget recommendations for Fiscal Year 2006 slash or>eliminate more than 150 federal programs. In that budget, the National>Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) has been targeted>to receive NO funding. This includes no funds for the grants program and>no funds for staffing to support the NHPRC programs. It effectively>eliminates NHP! RC.>>The Council of State Historical Records Coordinators, the Society of>American Archivists, and the National Association for Government>Archivists and Records Administrators are working collaboratively to>address this threat to NHPRC and NARA. Archivists across the U.S. are>rallying to save NHPRC while also ensuring that NARA has sufficient>funding to sustain its current programs and continue to advance in areas>that benefit all archival repositories and every citizen of the United>States.>>As part of our efforts to continue to express to Congress interest in>restoration of funding for NHPRC, we have created an online petition.>Please consider signing this petition, and please forward it to any>listservs, e-mail groups, or organizations and people you feel would be>interested in helping with this effort. It is a quick and easy way for>many people to assist. The petition will be forwarded to the House>Appropriations Committee and Subcommittee on Treasury, Tr! ansportation,>HUD and the Judiciary in late May. The petition can be a ccess at:>>_www.savearchives.org_ (http://www.savearchives.org/)>>Click on the "petition" button.>>If you have not received a previous action alert on this issue, we>encourage you to also write a letter to your members of Congress. For>information on writing letters of support, see any of the following>websites:>>www.savearchives.org_ (http://www.savearchives.org/)>>www.coshrc.org_ (http://www.coshrc.org/)>>www.archivists.org_ (http://www.archivists.org/)>>Thanks for your efforts to save this important program for archives!>>Members of the NHPRC Joint Advocacy Task Force>Council of State Historical Records Coordinators:>David Carmicheal, Sandra Clark, Kathleen Roe>>Society of American Archivists:>Nancy Beaumont, Peter Gottlieb, Rand Jimerson, Joan Krizack, Richard>Pearce-Moses>>National Association of Government Archivists and Records>Administrators:>Timothy Slavin>>>>==== NCHENDER Mailing List ====>To subscribe, just send an e-mail to NCHender-L-request@root! sweb.com>or HCHender-D-request@rootsweb.com with the message>subscribe>To later unsubscribe (yes, not everyone chooses to stay with us), just send>to that same address the message, useing an L or a D>unsubscribe>>>>>==== STRICKLAND Mailing List ====>Strickland Mailing List - Send all queries to Strickland-L@Rootsweb.com>To unsubscribe send email to Strickland-L-request@rootsweb.com>Leave subject blank, Put the word unsubscribe in the body of email.>Problems email Strickland-Admin@rootsweb.com>>==============================>Search the US Census Collection. 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