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/2 007/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/2 007/E7-3162.htm <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

Those links do not allow us to get in. Is there somewhere that we can complain about this rate hikes? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <OmahaMom@aol.com> To: <NEDOUGLA@rootsweb.com>; <nebrroots@rootsweb.com>; <NEBRHeritage@rootsweb.com>; <nesarpy@rootsweb.com>; <NESAUNDE@rootsweb.com>; <iapottaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 11:34 PM Subject: [NEDOUGLA] NARA trying to hike 338 percent on Civil War pensionrecords & others > 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/2 > 007/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/2 > 007/E7-3162.htm > > > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers > free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEDOUGLA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >