----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Heller Zinn" <djzinn@pa.net> To: <PAPIKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 3:51 PM Subject: [PAPIKE] National Archives update on schedule > Hi Fellow Listers: > > This just came through the PA Lancaster Co. List from Peggy Reeves..... > > NARA has already cut out their evening and weekend hours, and today they > told me it would be permanent until further notice. There have been > budget > cuts, and then the flooding we had in D.C. about 5 weeks ago caused > extensive damage. > > NARA in D.C. was completely off-limits for over 3 weeks. The basement was > under water, including the nice new cafeteria that they had recently > added. > They are having to tear things out and completely redo it. The building > is > open now, but they are still running off of generators, and there is only > limited power available. You are not allowed to plug in laptops, and the > second floor research room is not being powered at all. Researchers are > being kept in a smaller room on the first floor to view their files, but > there are only two copiers running, and you are timed at 5 minutes of > copying and then you have to go to the end of the line and wait again. > The > "regulars" are scrambling to keep up with their workload. There is > limited > seating for researchers in the smaller room, and those without a seat have > to wait outside the room on a waiting list and not be allowed in until > another researcher exits. Appointments for the bulk copier fill up the > day > before. It isn't pretty. > > If you are planning a trip to NARA soon, do yourself a favor and postpone > it. > > Peggy Reeves > > > > ==== PAPIKE Mailing List ==== > List-Admin is Manaia Alofa > [PAPIKE-admin@rootsweb.com] > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >
Hi all, Is there a place to post pictures of mutual interest? I have some scans of glass slides that i can't identify. They might trigger a memory for someone else. I can host them on my site but I'm not sure how to get them some exposure. I have some of the glass negatives here: http://netbrent.net/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=13 I also have ancestor files in the LDS program. It's work that my mother Belva Geiger Rymon (recently deceased at 91) did over the years. I'm not sure how to share it with others that may have ancestors in common. Post surnames? Brent Rymon