Unfortunately, the new charges have just excluded me as a mail customer of the Archives :-( CiCi Morse, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Layne Sawyer" <laynes@archive2.sos.state.or.us> To: <OREGON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 10:50 AM Subject: [OREGON] Message from Oregon State Archivist > To our users: > > Today the Archives Division filed an amendment to the Oregon Administrative > Rules that revises the fees we charge. When you review these fees, please > understand that none of these increases apply to those of you who come to the > Archives Building to do your research. > > In the past, our fees reflected our costs in supplies and equipment. Now they > also include our staff costs. Because of the budget cuts the Archives has > taken, we must recover some of our staff costs from the fees we charge. We > determined these fees by careful study and analysis of the actual time it takes > to perform the work, as well as costs in equipment, supplies and postage. > > Please direct your comments to me by e-mail at roy.c.turnbaugh@state.or.us > or by > mail at Archives Building, 800 Summer St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97310. A hearing on > these rule changes has been scheduled for 10 a.m., June 19, 2002, at the > Archives Building. Again, I regret that these measures are necessary and I > thank you for your support and understanding. > > Roy C. Turnbaugh > State Archivist > > Text of proposed rule amendment: > > 166-010-0016 > Archives Division Fees > (1) Ready Reference requests - no charge. > Includes requests for information that can be answered by staff without leaving > their workstation or by consulting basic reference tools such as finding aids, > tracing binders, or reference books. > (2) Basic records request - $5 in-state; $10 out-of-state. This includes > copying charges, postage and supplies. It applies to one-page documents. A > Basic Records Request must provide an exact citation to a record (e.g., a > citation from the death index, a record listed in the on-line index) in the > custody of the Archives Division. > (3) Basic Case File Request - $10 in-state; $15 out-of-state. This includes up > to 10 photocopies, postage and supplies. Additional photocopy pages are > charged at .75 cents per page. A Basic Case File Request must provide an exact > citation to a record in the custody of the Archives Division. > (4) Other Requests - $5 out-of-state. In addition, all other requests will > include labor charges and copying, supply and postage charges when incurred. > (5) Labor charges - $30 per hour charged in $5 (10-minute) increments. There > is a maximum of $120 (four hours labor) for any request. > (6) Photocopies > Copies made by the customer - 25 cents per page. > Copies made by Archives Division staff - 75 cents per page. > (7) Fax - 75 cents per page. > (8) PDF - 75 cents per page. > (9) Audio Tape duplication > Cassette to cassette duplicates- $6 per cassette. > (10) Certification - $5 per certification. > (11) Digital Imaging > Copy of existing tiff file to CD-ROM, Zip Disk, or FTP - $15 per file copied > Digital Color Inkjet prints - $10. > Scan from original archival record (300 dpi unless otherwise requested) - $20 > per scan. > (12) Reproduction by Outside Vendor - $10 handling fee. > > > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > Oregon Archives http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I too am very sad to see the out-of-town fees so high. They really do need a fee increase, but this is too much for me. I have just written a polite message to Mr. Turnbaugh asking him to reconsider. Jackie in Amherst, NH

if only you knew how much massive budget cuts all across the state budgets! It is hurting all the way down to city level already. Oregon isn't only one facing such massive cut backs. So are many other states, too. Coupled with fee increases. Oregon's fees are still absolute BARGAIN compared to other states. Oregon's 75 cents by mail for a copy of death certificate? extreme BARGAIN considering other states want at least 7 dollars and upwards for a copy. Utah has to go back into session for 3rd time just to try to balance the budget this year already. Is facing 155 million deficit right now. They had to ax a lot of budgets all across except education all over again. One cut for education and no more but all other budgets are facing cuts for 3rd time. W. David Samuelsen Jackie Marshall wrote: > > I too am very sad to see the out-of-town fees so high. They really do > need a fee increase, but this is too much for me. I have just written a > polite message to Mr. Turnbaugh asking him to reconsider. > Jackie > in Amherst, NH > > ==== OREGON Mailing List ==== > Welcome to the OREGON LIST > To Search the OREGON-L or leave the lists use this link to the Oregon-L > web site http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/OR/misc.html > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Also, the folks that don't live in Oregon may not be aware that in the past week, the deficit that Oregon was facing has *doubled* to an incredible amount. I, too, am sorry that the rates are going up, but they will need to go up or the archives will not be available by mail at all. I'm about 200 miles from the archives so I have to use the mail service as well. The state of Ohio has very low fees for uncertified copies of death certificates, but those low fees have contributed to about a nine-month turnaround for requests. Elizabeth in Jackson County, Oregon