with massive budget cuts not only Oregon's but so are many other states. Oregon's fees are still a bargain, considering the constraints placed by the Oregon's voters. The "much higher" fee - not as high as I thought it might be but lower than I expected. And what's more, when I was at Oregon State Archives, I didn't see much volunteers. Maybe just one just to check death certificates. Pretty much sum it. Most of volunteers they have are used for indexing projects. We should be thankful Oregon had sense to get volunteers for projects while other states still haven't come to that sense yet. David LSchiendel@aol.com wrote: > > I wondered about why the higher rate also. I do think the increase is > much higher than I expected. > > Also wondered why so high when you have volunteers who do most of the lookups > that are requested by e-mail. Or am I wrong about that? > > Have enjoyed the very low rates previously charged and am not surprised you > need to raise them but so much? > > LSchiendel@aol.com > > ==== 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