Did you stop to think where taxes are going to support budgets? In-state taxes are used. None of taxes from out of state. And you need to check with nearest FHC for the vast array of records now available on microfilm released by Oregon State Archives. Same thing when you get hunting or fishing licenses, out of state are higher than residents' in just about every state. David GNINNAH@aol.com wrote: > > Can anyone speculate why the "out of state" fees are so high?? > > Many of my relatives lived their whole lives in Oregon state. They paid > their income taxes and property taxes just like everyone else. Why would it > cost more for me (someone who lives in Vancouver, WA (minutes from OR)) to > request information on them? Shouldn't the fees be strictly based on > recovery of actual costs only, not on where the requester lives? > > (PS>> my husband works in Oregon, and we pay a lot of Oregon taxes ourselves, > but don't get to ever vote on how our tax dollars are used :-( > > Thanks > Pat > > <A HREF="http://www.cemeteryinfo.net">Portland,OR & Vancouver,WA Cemetery, > Funeral Home & Yearbook index info</A> > > In a message dated 5/17/02 6:02:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > OREGON-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > << ----- 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