I agree with you Rob. I have never been able to go to Crawford County PA and I am a $15 dollar a year member too. I'm sure that they have expenses in the new place and I would be happy to pay $5 to get in the door. Darla Mader -----Original Message----- From: waltonrp@bellsouth.net [mailto:waltonrp@bellsouth.net] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 6:33 PM To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PACRAWFO] NEW FEES - Crawford County Historical Society I have to say that everytime I have been at the Historical Society, the information that I was able to research was definately worth $5. I live near Miami, and plan to visit Crawford this year, I'll just become a member. $15 a year is a pretty good deal for all the information that they archive there. They should have charged a long time ago IMO. Rob WALTON > > Just FYI, for all of you who have used or plan to use the Crawford County Historical Society - they now charge a $5.00 admission fee. They have not widely publicized this, but since their move to the new facility, this formerly free and open society is on the fast track to extinction. The new facility is smaller and much less user friendly than the old one. I had to work standing up for almost 2 hours. > > Having been there for 2 months now, they still have yet to put a sign out in front of the building. Even the paper sign on the door mentions nothing about the new entrance fee, but they approach you immediately upon entrance to demand it. > > I won't be visiting there again anytime soon, and will never again donate my work to them. It is sad to see the society go into decline so quickly. I would not be surprised to see them close permanently before long. > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== ~ SUBJECT LINES ~ Think about it!! A picture's worth 1000 words; a Subject Line more! The 4 W's: Who? What? When? and Where? Don't leave home without 'em! ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237