It doesn't do any lasting good. If you raise hell then the Supervisors at the National Archives will move in to solve that problem, the as soon as that one is done, it reverts back to the deadhead clerks again and most of the time, just a lot of needless aggravation. Do what I did. I ran a test by requesting the Complied Service Records of a Union and of a Confederate that I already had in my hand. The Union man's record came back in 3 weeks but the Confederate's took hell raising and more than 3 months to get. That is a fact. Try your own test and let me know how it turns out. Julian RCarterett@aol.com wrote: > This is about the problem 'SIMMONSCraft@cs. wrote about and the revealing > answer from Julia Hardee. I am forwarding these two messages to my senators > and representative. As a taxpaying retired naval officer (WWII, KOREA, > Vietnam service) whose wife and I lost between us 4 of our greatgreat > grandfathers in the Civil War I find the obvious bias to Southerners by the > National Archives toward descendants of Confederate Soldiers offensive, > discriminatory, and odious. > > Bob Carterette, Carlsbad, CA. > > In the interest of fair play and an even genealogical playing field it seems > that all of us privy to these messages should deluge their congress mebers > with complaints > > ==== SCHORRY Mailing List ==== > NOTICE FOR AOL USERS > For AOL subscribers, the SC Chat meets every Monday night, 7- 8. > > <A HREF="aol://2719:3-2128-Root%20Cellar">Root Cellar</A> >> > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.