Please send your comments in the next week to NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) about the huge price increases for copying documents that they are proposing. Briefly, they're jumping the cost of a copy of a Civil War pension application from $37 to $125. Other documents are increasing greatly also. For those of us who do genealogy, these prices are simply unconscionable. Truly, we are unpaid historians -- doing the work of historians of the future -- and this kind of price gouging by a branch of the federal government should not stand. *YOU CAN HELP to change this. There is a "public comment" time still available -- but only until April 27, 2007 -- which means you have less than a week to respond!* It's very easy to do. Here is the way the site works to submit your comments on line and to learn exactly what the proposal says: The following are step-by-step instructions for submitting your comments: 1. Go to www.regulations.gov <http://www.regulations.gov>. 2. Under "Search for," select "Documents Open for Public Comment." 3. Under "Agency," select "National Archives and Records Administration*." 4. Under "Document Type," select "All Document Types." 5. In the "Keyword or ID" field, type "NARA-07-0001-0001." 6. Select "Exact Phrase." 7. Click the "Submit" button. You can read the proposed rule by clicking the PDF icon in the "Views" column. You can add your comments by clicking the yellow balloon icon in the "Comments" column. Also, you can e-mail comments to your government representative at: http://www.house.gov/writerep/.] To view the 7 March 2007 Review announcement about the proposed NARA fee increase, visit: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2007/0307.txt PLEASE, PLEASE WRITE TO THEM TODAY!!!!!!

I found my great grandfather's complete military records on microfilm in the public library - also his widow's pension application and his pension application and an application for a prosthesis for his smashed ankle from a wound sustained in the final days of the Civil War. My God provides my every need according to His riches in glory. Amen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

I followed your directions and it said no documents found. Any suggestions? Pat Mims ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenny Hedgpeth" <hdpth@earthlink.net> To: "southamptonhistory" <southamptonhistory@yahoogroups.com>; "varoots-l" <varoots-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:28 PM Subject: [VAROOTS] Last chance to respond to NARA increases > Please send your comments in the next week to NARA (National Archives and > Records Administration) about the huge price increases for copying > documents that they are proposing. Briefly, they're jumping the cost of a > copy of a Civil War pension application from $37 to $125. Other documents > are increasing greatly also. > > For those of us who do genealogy, these prices are simply unconscionable. > Truly, we are unpaid historians -- doing the work of historians of the > future -- and this kind of price gouging by a branch of the federal > government should not stand. > > *YOU CAN HELP to change this. There is a "public comment" time still > available -- but only until April 27, 2007 -- which means you have less > than a week to respond!* > > It's very easy to do. Here is the way the site works to submit your > comments on line and to learn exactly what the proposal says: > > The following are step-by-step instructions for submitting your comments: > > 1. Go to www.regulations.gov <http://www.regulations.gov>. > 2. Under "Search for," select "Documents Open for Public Comment." > 3. Under "Agency," select "National Archives and Records Administration*." > 4. Under "Document Type," select "All Document Types." > 5. In the "Keyword or ID" field, type "NARA-07-0001-0001." > 6. Select "Exact Phrase." > 7. Click the "Submit" button. > > You can read the proposed rule by clicking the PDF icon in the "Views" > column. You can add your comments by clicking the yellow balloon icon in > the "Comments" column. > > Also, you can e-mail comments to your government representative at: > http://www.house.gov/writerep/.] > > To view the 7 March 2007 Review announcement about the proposed NARA fee > increase, visit: > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2007/0307.txt > > PLEASE, PLEASE WRITE TO THEM TODAY!!!!!! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Done ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Mims" <oneolddogg@charter.net> To: <hdpth@earthlink.net>; <varoots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [VAROOTS] Last chance to respond to NARA increases >I followed your directions and it said no documents found. Any suggestions? > Pat Mims > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kenny Hedgpeth" <hdpth@earthlink.net> > To: "southamptonhistory" <southamptonhistory@yahoogroups.com>; "varoots-l" > <varoots-l@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:28 PM > Subject: [VAROOTS] Last chance to respond to NARA increases > > >> Please send your comments in the next week to NARA (National Archives and >> Records Administration) about the huge price increases for copying >> documents that they are proposing. Briefly, they're jumping the cost of a >> copy of a Civil War pension application from $37 to $125. Other documents >> are increasing greatly also. >> >> For those of us who do genealogy, these prices are simply unconscionable. >> Truly, we are unpaid historians -- doing the work of historians of the >> future -- and this kind of price gouging by a branch of the federal >> government should not stand. >> >> *YOU CAN HELP to change this. There is a "public comment" time still >> available -- but only until April 27, 2007 -- which means you have less >> than a week to respond!* >> >> It's very easy to do. Here is the way the site works to submit your >> comments on line and to learn exactly what the proposal says: >> >> The following are step-by-step instructions for submitting your comments: >> >> 1. Go to www.regulations.gov <http://www.regulations.gov>. >> 2. Under "Search for," select "Documents Open for Public Comment." >> 3. Under "Agency," select "National Archives and Records >> Administration*." >> 4. Under "Document Type," select "All Document Types." >> 5. In the "Keyword or ID" field, type "NARA-07-0001-0001." >> 6. Select "Exact Phrase." >> 7. Click the "Submit" button. >> >> You can read the proposed rule by clicking the PDF icon in the "Views" >> column. You can add your comments by clicking the yellow balloon icon in >> the "Comments" column. >> >> Also, you can e-mail comments to your government representative at: >> http://www.house.gov/writerep/.] >> >> To view the 7 March 2007 Review announcement about the proposed NARA fee >> increase, visit: >> http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2007/0307.txt >> >> PLEASE, PLEASE WRITE TO THEM TODAY!!!!!! >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> VAROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

For those of you who tried this and it didn't work well, from Ga is another; The following are step-by-step instructions for submitting your comments:" 1. Go to www.regulations.gov. 2. Under "Search for," select "Documents Open for Public Comment." 3. Under "Agency," select "National Archives and Records Administration*." 4. Under "Document Type," select "All Document Types." 5. In the "Keyword or ID" field, type "NARA-07-0001-0001". 6. Select "Exact Phrase." 7. Click the "Submit" button. You can read the proposed rule by clicking the PDF icon in the "Views" column. You can add your comments by clicking the yellow balloon icon in the "Comments" column. Also, you can e-mail comments to your government representative at: http://www.house.gov/writerep/.] To view the 7 March 2007 Review announcement about the proposed NARA fee increase, visit: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2007/0307.txt I kept coming up with no documents found, but this seemed to work, though not drastically different from the first one. Then I just wrote my representative! -----Original Message----- From: varoots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:varoots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kenny Hedgpeth Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 11:29 PM To: southamptonhistory; varoots-l Subject: [VAROOTS] Last chance to respond to NARA increases Please send your comments in the next week to NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) about the huge price increases for copying documents that they are proposing. Briefly, they're jumping the cost of a copy of a Civil War pension application from $37 to $125. Other documents are increasing greatly also. For those of us who do genealogy, these prices are simply unconscionable. Truly, we are unpaid historians -- doing the work of historians of the future -- and this kind of price gouging by a branch of the federal government should not stand. *YOU CAN HELP to change this. There is a "public comment" time still available -- but only until April 27, 2007 -- which means you have less than a week to respond!* It's very easy to do. Here is the way the site works to submit your comments on line and to learn exactly what the proposal says: The following are step-by-step instructions for submitting your comments: 1. Go to www.regulations.gov <http://www.regulations.gov>. 2. Under "Search for," select "Documents Open for Public Comment." 3. Under "Agency," select "National Archives and Records Administration*." 4. Under "Document Type," select "All Document Types." 5. In the "Keyword or ID" field, type "NARA-07-0001-0001." 6. Select "Exact Phrase." 7. Click the "Submit" button. You can read the proposed rule by clicking the PDF icon in the "Views" column. You can add your comments by clicking the yellow balloon icon in the "Comments" column. Also, you can e-mail comments to your government representative at: http://www.house.gov/writerep/.] To view the 7 March 2007 Review announcement about the proposed NARA fee increase, visit: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2007/0307.txt PLEASE, PLEASE WRITE TO THEM TODAY!!!!!! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just sent the following comments: "Re: NARA-07-0001-0001 My first comment is that the NARA is going to cripple the historical and/or genealogical research done by tens of thousands of Americans by taking this terrible leap in pricing for copies of military and other relevant records. Genealogy is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the US, especially among retirees who now have the time to research, but not necessarily the funds to pay these ridiculously costly fees for photocopies. A bill of $125 for records from one file is drastically going to reduce the number of people who can expect to research those records. I know it is well beyond my means, and those of almost all my friends. My second comment is that there are funds from the Federal government available for almost any hair-brained notion that is conceived, but not enough money in the whole multi-trillion dollar federal budget to keep and copy these invaluable historical records?! Thirteen trillion for the Boston Big Dig alone, and the NARA can't furnish our interested citizens with fifteen-cent copies of historical military records for less than $125.00? It is reasonable to expect that the costs of research goes up like everything else, but to force a 400 percent increase on mostly elderly or middle aged folks is unconscionable! Please reconsider this unpalatable price increase and make it something that people less than wealthy can afford. I shall forward copies of my comments to my representatives in Congress. Carolyn HALE BRUCE Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!)