This isn't nearly as exciting and isn't in affect yet, but you may want it for your files. At 04:46 PM 2/27/2007 -0600, you wrote: >Passing this along.... > >Thanks, >Peggy Perry > >-----Original Message----- >From: wigreen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wigreen-bounces@rootsweb.com]On >Behalf Of Donna >Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:50 AM >To: WIROCK-L@rootsweb.com; wiwalwor@rootsweb.com; wigreen@rootsweb.com >Subject: [WIGREEN] NARA trying to hike 338 percent on Civil War >pensionrecords price > > >from another list, sending it on for your information. > >To: "GenWisconsin" <genwisconsin@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 10:57 PM >Subject: [GENWISCONSIN] NEWS FLASH - NARA trying to hike 338 percent on >Civil War pension records price > > > > Just got from Dick Eastman - [please circulate intact, please note that > > the Civil War pension as well as other military pension/bounty records > > are not microfilmed except for Revolutionary War, only the indexes were. > > - David Samuelsen] > > > > *Warning to all U.S. genealogists! *Two rules published in the Federal > > Register on Monday, February 26, 2007, relate to fees for reproductions > > of records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration > > (NARA). In the case of Civil War pension applications, the proposal is > > for a 338% increase! > > > > Page 8327 contains a proposed rule revising fees for reproductions to > > cover NARA's costs for providing copies. On page 8279 is an interim > > final rule removing fee schedule fees for the reproduction of records of > > other Federal agencies stored in NARA records centers. > > > > The proposals are written in the finest governmental "legalese" > > language. However, it is obvious that the proposal is to *INCREASE* all > > fees. No surprise there, right? > > > > Here is the list: > > > > Type of record > > Order form > > Proposed Fee > > > > Passenger arrival lists > > NATF Form 81 > > $25.00 > > > > Federal Census requests > > NATF Form 82 > > $25.00 > > > > Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims > > NATF Form 83 > > $25.00 > > > > Land entry records > > NATF Form 84 > > $40.00 > > > > Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period). > > NATF Form 85 > > $125.00 (a 338% increase from the present fee of $37.00!) > > > > Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War) > > NATF Form 85 > > $60.00 > > > > Pension documents packet (selected records). > > NATF Form 85 > > $25.00 > > > > Bounty land warrant application files > > NATF Form 85 > > $25.00 > > > > Military service files more than 75 years old > > NATF Form 86 > > $25.00 > > > > Both rules are open for public comment until April 27, 2007. There's > > much more information available in the Federal Register. > > > > The link to the proposed rule is: > > >http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov >/2007/E7-3160.htm > > > > > > ><http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.go >v/2007/E7-3160.htm> > > > > The link to the interim final rule is: > > >http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov >/2007/E7-3162.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > GENWISCONSIN-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 >WIGREEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/703 - Release Date: 2/26/2007 >2:56 PM > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.4/703 - Release Date: 2/26/2007 >2:56 PM > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >WIDANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >in the subject and the body of the message