State Issue: Vital Records Increases Senate Bill 40, the budget bill, contains provisions that will increase the price of birth records including each copy from $12 to $20 and increase marriage, death and divorce records including each copy from $7 to $20. This increase is intended to raise over $16,000,000 for the biennium. Some of this money will go to programs outside of the State Registar's office. For more information and links to your legislators see http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/ NARA Fee Increases Example: Civil War pension file from $37 to new fee of $125. It was $10 in 2000 before it was increased to $37. For more information and how to comment see http://www.rootsweb.com/~wsgs/ Pam Anderson Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Advocacy Chair