Hello everyone, There is some misinformation going around about a proposed increase in fees for military and pension records requested from the National Archives. Below, I have pasted a response by Jack Brissee (pres. of Wis. State Gen. Soc. and chair of the FGS Records Preservation and Access Committee) that gives the correct info. Please not that updates will be posted to the FGS site at <http://www.fgs.org>. Please copy and post his message to other lists where the incorrect information has been posted. Dawn M. Knauft, CGRS Coordinator, Dane Co. WiGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~widane WiSearch, Professional Genealogical Research http://www.wisearch.net >______________________________ >-------------------- >X-Message: #11 >Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 14:05:06 -0600 >From: "Jack Brissee" <jbrissee@earthlink.net> >To: APG-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <003201bf83b9$84d4f300$1c6afc9e@computer> >Subject: [APG] re: Cost of Military Records Going Up (NARA Statement) >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > >There have been postings on a number of mail lists recently about an >increase in the fees the National Archives and Records Administration >(NARA) charges for copies of compiled military service records and pension >records. While NARA is considering a change to the fee structure for these >documents, the information that has been posted is both premature and >somewhat inaccurate. The Records Preservation and Access Committee, a >joint endeavor of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the >National Genealogical Society, has contacted NARA officials for >clarification. The following is the "official NARA statement" issued in >response to our inquiry: > >-Begin NARA Statement: The National Archives and Records Administration >(NARA) will be issuing a proposed rule within the next few weeks that will >revise fees for reproduction, including the "fixed-fee" orders in the NATF >80 series. The proposed rule will have a 60-day public comment period, >during which time we will actively seek the comments of the user community. >The proposed rule is presently undergoing internal government review. When >it is released for publication in the Federal Register, NARA will notify >the national genealogical organizations and post a copy of the proposed >rule on its web site. The message will include the exact URL and the >address for sending comments. -End NARA Statement- > >The Records Preservation and Access Committee will continue to monitor >this proposal, and will post relevant information on the Records >Preservation and Access pages of the Federation of Genealogical Societies' >Web site (http://www.fgs.org) when it is available. > >Please feel free to forward this posting to other mail lists on which the >original posting may have appeared. > >Jack Brissee Chair, FGS/NGS Records Preservation and Access Committee -------[end forwarded message] Czaplewska@aol.com wrote: >Hi all, >I just received this email this morning...has anyone else heard about this? >If it's true---and I have no reason to believe it's not---the Civil War >records are getting really pricey! >Anne >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >--------------------------------------- >Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 2:43 PM > Subject: Nat'l Archives records COST GOING UP!!! > Dr. Robert (Bob) PLOWMAN of the Mid-Atlantic National Archives in > Philadelphia. Said on July 1, 2000, the cost of the Military Records > was going from $10.00 to $17.50 & the cost of the Pension Records from > $10.00 to $40.00 this is for the Revolutionary War, Civil War, etc. So > you may want to send for these records before the cost goes up!