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From: "Jacque Hopkins Wolski" <>
Subject: Re: [OKGEN ] National Archives Price Increase
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 19:22:50 -0800


I received the following message from another list I am on.

Jacque in SE ID

From: "Jack Brissee" <>
To:
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 14:05:06 -0600
Subject: [APG] re: Cost of Military Records Going Up (NARA Statement)
Message-ID: 003201bf83b9$84d4f300$

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

----- Original Message -----
From: Howard Grisso <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 10:52 AM
Subject: [OKGEN ] National Archives Price Increase


> List
>
> This is from another list, and I haven't seen any mention here. I am
taking copies of this to my Congressman's and Senator's local field offices
today. THIS HAS TO BE STOPPED.
>
> The National Archives will be increasing the price of Military Service
Records from $10 ro $17.50.
> Pension Records (Rev. War, Civil War, etc.) from $10 to $40. Effective
July 1, 2000
>
> Get your orders in before July 1 if we can't stop this outragous price
increase.
>
> Howard GRISSO SMITH KANE BATESEL
> Medford, OR
> formerly with aol.com
>
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