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Hi to all on the CAMP list.
This was forwarded to me through another list and just wanted to post as an
FYI for you, should you want to take action on it. I will include the
notation from the other list owner who received this information.
Just an FYI,
Tobi L. in Washington
I received information concerning a proposed fee increase to obtain records
from NARA. In the interest of keeping you informed, I am passing it along to
you.
I received the following email which noted a proposed large increase in
fees from the National Archives and Records Administration (effective THIS
September). The biggest change will be in the military pension records. We
will no longer be able to request just 20 pages or so for $10. We will HAVE
to pay for the WHOLE file and it will cost $40 !!
Here is a summary of the increases (go to the sites to see for yourself:
Proposed fees at:
http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html and current fees
at:
http://webgopher.nara.gov/11/about/cfr/public/1258.txt):
DATES: Comments must be received by June 26, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Regulation Comment Desk (NPLN), Room
4100, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College
Park, MD 20740-6001. Comments may also be faxed to (301)713-7270.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Allard on (301)713-7360.
PROPOSED NEW FEES (with current cost in brackets):
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type of record and order form Price
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Passenger arrival lists (order form NATF Form 81)..........
$17.25 [was $10]
(2) Federal Census requests (order form NATF Form 82)..........
$17.50 [was $6]
(3) Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims (order
$17.50 [was $10]
form NATF Form 83)............................................
(4) Land entry records (order form NATF 84)....................
$17.75 [was $10]
(5) Bounty land warrant application files (order form NATF Form
$17.25 [?? was $10 ??]
85)...........................................................
(6) Pension files more than 75 years old (order form NATF Form $40.00
[was $10 for up to 20 pages]
85) will ONLY send WHOLE file may be 100+ plus pages.................
(7) Military service files more than 75 years old (order form
$17.00 [was $10]
NATF Form 86).................................................
(a) Certification: $6.
[was $10]
(b) Electrostatic copying (in order to preserve certain records
which are in poor physical condition, NARA may restrict customers to
photographic or microfilm copies instead of electrostatic copies):
Service
Fee
(1) Paper-to-paper copies (up to and including 11 in. by 17 $0.15 per copy.
[was $0.10 per copy]
in.) made by the customer on a NARA self-service copier.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
(2) Paper-to-paper copies (up to and including 11 in. by 17 $0.50 per copy.
[was $0.50 per copy or $10 for]
in.) made by NARA staff.
[1st 20 & $5 ea. adtl. block of 20]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
(3) Oversized electrostatic copies......................... $2.70 per
linear foot. [same]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
(4) Electrostatic copies (22 in. by 34 in.)................ $2.70 per copy.
[same]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
(5) Microfilm or microfiche to paper copies made by the $0.30 per copy.
[was $0.25 per copy]
customer on a NARA self-service copier.
(6) Microfilm or microfiche to paper copies made by NARA $1.90 per copy.
[was $1.75 per copy]
staff.
(c) Original negative microfilm (paper-to-microfilm): $0.70 per image.
[was $10 for 1st 15 & $14 ea. adtl.
block of 20]
(d) Diazo microfiche duplication: $2.50 per fiche.
[was $2.10 per fiche]
(e) Self-service video copying in the Motion Picture, Sound and
Video Research Room: Service Fee
-
(1) Initial 90-min use of video copying station with 120- $9.75.
[was $20]
minute videocassette.
(2) Additional 90-minute use of video copying station with $6.25.
[was $14]
no videocassette.
-
(3) Blank 120-minute VHS videocassette..................... $3.50.
[was $6]
(f) Self-service Polaroid prints: $5.75 per print.
[was $9]
(g) Unlisted processes: For reproductions not covered by this fee
schedule, see also Sec. 1258.4. Fees for other reproduction processes
are computed upon request.
Dear fellow researchers:
I know that many of you have ordered documents from the National Archives
and
Records Administration called NARA for short. This is the federal
agency
which has *our* pension records, bounty land records, military records,
passenger lists as well as other records of importance to a genealogist.
NARA is proposing a rate increase. Not a small one to cover the cost of
living but a VERY LARGE increase! The records most often sought, the
pension
records of our ancestors, will have a 400% increase in Sept. unless we
make
our voices heard.
Several years ago, when NARA was threatened with a dramatic funding cut,
they
appealed to genealogist to write and express our opinions and
dissatisfaction. We did and basically *saved* them. Now it is our turn to
speak out on this issue too.
First visit this site, it is the NARA site that tells you about the
proposed
fee increases. Some of you can hyperlink and others will need to copy
and
paste the page. Either way, read it carefully. Yes, it is your typical
government document full of mumble jumble and you have to wade through all
of
that. But the new fees are listed. All increases are far more than a
modest
increase!
Now is the time we can act together. We can write an email, send a fax or
better yet, a snail mail letter to NARA. In addition, notify your
congressman
and any other official you know to express your dissatisfaction in
this
most
unfair rate increase.
The time is NOW. The cut off date for getting your opinions in is June 26,
2000. Although the increase is not scheduled until Sept. We must act now
to
get them to rethink this gigantic increase.
Thank you for reading this. Please take the time to write a similar
message
to each of the mailing list you receive, and send to them as well as
to
each
genealogist that you personally correspond with and encourage them to
do
the
same. Together we can be a Million Genealogist On Line Against Fee
Increases!!
With elections not far away, I do not think congress wants to make a VERY
Large group of constituents upset!! So go below and click or copy and see
for yourselves what is proposed and then write your letter now, not
tomorrow,
Fee>Schedule-36 CFR Part 1258</A> or
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I received information concerning a proposed fee increase to obtain records
from NARA. In the interest of keeping you informed, I am passing it along to
you.
I received the following email which noted a proposed large increase in
fees from the National Archives and Records Administration (effective THIS
September). The biggest change will be in the military pension records. We
will no longer be able to request just 20 pages or so for $10. We will HAVE
to pay for the WHOLE file and it will cost $40 !!
Here is a summary of the increases (go to the sites to see for yourself:
Proposed fees at:
http://www.nara.gov/nara/fees-pro.html and current fees
at:
http://webgopher.nara.gov/11/about/cfr/public/1258.txt):
DATES: Comments must be received by June 26, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Regulation Comment Desk (NPLN), Room
4100, National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College
Park, MD 20740-6001. Comments may also be faxed to (301)713-7270.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Allard on (301)713-7360.
PROPOSED NEW FEES (with current cost in brackets):
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Type of record and order form Price
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Passenger arrival lists (order form NATF Form 81)..........
$17.25 [was $10]
(2) Federal Census requests (order form NATF Form 82)..........
$17.50 [was $6]
(3) Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims (order
$17.50 [was $10]
form NATF Form 83)............................................
(4) Land entry records (order form NATF 84)....................
$17.75 [was $10]
(5) Bounty land warrant application files (order form NATF Form
$17.25 [?? was $10 ??]
85)...........................................................
(6) Pension files more than 75 years old (order form NATF Form $40.00
[was $10 for up to 20 pages]
85) will ONLY send WHOLE file may be 100+ plus pages.................
(7) Military service files more than 75 years old (order form
$17.00 [was $10]
NATF Form 86).................................................
(a) Certification: $6.
[was $10]
(b) Electrostatic copying (in order to preserve certain records
which are in poor physical condition, NARA may restrict customers to
photographic or microfilm copies instead of electrostatic copies):
Service
Fee
(1) Paper-to-paper copies (up to and including 11 in. by 17 $0.15 per copy.
[was $0.10 per copy]
in.) made by the customer on a NARA self-service copier.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
(2) Paper-to-paper copies (up to and including 11 in. by 17 $0.50 per copy.
[was $0.50 per copy or $10 for]
in.) made by NARA staff.
[1st 20 & $5 ea. adtl. block of 20]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
(3) Oversized electrostatic copies......................... $2.70 per
linear foot. [same]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
(4) Electrostatic copies (22 in. by 34 in.)................ $2.70 per copy.
[same]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------
(5) Microfilm or microfiche to paper copies made by the $0.30 per copy.
[was $0.25 per copy]
customer on a NARA self-service copier.
(6) Microfilm or microfiche to paper copies made by NARA $1.90 per copy.
[was $1.75 per copy]
staff.
(c) Original negative microfilm (paper-to-microfilm): $0.70 per image.
[was $10 for 1st 15 & $14 ea. adtl.
block of 20]
(d) Diazo microfiche duplication: $2.50 per fiche.
[was $2.10 per fiche]
(e) Self-service video copying in the Motion Picture, Sound and
Video Research Room: Service Fee
-
(1) Initial 90-min use of video copying station with 120- $9.75.
[was $20]
minute videocassette.
(2) Additional 90-minute use of video copying station with $6.25.
[was $14]
no videocassette.
-
(3) Blank 120-minute VHS videocassette..................... $3.50.
[was $6]
(f) Self-service Polaroid prints: $5.75 per print.
[was $9]
(g) Unlisted processes: For reproductions not covered by this fee
schedule, see also Sec. 1258.4. Fees for other reproduction processes
are computed upon request.
Dear fellow researchers:
I know that many of you have ordered documents from the National Archives
and
Records Administration called NARA for short. This is the federal
agency
which has *our* pension records, bounty land records, military records,
passenger lists as well as other records of importance to a genealogist.
NARA is proposing a rate increase. Not a small one to cover the cost of
living but a VERY LARGE increase! The records most often sought, the
pension
records of our ancestors, will have a 400% increase in Sept. unless we
make
our voices heard.
Several years ago, when NARA was threatened with a dramatic funding cut,
they
appealed to genealogist to write and express our opinions and
dissatisfaction. We did and basically *saved* them. Now it is our turn to
speak out on this issue too.
First visit this site, it is the NARA site that tells you about the
proposed
fee increases. Some of you can hyperlink and others will need to copy
and
paste the page. Either way, read it carefully. Yes, it is your typical
government document full of mumble jumble and you have to wade through all
of
that. But the new fees are listed. All increases are far more than a
modest
increase!
Now is the time we can act together. We can write an email, send a fax or
better yet, a snail mail letter to NARA. In addition, notify your
congressman
and any other official you know to express your dissatisfaction in
this
most
unfair rate increase.
The time is NOW. The cut off date for getting your opinions in is June 26,
2000. Although the increase is not scheduled until Sept. We must act now
to
get them to rethink this gigantic increase.
Thank you for reading this. Please take the time to write a similar
message
to each of the mailing list you receive, and send to them as well as
to
each
genealogist that you personally correspond with and encourage them to
do
the
same. Together we can be a Million Genealogist On Line Against Fee
Increases!!
With elections not far away, I do not think congress wants to make a VERY
Large group of constituents upset!! So go below and click or copy and see
for yourselves what is proposed and then write your letter now, not
tomorrow,
Fee>Schedule-36 CFR Part 1258</A> or
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