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Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:48 PM
I received this message on the Cork Ireland list and have the
writer's
permission to forward it. It was posted by Marcie Garritt & David Rebner <
mgdr(a)stpaultel.com >.
> Fellow genealogists......
> Please read and sign the petition referenced below that I received from
the
> New England Historic Genealogical Society.......
> Thanks
> Marcie
>
> NHPRC Funding in Danger of Elimination
>
> The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is
the
> grant-making arm of the National Archives and Records
Administration.
> Through the course of four decades, the Commission has awarded $153
million
> to thousands of archives, colleges and universities, and individuals to
> preserve and publish important historical records that document
non-Federal
> American history. President Bush's budget recommends that all grant
funding
> and staff support for NHPRC be eliminated in the next fiscal year.
>
> Such an event would vastly decrease the preservation, let alone the
> availability, of records for genealogical research. For more information
on
> how this will impact genealogists, and how you can help, visit the
FGS/NGS
> Records Preservation and Access Committee at
>
http://www.fgs.org/rpa/formalactions.htm. More details can also be found
on
> a website developed to dissemination information specifically on this
issue
> at
http://www.savearchives.org. NEHGS will be taking signatures to save
the
> NHPRC at its booth at the NGS conference in Nashville (see story above).
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