[or-roots] FYI National Archives to cut their hours of operation

[Steve & Ronda Howard]

In late July, the National Archives announced they were planning to cut back


the hours of the Washington DC area facilities of the archives.  This would 

eliminate all evening and Saturday hours and greatly harm the ability of the


average genealogist to access the records.  For full details, see 

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2006/nr06-125.html

 

While the Archivist of the United States was at the FGS conference he 

reported that they had received very little feedback from the country's 

genealogists asking for reconsideration.  He was also presented with a 

request from the chair of the FGS Records Preservation Committee to consider


some alternatives and a petition was started to allow genealogists to 

express their disagreement with the changes and to endorse alternatives that


will allow the evening and Saturday hours to continue.

 

You can see more details about that in Dick Eastman's weekly newsletter at: 

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/09/quick_please_jo.html

 

The petition can be signed at:

 

 http://www.petitiononline.com/FGS2006

 

 

The deadline for receiving comments on the proposed changes by the archives 

is September 9, so there isn't much time.  And if they succeed in reducing 

the Washington hours, the regional archives will probably follow.

 

Suzanne Shephard 

 

This is from the Carroll county Kentucky list.  I had the privilege of
spending an afternoon in the National Archives.  It was a lot of fun.

Ronda

 

 

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