[or-roots] NEWS FLASH - NARA trying to hike 338 percent on Civil War pension records price

[W. David Samuelsen]

Just got from Dick Eastman - [please circulate intact, please note that
the Civil War pension as well as other military pension/bounty records
are not microfilmed except for Revolutionary War, only the indexes were.
- David Samuelsen]

*Warning to all U.S. genealogists! *Two rules published in the Federal
Register on Monday, February 26, 2007, relate to fees for reproductions
of records at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA). In the case of Civil War pension applications, the proposal is
for a 338% increase!

Page 8327 contains a proposed rule revising fees for reproductions to
cover NARA's costs for providing copies. On page 8279 is an interim
final rule removing fee schedule fees for the reproduction of records of
other Federal agencies stored in NARA records centers.

The proposals are written in the finest governmental "legalese"
language. However, it is obvious that the proposal is to *INCREASE* all
fees. No surprise there, right?

Here is the list:

Type of record
Order form
Proposed Fee

Passenger arrival lists
NATF Form 81	
$25.00

Federal Census requests	
NATF Form 82	
$25.00

Eastern Cherokee applications to the Court of Claims
NATF Form 83
$25.00

Land entry records
NATF Form 84
$40.00

Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War period).
NATF Form 85
$125.00 (a 338% increase from the present fee of $37.00!)

Full pension file more than 75 years old (non-Civil War)
NATF Form 85
$60.00

Pension documents packet (selected records).
NATF Form 85
$25.00

Bounty land warrant application files
NATF Form 85
$25.00

Military service files more than 75 years old
NATF Form 86
$25.00

Both rules are open for public comment until April 27, 2007. There's
much more information available in the Federal Register.

The link to the proposed rule is:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-3160.htm 


<http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-3160.htm>

The link to the interim final rule is:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-3162.htm