From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue Sep 5 13:15:15 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k85JFFjb002279; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:15:15 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k85JEt0C016476 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:14:55 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k85GY1FI004179 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:34:01 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k85GY1T5004178 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:34:01 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k85GLiFI004101 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 12:21:44 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k85J2Rb9029756 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:02:27 -0600 X-Envelope-From: neal4@comcast.net Tue Sep 5 13:02:27 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k85J2Rjb029747 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:02:27 -0600 Received: from alnrmhc12.comcast.net (alnrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.225.92]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k85J2O3J007110 for ; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 13:02:25 -0600 Received: from wd080a (c-67-175-229-124.hsd1.il.comcast.net[67.175.229.124]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc12) with SMTP id <20060905190220b12005ajq0e>; Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:02:20 +0000 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.20060905140149.0090ea40@mail.comcast.net> X-Sender: neal4@mail.comcast.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:01:49 -0500 To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com From: Neal Underwood In-Reply-To: <200609031300.k83D0A7o024207@lists5.rootsweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Spam-Score: 2.61 (**) BAYES_00,URIBL_SORBS_DNSBL X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Change in research hours at National Archives In addition to eliminating evening and Saturday hours at the National Archives in Washington DC, it appears that evening and Saturday hours at the regional branches are being eliminated or severely curtailed. See: http://www.archives.gov/locations/proposed-hours.html I suggest writing your Senators and Representatives about this. > >X-Message: #9 >Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:31:18 -0500 >From: "Michael Neill" >Subject: Change in research hours at National Archives > >At the recent FGS 2006 Conference in Boston, the Records Preservation >and Access Committee (http://www.fgs.org/rpa/) announced their concern >over changes in the hours in the research rooms at the National >Archives. This concern was conveyed to Dr. Allen Weinstein in a letter >from David Rencher, Chair of the Records Preservation and Access >Committee. > >These changes would eliminate evening hours at the National Archives. >These changes would eliminate Saturday hours at the National Archives. > >Many genealogists who travelt to DC to research rely on these evening >and Saturday hours to reach their research objectives. > >You can read (and sign) an online petition opposing these changes at: > >http://www.petitiononline.com/FGS2006/petition.html > >You can learn more about the Records Preservation and Access Committee at: > >http://www.fgs.org/rpa/ > >Michael >-- >