As mentioned on 13
September 2012 in Upfront with NGS, the GA Archives is scheduled to
close to the public on 1 November 2012 (except by appointment).
The community has been very busy in the month since that
announcement!
1. The genealogists in Georgia are
doing a great job of getting the word out. They have a petition going which now
has over 17,000 signatures and they are trying to get 20,000, http://www.change.org/petitions/the-governor-of-ga-leave-our-state-archives-open-to-the-public.
If you haven’t already signed it – please do! You don’t have to live in GA or even be
researching in GA to sign it! Signing
this petition allows you to show how much you appreciate how important archives
are to everyone.
2. A slide show has been created to explain more about the
situation and its impact, http://www.fogah.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/gaemergencydeckweb.pdf.
Do check it out.
3. Your National Genealogical Society (NGS) has mailed a letter to the Governor with copies to the
Secretary of State, Attorney General, and key legislators.
We all benefit from the existence of archives
and we all lose when archives close!
Have you done something to help keep the GA
archives open? Let us know!
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