SaveArchives.org

...The administration suggests giving $36 million to the National Archives for the development of a system that could retrieve all types of electronic records. The proposals also eliminate the agency's 40-year-old grantmaking program, which gave money to colleges, universities and local government archives. The 2006 budget request for the Archives is $323 million, an increase of 1.3 percent from 2005. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6211-2005Feb7.html

At first glance, I rushed to the site to add my signature to the list. But, based on politicians and organizations slipping additional verbiage into bills and mission statements unnoticed, or, conversely, those organizations affected by budget cuts leaving out the meat of the matter when only a bit of gristle has been cut away...

break out the A-1 sauce!

by the way, did you notice the "Report Your Activities" at the bottom of their webpage? interesting, isn't it? asking individuals to submit what and to whom they've written regarding the matter.

and, yes, the National Archives do contain geneological information, but even the US government refers people to the Mormons who have the most incredible database of geneology.