Today the Federation of Genealogical Societies announced the resumption of work on the War of 1812 pension applications so many have been eagerly awaiting. The following is from their blog:
A
security incident at the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) facility in St. Louis led to a work stoppage of digitization
projects for security review. This incident was unrelated to the
Preserve the Pensions project in Washington D.C., however, our project
was impacted. The Federal bureaucracy is a slow-moving beast, as many
of us have experienced outside of genealogy. The completed review led
to new security and project protocols. These protocols imposed new cost,
space, and completion date constraints on the project. Neither
conservation nor digitization could resume without a renegotiated
project plan. These negotiations were difficult and time-consuming...
So why on earth could that not have been shared with the public? Regardless, things are looking up and hopefully I will be able to read my 4th great-grandfather's file before too much longer. Below is a link to the announcement on the FGS blog--
http://voice.fgs.org/
