Keep Historical Archives Assistant Position

This Department is not only Historically and Genealogically of major importance in the United States, but also to Tourism in the Mohawk Valley.

This is a very busy Facility and I can't imagine it being able to function without an Hisotircal Assistant. I've been using the sources in this facility since 1970 and have watched, closely, it's growth, because of the Assistance to the County Historian. Earlene Melius has had a major impact there for 8 years.

The loss of her position is unthinkable as to to the affect it will have-not to mention the affect on all Historians and Genealogists in the Country.

We have the best Loyalist records in New York State. (Revolutionary War resoures) Our Canadian friends, who visit the Dept. of History and Archives on a regular basis, should have had a say in what happens here.