Mic Barnette is a genealogy expert, bookstore owner, and columnist
in Houston, Texas. He has written a popular weekly genealogy column in the Houston
Chronicle newspaper since May 1994. I suspect that almost everyone in the Houston
area with even a slight interest in genealogy reads Mic’s column. Many people
in other locations also read the column on the web.
Now the Houston Chronicle has reduced the column to once a month
and is publishing it in a new monthly "Plus 50" section that does
not circulate outside the city proper. Genealogists are protesting at the reduction
of this valuable resource. The Houston genealogical community is organizing.
The Houston Genealogical Forum has launched a writing and calling campaign to
the Chronicle to keep the column published on a weekly schedule. The campaign
also requests that Mic Barnette’s column be placed in a section of the newspaper
that goes outside the neighborhoods of downtown Houston, where it would be readable
to anyone who purchases a Chronicle anywhere.
You can also help, even if you are not a Houston-area resident.
The Houston Genealogical Forum has placed a notice on their website with names
and addresses of people to contact. The site is located at: www.hgftx.org/public/chronicle.
I would like to ask every reader of this newsletter to read that webpage. If
you agree with the Houston Genealogical Forum’s proposal, please add your name,
e-mail address, and comments to the form at the bottom of that webpage and then
click on "submit." I did that earlier this week and would strongly
encourage you to do the same.
By the way, you can also read Mic Barnette’s excellent genealogy
columns online at: www.geocities.com/barnette_geo/
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