I agree with Henry. The proposed (?already adopted)
terms are awkward and NOT clarifying; they don't
clearly convey the intentions stated for their use. I
am in state government and they sound like titles
adopted by a committee.

jc
 




--- Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I would hate to see the phrase "Burned Counties" go
> into the ash heap
> because it is so evocative and, more to the point,
> it is embedded in
> the minds of many researchers. And I have a problem
> with the new name
> "Lost Records..." because it strongly implies that
> it is a list of
> things that are lost and therefore unavailable.
> People who don't know
> in advance what it means will think "why should I
> bother with that?"
> 
> How about something like:
> 
> Recovered Records of Burned Counties and Other
> Locales
> 
> --
> 
> Henry Wiencek
> 
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