Author: Greg
It is a pity that the world economy has forced all sorts of funding problems on to so many in so many places. Even here in New Zealand funding for museums and archives is being looked at to see which economies can be made. Sad really.
I live in New Zealand and happened across the Mills Archive website whilst searching for information about a Scottish mill of the late 18th, early 19th century. This search was in connection with family history and genealogical enquiries. So my contact with the Mills Archive has been at some distance.
As a family historian I see the work of the Mills Archive and similar organisations as a vital asset for all future generations. It is my belief that we can never know who we are until we know where we have come from. By this I mean that our children and our grandchildren need to know about the problems faced by their grandparents and the circumstances which existed at that time and how these problems were solved as a part of their practical education, as this was and is a part of my own education.
May I wish you the best of luck for the future.