As a relative newbie to the world of Ameraucanas, I've often wondered about the history - when did this variety start, how many people attended the 1986 Nationals, who are all these names I don't recognize....
Other than the written "Breed History" on the website, there hasn't been a place where someone could go to research those, and so many other, questions.
When I became Secretary and "keeper of the files", I found a wealth of information in these old bulletins, and previously published Handbooks. But, unless you were a member from the beginning, or had access to boundless cash, there wasn't any place for the rest of us, who weren't keepers of the files or haven't been around since the beginning - to get those archival documents.
Until now.
A new project, one I hope to have complete by the time I leave office, is an online archive of all of the old bulletins, and Handbooks at I have at my disposal. This will be a slow project, one of those time fillers when I don't have anything else to do, so don't expect 30 years worth of bulletins to suddenly appear.
But I do have the first batch ready. On the website, across the top menu bar, there is a new option, "Archives". check it out! You'll be surprised at either the memories they invoke, or the new information you'll learn about the history of this great breed and all the folks who went into creating it.
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/archives.html
