You can request form 80 via e-mail by sending e-mail to inquire@arch2.nara.gov with the word form 80 in the subject. Include your snail mail in the message and you may request up to five forms. Nikki -----Original Message----- From: HOUK DON (CBD) <DGHOUK@email.kline.co.jp> To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com <ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999 1:05 AM Subject: RE: List >Hi Abby-----If you haven't already done so, you should >write the National Archives & Records Administration, >7th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Wash., DC 20408 & >request a Form 80.....After receiving that blank form, >you must fill in name & all vital data you know about >your Civil War ancestor, then return it to Archives. If >he was indeed a prisoner in Andersonville, there will >surely be a record in the Archives & they will forward >copies at cost of $10, or no charge if nothing found. >I followed these instructions upon learning that my >great-grandfather had been in Andersonville & was >delighted with the amount of data I obtained plus the >papers in connection with his wife asking for pension >following his death.......Don Houk in Tokyo > >> ---------- >> From: abijohn@innet.com[SMTP:abijohn@innet.com] >> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 1999 12:05 PM >> To: ANDERSONVILLE-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: List >> >> Hello to you, I have just begun on this list so I am listening until I >> understand how everything works. When speaking to a relative of mine I >> found out that my great grandfather was at Andersonville. His name >> was Dr. Seth Bowker. How do I go about finding out about him? Thanks, >> Abby >> >> >> >> > >