Linda, the records lost in the 1973 fire were for the following service branches:   ARMY - from November 1, 1912 to January 1, 1960 - 80% lost   AIR FORCE - from September 25, 1947 to January 1, 1964 - 75% lost   Ruth "The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." - Cicero   ________________________________ From: Linda Brown <lb608@sbcglobal.net> To: COOK-CO-IL@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 7:50 AM Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] Form 86 Military Service Records I sent the form for service records and received a reply with the box checked -  No. Unabel to locate the file requested.  I know that there should be a record.  Is there any way to find these service records besides the NARA?  Any suggestions?  Linda in North  Aurora ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I also asked for my father-in-law's records for 1944-1946 for the Army a few years ago and was told they were lost in the fire. I tried again in an online request in the name of my husband as next of kin and got about 35 pages of records a few weeks ago. It took about 10 weeks because NARA had to stabilize the files before they could copy them. Some of the records have clear burn marks around the edges. It cost $60, same as an IDPF. At a local society meeting on WWII records, the speaker also said you may get better results hiring someone in St. Louis to go in person to the archives. He mentioned this person as reliable but I have not used her personally: *Redbird Research* 3 Sandbar Ct St. Louis, MO 63303-6065 *Telephone: * (636) 448-3275 *Fax: * (636) 447-5154 *E-mail: * redbirdresearch@att.net *Contact Person: * Lori Berdak Miller *Research Specialty: * Persons of prominence files, archival military records, current military records located at NPRC - 201 Files, morning reports and rosters, cemeteries. Nancy On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Ruth Susmarski <rususmar@yahoo.com> wrote: > Linda, the records lost in the 1973 fire were for the following service > branches: > > ARMY - from November 1, 1912 to January 1, 1960 - 80% lost > > AIR FORCE - from September 25, 1947 to January 1, 1964 - 75% lost > > Ruth > >

Does anyone know if WWII Navy records are available? My Dad was in the Navy, and he is now 90 and living with Parkinson's in Houston. May I obtain his records as next of kin? Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Nancy Loe <geni.list@gmail.com> wrote: > I also asked for my father-in-law's records for 1944-1946 for the Army a > few years ago and was told they were lost in the fire. I tried again in an > online request in the name of my husband as next of kin and got about 35 > pages of records a few weeks ago. It took about 10 weeks because NARA had > to stabilize the files before they could copy them. Some of the records > have clear burn marks around the edges. It cost $60, same as an IDPF. > > At a local society meeting on WWII records, the speaker also said you may > get better results hiring someone in St. Louis to go in person to the > archives. He mentioned this person as reliable but I have not used her > personally: > > *Redbird Research* > 3 Sandbar Ct > St. Louis, MO 63303-6065 > *Telephone: * (636) 448-3275 > *Fax: * (636) 447-5154 > *E-mail: * redbirdresearch@att.net > *Contact Person: * Lori Berdak Miller > *Research Specialty: * Persons of prominence files, archival military > records, current military records located at NPRC - 201 Files, morning > reports and rosters, cemeteries. > > Nancy > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Ruth Susmarski <rususmar@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Linda, the records lost in the 1973 fire were for the following service > > branches: > > > > ARMY - from November 1, 1912 to January 1, 1960 - 80% lost > > > > AIR FORCE - from September 25, 1947 to January 1, 1964 - 75% lost > > > > Ruth > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "Only for so short a while, you've loaned us to each other." (Aztec Prayer)