You have to go through the National Archeives in Washington, DC cost is $37 if memory serves me right. Joy From: [email protected] Date: 2004/05/31 Mon AM 07:52:49 PDT To: [email protected] Subject: [COOPER] Joseph Bennett Cooper Thanks Gail for the SS information, I had not checked that yet. And thanks you for your reply Joy, I have not tried sending for his military records, I wasn't sure if I could get those since I'm not an immediate family member (parent, sibling, child). I'll look again at trying to order those. Laraine ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237