Alinda, Thanks for the reference. :) I live outside DC and have made a few trips to the NARA there. You're right, there's a LOT that can be learned from these files that you might never know if you don't get all the data. Wasn't aware that they would send incomplete info. :( Being a "do it yourselfer" at heart, it was a thrilling moment when I held in my hands the very paper that my GGgrandfather signed to enlist in the Union army. Staggering to have some "touchstone" with his all too brief life. Cordially, Doug