In a message dated 6/8/99 1:52:44 AM, [email protected] writes: << look forward to hearing from SOMEONE on this. Sandy P >> Sandy and GenTippers, The NARA, has the info you need. The problem is the restriction which I have copied from the NARA gopher site. This is from, Records of the War Relocation Authority [WRA] (Record Group 210) 1941-47. gopher://gopher.nara.gov:70/00/inform/guide/200s/rg210.txt <snip> Specific Restrictions: As specified by the Secretary of the Interior in conformity with Public Law 90-23 of June 5, 1967 (81 Stat. 54), evacuee case files closed less than 50 years may be examined only by authorized representatives of federal and state government agencies officially concerned with them and by the evacuee or his legal representative. No information based on such records will be furnished without the written consent of the person concerned, his legal representative, or (after his death) his next of kin, except that summary statement of internment and employment may be furnished. Access to these records for quantitative or statistical studies, if no reference is made to individuals, may be granted by the Department of the Interior. <snip> It seems to me that the 50 year restriction may be about over, it may be to your interest to ask about this specific record group and maybe they can tell you when the restriction is to be lifted. Good luck in your research, one step at a time, backwards. Ralph Komives Genealogy Document Searches http://members.aol.com/RalphK/DocumentSearch.html Free download: Extended Chronology of the Nineteenth Century (1743-1901) Document Searches in Washington, D.C. Area and Annapolis, MD. Problem searches a specialty. Research at: DAR Library, National Archives, Library of Congress, MD State Archives