In a message dated 2/1/04 8:47:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, SRehm24416@aol.com writes: > The other petitions, or declarations, were thrown out To clarify, apparently the declarations were kept but the original petitions were the records that were destroyed. I did get a copy of my grandfather's declaration but his original petition, with all the good info, was among the record tossed out. I actually never heard back or worked with Mel. That was someone else's post.