The National Archives and Records Service (NARA) has just opened up all WWI service records to the public and is moving to reconstruct/reconstitute those records burned in a fire at their Personnel Records Office outside St. Louis. To make a thorough check of NARA records, you will need your subject's service number. This may be obtained from local, county or state archives in his state of residence in 1917-18. The state adjutant general's office may also have this information. Go to the two websites below for hints on researching Doughboy records: _www.worldwar1.com/dbc_ (http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc) _www.wrfa-usa.org_ (http://www.wrfa-usa.org) (look under resources for links) Good luck, Len Shurtleff

Do you mean to say that these WWI Service Recs. are now on the NARA website? I tried to find them there, but could not. Perhaps I don't know how to use them, but the Doughboy and WRFA sites didn't seem to have anything on the 33rd Engineers. David Crider ============================================= LShurtleff@aol.com wrote: The National Archives and Records Service (NARA) has just opened up all WWI service records to the public and is moving to reconstruct/reconstitute those records burned in a fire at their Personnel Records Office outside St. Louis. To make a thorough check of NARA records, you will need your subject's service number. This may be obtained from local, county or state archives in his state of residence in 1917-18. The state adjutant general's office may also have this information. Go to the two websites below for hints on researching Doughboy records: _www.worldwar1.com/dbc_ (http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc) _www.wrfa-usa.org_ (http://www.wrfa-usa.org) (look under resources for links) Good luck, Len Shurtleff --------------------------------- Get your email and see which of your friends are online - Right on the new Yahoo.com