There is a National Archive at Denver, that's a lot closer to you in Arizona. Pat > I do know the pitfalls of research and I only seeked help from those that > said they could and would help me. They were sure that I had missed > something. Well I did and that is what I learned 5 months ago that my > ancestor needs someone to put his name in for Patriot status and that is to > send for the records themselves. Which at the new cost of the national > archives infomation I just don't have the money to do that. It is cost > prohibitive for me to go to DC as I live in Arizona and the closest I get to > DC is Indiana.