Hi everyone! I'm forwarding this post from the Cumberland River list as it has universal importance. Someone had asked how to find military information about an ancestor who served in WWI and got an even better answer. Blessings! Sue Montgomery-Cook Please visit our Denton Family Genealogy site: http://www.acun.com/dentons > -----Original Message----- > From: bwmurphy@juno.com [SMTP:bwmurphy@juno.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 8:33 AM > To: CUMBERLAND-RIVER@rootsweb.com > Cc: bwmurphy@juno.com > Subject: National Archives-forms > > You can request forms from the National Archives at: > > inquire@arch.2nara.gov > > It is a non-manned location, so your request needs to be simple. In > the > subject line list only the word forms, list your address with the > identification numbers for the forms and number of each form needed. > They are as follows: > > 80 Military/pension prior to WWI > 81 Passenger Arrivals > 82 Copies of Census Records > 83 Eastern Cherokee Applications > 180 Military Service Records WWI and later > > Remember include your snail-mail address - these will NOT be e-mailed > to > you - they come by mail about 3 days after your request. Keep your > request > clean - no extra wording other than what is necessary and you should > have no problem. > > For more information, try: > > http://www.nava.gov > or > http://www.nara.gov/nara/gil65.html > > Bonnie W. Murphy >