Hello all, I have heard from Kathy Wolfe and rather than being apologetic about her tardiness, she, instead only offered the excuse of having a family emergency that pulled her away and not near Internet access. Notice that she was able to find access as soon as we contacted her employer. She said that she would be away for at least 3 more weeks, so I suggested that she refund all the monies that she has received, but I wouldn't hold my breath that she will do that. I don't know if you are aware, but if you order Military Records,.Land Warrants or Pension Records from the NARA, it takes a couple of months to receive them, but they do not charge you if they do not find the record that you have requested. A Military record costs about $17.50 and a complete pension is $ 38.00 with selected pages costing less and I can't remember how much. It has been my experience that there is a lot of genealogical information in those pages that aren't sent with the selected pages, so I always order the entire package. One such pension was over 200 pages. Wow, did I get my money's worth. The forms for ordering the NARA records can be requested online and they are free. You receive them in only a few days. Also, for future reference. If you send money to a person that you do not know, send it via Paypal. They have refunded my money when I didn't receive an item for which I paid. Remember, if the person has an account, Paypal can collect from them and if not, Paypal will make sure that the person is banned from doing any future business with them. Julia

Can you send me the addresses for requesting forms from NARA? Or publish it on the Martin list. New at this research and would appreciate any help you can provide is helping with my reseach. Thanks so much for such wonderful advice you give from time to time. I, for one, certainly appreciate your honesty and courtesty. Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 12:58 PM Subject: [MARTIN-L] Re: Report on the problem with the NARA researcher > Hello all, > I have heard from Kathy Wolfe and rather than being apologetic about her > tardiness, she, instead only offered the excuse of having a family > emergency > that pulled her away and not near Internet access. Notice that she was > able to > find access as soon as we contacted her employer. > > She said that she would be away for at least 3 more weeks, so I suggested > that she refund all the monies that she has received, but I wouldn't hold > my > breath that she will do that. > > I don't know if you are aware, but if you order Military Records,.Land > Warrants or Pension Records from the NARA, it takes a couple of months to > receive > them, but they do not charge you if they do not find the record that you > have > requested. A Military record costs about $17.50 and a complete pension > is $ > 38.00 with selected pages costing less and I can't remember how much. It > has > been my experience that there is a lot of genealogical information in > those > pages that aren't sent with the selected pages, so I always order the > entire > package. One such pension was over 200 pages. Wow, did I get my money's > worth. > > The forms for ordering the NARA records can be requested online and they > are > free. You receive them in only a few days. > > Also, for future reference. If you send money to a person that you do not > know, send it via Paypal. They have refunded my money when I didn't > receive an > item for which I paid. Remember, if the person has an account, Paypal can > collect from them and if not, Paypal will make sure that the person is > banned > from doing any future business with them. > > Julia > >