My father, Frederick Charles LaLone, b. 3/26/1887 (county unknown) MI, d. 1/16/1971, Eureka, CA. When I was very young his mother traveled from MI to visit us in Rio Dell, CA, and I knew her as Hattie. Her last name (possibly maiden name) was Fitzpatrick. She had twin boys, Frederick and Edward. Edward had a son Tom who I know lived at 1318 Randolph, Traverse City, MI on 1/18/1949 with a wife Janie and daughter Patricia. I also know my father served in the Army (by a photograph); his service record was destroyed in a 1973 fire according to the National Personnel Records Center. I'm hoping for any information to identify my paternal Michigan heritage.

Tengate --- Regarding military records of you father - I too was told back in 1980 the my father's military (Army) was in the July 12, 1973 fire and probably burned as many were. This was a form letter with a checked box. I restarted my genealogy reseach in early 2006. Igot my father's records - it pays to try again. I urge you, and others to go to : http://www.archives.gov/veterans/evetrecs/index.html The screen that comes up is eVetRecs: Request Copies of Military Personnel Records. To use this system -- you must be military veteran, OR -- next of kin to a deceased, former member of military If not kin follow boxed directions where you'll need to fill out an extra form. Don't give up, save everything you fill out, make sure you have dates and copies. They finally found my father's records in Pennsylvania somewhere, sent the file to the VA office in Portland, OR and the contact I had there copied everything of importance and mailed it to me (I live in OR now, just north of Portland on the Columbia River). They didn't didn't charge me anything at that time. I don't know if there are any charges since. Good luck hope you to can find the military records you need. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tengate" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: [MI-GENEALOGY] Robert LaLone > My father, Frederick Charles LaLone, b. 3/26/1887 (county unknown) MI, d. > 1/16/1971, Eureka, CA. When I was very young his mother traveled from MI > to > visit us in Rio Dell, CA, and I knew her as Hattie. Her last name > (possibly > maiden name) was Fitzpatrick. She had twin boys, Frederick and Edward. > Edward had a son Tom who I know lived at 1318 Randolph, Traverse City, MI > on > 1/18/1949 with a wife Janie and daughter Patricia. I also know my father > served in the Army (by a photograph); his service record was destroyed in > a > 1973 fire according to the National Personnel Records Center. I'm hoping > for any information to identify my paternal Michigan heritage. > > > > ***************************** > The theme of this list is Michigan genealogy and research. Please respect > others by keeping your postings to this theme. > MI-Genealogy Mail List Information > http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > ***************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >