Being president of the Ford Genealogy Club I can answer for FORD but not the other automakers or UAW. Ford will NOT release ANY employee records unless the employee signed a release - they do not care if it is yesterday or 150 years ago. I would not think that the UAW would have employee records or things like that but you could always ask. Good luck with your search! Karen Check out some of our web pages: *http://www.wwnet.net/~krugman1 (Main home page) *http://www.miprofgenie.com *Surname list owner for Boomershine & Ligon surnames *Researcher, Author & Speaker *Karen Krugman, P.O. Box 577, Birmingham, MI 48012 248*670*1243 -----Original Message----- From: Sandi Ruch [mailto:ojaisandy@ojai.net] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 12:46 PM To: MIOAKLAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MIOAKLAN] United Auto Workers Membership Query Hi, I have a relative who was a machinist in the 1920 census in Cleveland and who was in Pontiac, Mich. by 1937 and died there in 1956. I'm wondering if he was involved in the automobile industry and if I can find out through the UAW. Does anyone know if they can be contacted about something like this? Do they have searchable archives and if so, where? Thanks, Sandi in California ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== You can contact the listowner at Judy@BirdGenealogy.org ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237