Hello everyone. As Diane said, I 'm taking over the role of list administrator. I've been lurking in the background on this list for several months now. Judging from the number of members and the low message volume, it looks like there are a lot of other lurkers still out there! I have not had a chance to dig into the administrator functions yet and will do that in the next couple of evenings. In the meantime, I just wanted to introduce myself to everyone and offer to be of assistance if I can. I can be reached at jjc@bga.com and generally read my mail every evening. Drop me a note if you have any questions and I'll try to do my best to help out. Once I get into the administrator functions, I'll clean up the greeting message for new members and some other stuff like that. But I don't think most of you will know I'm around unless you need me. Most lists I have subscribed to seem to work very well unless someone starts a flame war or wanders grossly off topic for a lengthy period of time. These don't seem to be problems at NY-Military-L, but if they come up, I'll gently try to steer the offenders back on track via private e-mail without making a big deal about it. A word about myself. As my signature line shows, I presently reside in Austin, TX (actually in the Texas hill country west of the city limits). But I grew up in Northern New Jersey in the greater New York City metro area. Most of my genealogy interests involve New York City. My military interests in New York are mostly due to the fact that my great-grandfather served in the 13th NY Independent Battery, Light Artillery, although I am also interested a little in the Spanish-American War and WWI. When I started researching the 13th Battery, I quickly discovered it was not exactly one of the most famous units of the Civil War and information was hard to come by. One thing led to another, and I now maintain a web site about that unit at http://www.realtime.net/~jjc Again, I'm happy to be on board as the administrator and look forward to doing whatever I can to make the NY-Military-L list a better place to exchange information about New York and its military. John ********** John Clavin | jjc@bga.com | Austin, TX **********

Welcome aboard John. I, too, am one of the "background lurkers" you mentioned. Mary in AL --but with NY "roots".

As you know, I took over for Mike Burnett as list administrator on a temporary basis. I'd like to introduce the new list administrator for NY-Military - John Clavin, jjc@bga.com Welcome, John! Diane Diane Kurtz dkurtz@snet.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyseneca Listowner for NYFingerLakes-L, NYSENECA-L and LERCH-L

Any info on either of these Companies, and specifically on Nimrod Underhill who enlisted 05 December 1863 and mustered out on 23 June 1864 at Petersburg Va. John A. Heffley jcheff@home.com

V Mail was private communication, not government records. Even if the microfilm were still in existence it probably wouldn't be released to the public, certainly not if there is any chance that anyone mentioned in it was still alive. The purpose of V Mail was to solve a logistics problem. Instead of shipping large volumes of mail, it was microfilmed and only the film was shipped overseas. I suspect that, after a short period to verify that the hard copies of the V Mail had reached their destinations, the original letters and the microfilm were destroyed for privacy, security, and logistical reasons. Since the microfilm would have served its purpose in a few weeks at most, it most likely wasn't of archival quality. -----Original Message----- From: John Huguenard [mailto:jhuguena@bellsouth.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 11:08 PM To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: V Mail from Europe Patrick, Would you or anyone out there have any idea if these records still exist? If so, how would they be accessed? Any ideas? Kay Huguenard Tap716@aol.com wrote: > This mourning while watching the history channel a segment about how mail > was handled from the GI"s was aired I found this very interesting as all on > the list may also. It was said that the GI's would write their letters home > and the letters would go to a area to where they were microfilmed tthe > mocrofilm wasthen sent to the U.S to be copied to paper that was how the > letters were delivered to thier destination. Wouldn't microfilm be a great > asset to us all look for our relatives who were there at the time. > Patrick Fuchs

I'm new to this list and not sure if this question is too basic. I'm trying to locate Peter Kozak, born in New York (best I can do) in about 1928, lived in Manhattan while an adult, was in the Navy. If he retired from the Navy is there a locator service I can use if he's drawing a pension? If left the Navy too early for that, will they search for him and verify his service for me? I suspect not since it's too recent. This fellow is my cousins half-brother and she hasn't seen him in many, many years. I'm trying to help her reconnect. Thanks for your time, Kathy

Patrick, Would you or anyone out there have any idea if these records still exist? If so, how would they be accessed? Any ideas? Kay Huguenard Tap716@aol.com wrote: > This mourning while watching the history channel a segment about how mail > was handled from the GI"s was aired I found this very interesting as all on > the list may also. It was said that the GI's would write their letters home > and the letters would go to a area to where they were microfilmed tthe > mocrofilm wasthen sent to the U.S to be copied to paper that was how the > letters were delivered to thier destination. Wouldn't microfilm be a great > asset to us all look for our relatives who were there at the time. > Patrick Fuchs

This mourning while watching the history channel a segment about how mail was handled from the GI"s was aired I found this very interesting as all on the list may also. It was said that the GI's would write their letters home and the letters would go to a area to where they were microfilmed tthe mocrofilm wasthen sent to the U.S to be copied to paper that was how the letters were delivered to thier destination. Wouldn't microfilm be a great asset to us all look for our relatives who were there at the time. Patrick Fuchs

Some of you may know Diane Kurtz. She is originally from Waterloo NY and is now in CT? Diane has agreed to take over as temporary administrator of the list, until a permanent owner volunteers. Several of you have expressed interest, and if you still want to administer the list, please contact Diane at dkurtz@snet.net Just a few words about Diane. She handles the Seneca Co. NY GenWeb page and has really done a lot to help folks find their roots in Seneca Co., as well as the Finger Lakes region on NY,... she also administers the NY Finger Lakes genealogy list. As I might have mentioned, I also host the Ontario County GenWeb site and I am looking for a volunteer to take site as well. Thanks for your well wishes and I'm going to pursue my dream. I hope you will do the same. It's been fun, ... thank you again,.... hope you find your NY Military roots. Mike

Over the last year or so, it has been my pleasure to administer the New York Military mail list and watch it grow from a fledgling list to an active list with a lot of subscribers, over 150. Your participation have made the list active and vital and helpful. I've been continually amazed at the amount of information that I have learned from some of this group. I hope and beleive that many people have been helped by information from the list. I am about to embark on a new phase of my life and will be unable to administer the list. For that reason, I wanted to ask if any current subscribers would be interested in taking over the job? What does the job entail? All you really need are connections to the internet and e-mail. I tell you truthfully, that I have only had to do administrative tasks a couple dozen times over a year. All you will need to do is help people subscribe and unsubscribe. As you may know, the subscribers will do the rest. If anyone is interested, please let me know. Thank you for subscribing. Mike Burnett mwburne@aol.com

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I'd like to Thank both of you for taking the time to reply to my question about men in the Revolutionary War who were from New York. Thanks Again, Donna

Hi John, As a teenager I read a book about WWI written by William T. Scanlon. Title was, "God Have Mercy On Us." Not that long ago I found it again in a library sale of books. Author Scanlon was an NCO in the 97th Co., 3rd Battalion of the 6th Marines. Naturally this would place him with the 2nd Division which was known as the, "Racehorses" because it was made of one brigade of marines and one brigade of regular army. Pershing would often use the natural competition between the two brigades to achieve minor miracles on the battlefield (such as the storming of Blanc Mount). Don't know if this is of any help but the book was published in 1929 by Grosset and Dunlap. It's still a good book. Regards, Don Baratta -----Original Message----- From: JSca844165@aol.com <JSca844165@aol.com> To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com <NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 10:22 AM Subject: WW1 >Hi List >Looking for any info on Scanlon's in WW1 -- USMC-Don't have a first name but >grasping at straws--He was my great uncle >Regards >John Scanlon > > >==== NY-Military Mailing List ==== >New York in the Civil War Queries >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USWARS/ACWRoots/NY >

To: John Scanlon Try looking in the site http://www.nara.gov/nara/searchnail.html. Good luck. NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com wrote: > Hi List > Looking for any info on Scanlon's in WW1 -- USMC-Don't have a first name but > grasping at straws--He was my great uncle > Regards > John Scanlon > > ==== NY-Military Mailing List ==== > New York in the Civil War Queries > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USWARS/ACWRoots/NY

Hi List Looking for any info on Scanlon's in WW1 -- USMC-Don't have a first name but grasping at straws--He was my great uncle Regards John Scanlon

Hi Group, I'm new to this list. I was wondering if anyone has a list of the fellows who were in the Revolutionary War who were from the Rockland County, New York area ? I'm specifically looking for any KENT's who may have been listed. Thanks for all your help, Donna Honesdale, PA.

Trying to locate information on MY GRANDFATHER, Oliver Daniel Bernier...SYRACUSE, NY most decorated WAR veteran in WWI, went on to become a Col in WWII., He married Loretta Irene Delancey in Syracuse, NY 10-28-1928... Anything would be appreciated Ken

I am looking for CAPT. ALEXANDER THOMAS , b.1743 d. 1812, from Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He married URSILLA OLDRIDGE also from Portsmouth. He served under Col. Topham.He was stationed in Albany,NY where he patrolled the Hudson River above Albany. It is said that the Hessians occupied his home in Portsmouth,RI and allowed his wife and children to use one room.I am wondering if his home still stands in Portsmouth and if there are any portraits of him and his family anywhere. I have a little history on Alexander, but nothing on Ursilla Oldridge. Also when and where did he die and where is he buried. The history I have says that he loaned money for the war and when Daniel Webster tried to repay him there wasn't enogh money so he gave THOMAS his home in Marshfield,Mass. Is this house still standing ? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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To all who had questions, this is the response from the FGS on the index to War of 1812 service members that the FGS is compiling for one of their year 2000 projects. Good Hunting Marianne Victory Purdy --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MoyerTJ@aol.com To: watewin@juno.com, madilyn@earthlink.net Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:16:40 EST Subject: (no subject) Message-ID: <8b.d2e1a7.25b73d68@aol.com> Hi, Marianne-- We soon will begin work on the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. When they are completed, they will be posted on the world-wide web, free of charge to all. Presently, we are doing the last seventy (of 1,748) batches of Civil War records. Questions? Let me know. Terry J. Moyer Draper, Utah