I just realized that I have my grandfather's discharge papers too. He didn't have a birth certificate and used them as proof of his age. When they moved from New York to California in about 1928, he took a copy down to the Los Angeles County Clerk and had them recorded. The copy that I have has the record number on it. My dad says that's sometimes what people did with important papers to safeguard them in those days. You can still do it today - the county clerk will record any documents that you want for a fee Ditto what George said. My father did the same and on the back of his discharge is similar info that later appeared on the DD 214 forms. I thought I saw those records down in the basement of the courthouse where the immigration/naturalization index cards were housed, which was open to public searches. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: George Richmond <grichmon@localnet.com> To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:42:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [NYERIE] military records >I can't imagine there are many army records at county hall, as >the army is operated by the federal government, not county >government. I think county hall has records of some military >discharges and not much more. I can confirm the above. My own military discharge is on file at the Erie County Clerk's office, but only because I brought it in and asked them to add it to their records, way back in 1946. This was done as a precaution in case proof of service was ever needed. George ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

I guess these people never heard of courthouse fires?? Anne (Percival) Kruszka Researching Bowman, Chinn, Davidson, Kettler, Kirtley, Klijewski, Knost, Kruszka, Maitland, Oliphant, Percival, Synos, Zalot & Zimmeth -----Original Message----- From: GrlsWthGuitars@aol.com [mailto:GrlsWthGuitars@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 1:57 AM To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYERIE] military records I just realized that I have my grandfather's discharge papers too. He didn't have a birth certificate and used them as proof of his age. When they moved from New York to California in about 1928, he took a copy down to the Los Angeles County Clerk and had them recorded. The copy that I have has the record number on it. My dad says that's sometimes what people did with important papers to safeguard them in those days. You can still do it today - the county clerk will record any documents that you want for a fee Ditto what George said. My father did the same and on the back of his discharge is similar info that later appeared on the DD 214 forms. I thought I saw those records down in the basement of the courthouse where the immigration/naturalization index cards were housed, which was open to public searches. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: George Richmond <grichmon@localnet.com> To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:42:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [NYERIE] military records >I can't imagine there are many army records at county hall, as >the army is operated by the federal government, not county >government. I think county hall has records of some military >discharges and not much more. I can confirm the above. My own military discharge is on file at the Erie County Clerk's office, but only because I brought it in and asked them to add it to their records, way back in 1946. This was done as a precaution in case proof of service was ever needed. George ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> My Genealogy: http://members.cox.net/dtrose/ Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx