I too have tried to obtain records on my Great uncle who died in WW1 and have been unsuccessful I did receive a PIECE of paper on my uncle from WW2 and it contained the information I sent them and it took a year for that to come does anyone know if Geirgia has a free site for WW1 Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Ware" <helenware@attbi.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > Would this apply to WW2 vets also? My uncle was killed in action in WW2 and > I have waited for records and after a year got a note from someone they > are so behind it will be months longer, but he was a former Police chief > from Cook Co so maybe they have records. > Helen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RTooey@aol.com> > To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > > > > What state ;did your father reside in when he served in World !.? I live > in > > Missouri and all my father's records are free for the asking in the > Missouri > > State Archives and that is true for Illinois as well. These records for > > Illinois are on line <A > HREF="http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.htmlYour"> > > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.htmlYour</A> > state must have a similar department > > > > .Rosemary > > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM DIGEST MODE: > > please click here and send: > > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: > please click here and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

To get Military Service Records from the Federal Government you have to follow the dirctions on this page: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/veterans_service_records .html This twll where the official records are kept and how to get them -- what forms you have to fill out and such. State governments may hsave some information, but that will vary from state to state. Aloha Wayne, NH6K -----Original Message----- From: Herman Smith [mailto:smileydog@hargray.com] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:34 AM To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One I too have tried to obtain records on my Great uncle who died in WW1 and have been unsuccessful I did receive a PIECE of paper on my uncle from WW2 and it contained the information I sent them and it took a year for that to come does anyone know if Geirgia has a free site for WW1 Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen Ware" <helenware@attbi.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > Would this apply to WW2 vets also? My uncle was killed in action in WW2 and > I have waited for records and after a year got a note from someone they > are so behind it will be months longer, but he was a former Police chief > from Cook Co so maybe they have records. > Helen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RTooey@aol.com> > To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:50 PM > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > > > > What state ;did your father reside in when he served in World !.? I live > in > > Missouri and all my father's records are free for the asking in the > Missouri > > State Archives and that is true for Illinois as well. These records for > > Illinois are on line <A > HREF="http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.htmlYour"> > > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.htmlYour</A> > state must have a similar department > > > > .Rosemary > > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM DIGEST MODE: > > please click here and send: > > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: > please click here and send: > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== To post your SURNAMES ON MESSAGE BOARDS: http://boards.ancestry.com/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Wayne I sent everything in and still have not received anything but what I sent on Andrew Crosby he and his brother served in WW2 and their uncle Douglas Leroy died in WW1 they have said that some records were burned so I may never get any except the one sheet of information I sent in on Andrew I have the original purple heart citation and on the sheet they sent it has two medals for service only so I guess maybe some have burned Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Jones" <jonesr007@hawaii.rr.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:47 PM Subject: RE: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > To get Military Service Records from the Federal Government you have to > follow the dirctions on this page: > http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/veterans_service_records > .html > > This twll where the official records are kept and how to get them -- what > forms you have to fill out and such. State governments may hsave some > information, but that will vary from state to state. > > Aloha > Wayne, NH6K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Herman Smith [mailto:smileydog@hargray.com] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:34 AM > To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > > > I too have tried to obtain records on my Great uncle who died in WW1 and > have been unsuccessful I did receive a PIECE of paper on my uncle from WW2 > and it contained the information I sent them and it took a year for that to > come does anyone know if Geirgia has a free site for WW1 Dorothy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helen Ware" <helenware@attbi.com> > To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > > > > Would this apply to WW2 vets also? My uncle was killed in action in WW2 > and > > I have waited for records and after a year got a note from someone they > > are so behind it will be months longer, but he was a former Police chief > > from Cook Co so maybe they have records. > > Helen > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <RTooey@aol.com> > > To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:50 PM > > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > > > > > > > What state ;did your father reside in when he served in World !.? I > live > > in > > > Missouri and all my father's records are free for the asking in the > > Missouri > > > State Archives and that is true for Illinois as well. These records for > > > Illinois are on line <A > > HREF="http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.htmlYour"> > > > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.htmlYour</A> > > state must have a similar department > > > > > > .Rosemary > > > > > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM DIGEST MODE: > > > please click here and send: > > > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: > > please click here and send: > > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > To post your SURNAMES ON MESSAGE BOARDS: > http://boards.ancestry.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > To post your SURNAMES ON MESSAGE BOARDS: > http://boards.ancestry.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

There was a "hellofa" fire in Saint Louis in 1973 - and yes, quite a few of the holdings were burned. Quoting fromthe NARA web site: The 1973 fire destroyed U.S. Army personnel records created from 1912 to 1963, but it did not damage U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps personnel files. While the fire left a tremendous gap in locating personnel information, the gap may be partially filled in through other extant records. This issue of "Genealogy Notes" goes beyond the scope of the previous articles by exploring a selection of the vast number of additional World War I records in the custody of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). These records often provide clues to personnel serving in a variety of capacities in the U.S. Army during World War I. Conducting research in the records described in this article is sometimes a very labor-intensive and time-consuming procedure but, in the opinion of this author, is a task that has the potential for rewarding results. The link to the page that I exerpted from is: http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/fall_1998_military_service_in_ world_war_one.html Aloha Wayne, NH6K -----Original Message----- From: Herman Smith [mailto:smileydog@hargray.com] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:08 AM To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One Wayne I sent everything in and still have not received anything but what I sent on Andrew Crosby he and his brother served in WW2 and their uncle Douglas Leroy died in WW1 they have said that some records were burned so I may never get any except the one sheet of information I sent in on Andrew I have the original purple heart citation and on the sheet they sent it has two medals for service only so I guess maybe some have burned Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Jones" <jonesr007@hawaii.rr.com> To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:47 PM Subject: RE: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > To get Military Service Records from the Federal Government you have to > follow the dirctions on this page: > http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/veterans_service_records > .html > > This twll where the official records are kept and how to get them -- what > forms you have to fill out and such. State governments may hsave some > information, but that will vary from state to state. > > Aloha > Wayne, NH6K > > -----Original Message----- > From: Herman Smith [mailto:smileydog@hargray.com] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:34 AM > To: ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > > > I too have tried to obtain records on my Great uncle who died in WW1 and > have been unsuccessful I did receive a PIECE of paper on my uncle from WW2 > and it contained the information I sent them and it took a year for that to > come does anyone know if Geirgia has a free site for WW1 Dorothy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helen Ware" <helenware@attbi.com> > To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > > > > Would this apply to WW2 vets also? My uncle was killed in action in WW2 > and > > I have waited for records and after a year got a note from someone they > > are so behind it will be months longer, but he was a former Police chief > > from Cook Co so maybe they have records. > > Helen > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <RTooey@aol.com> > > To: <ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:50 PM > > Subject: Re: [RC-ROOTS] World War One > > > > > > > What state ;did your father reside in when he served in World !.? I > live > > in > > > Missouri and all my father's records are free for the asking in the > > Missouri > > > State Archives and that is true for Illinois as well. These records for > > > Illinois are on line <A > > HREF="http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.htmlYour"> > > > http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.htmlYour</A> > > state must have a similar department > > > > > > .Rosemary > > > > > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM DIGEST MODE: > > > please click here and send: > > > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM LIST MODE: > > please click here and send: > > mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > To post your SURNAMES ON MESSAGE BOARDS: > http://boards.ancestry.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > To post your SURNAMES ON MESSAGE BOARDS: > http://boards.ancestry.com/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > ==== ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS Mailing List ==== HOW TO CONTACT THE LIST ADMIN: please click here and send: mailto:ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS-admin@rootsweb.com ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237