this was on the Miliatry page for the requests of these records: DoD or the National Personnel Records Center do not intend to destroy paper Official Military Personnel Records (OMPF) stored at the Center. The purpose of any electronic scanning that may be done in the future would be to reduce handling of fragile records during the reference process or to reduce the time necessary to locate an OMPF. It is our responsibility to preserve and protect Official Military Personnel Files, as they are permanently valuable records documenting the essential evidence of military service for the veterans of our nation. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Maria Edwards" <jedward1@san.rr.com> Reply-To: TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com To: TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Veterans records to be destroyed Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:29:39 -0700 Hi all! I am sending to those lists and researchers I am familiar with. Please pass on as you see fit. Thanks to my husband who knows my passion for genealogy, I received this message today. This is being sent to many military commands - that's how it came across my husband's desk. I do NOT know if this applies to the older records or all. PLEASE take time to check out the details and if you had considered sending away for records - it looks like the time is NOW! Regards, Maria - - Original message - - The National Personnel Record Center that is responsible for maintaining archives of our military records is automating their storage and management of our military records. When this is complete they plan to destroy the hard copies of the records unless requested by the veteran or a deceased veteran's family to send those records to them. If a veteran or members of the deceased veteran's family wants to request those records be sent to them instead of being destroyed he/she can make a request by mail to: National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records 9700 Page Ave. St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 or: make the request online at: http://vetrecs.archives.gov/ When you submit your request online, a signature form downloadable from the site can be sent to you for completion and submission. The National Personnel Records Center will then send you an e-mail acknowledging your request. ==== TNCAMPBE Mailing List ==== Do not spam or send derogatory comments to any other subscriber to this list. _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/