SO SORRY for the MIS-INFORMATION!!! Subject: Re: Veterans records to be destroyed I emailed & this is response : David, No it is not true. "The National Personnel Records Center does not intend to destroy its paper record holdings. The purpose of any scanning that may be done in the future would be to reduce the need for handling fragile records during the reference process. The Official Military Personnel Files are permanently valuable records that document the essential evidence of military service for the veterans of our nation. It is NARA's responsibility to preserve and protect these records." If the person follows up with more questions beyond this that we cannot answer, then forward them to St. Louis for assistance. If it's an e-mail, notify the researcher that you have forwarded their request to St. Louis for an answer / more info. I hope you find this information helpful. Sincerely, Donna Melito Staff Assistant Customer Services Division 09/16/04 01:22PM >>> This question was submitted via the Main Inquire Form by a user of the NARA web site. DATE SUBMITTED: Thursday, 9/16/2004 at 1:22 pm EST QUESTION TOPIC: Other - my question topic is not listed QUESTION TEXT: I recieved this email today as well as many people have this week. Is this true ? and if so what are you doing with the hard copies ? am just passing this on to those in my address book. I hope it will help some of the records find a home. Kristi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maria Edwards" <jedward1@san.rr.com> To: <TNCAMPBE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:29 AM Subject: [TNCAMPBE-L] Veterans records to be destroyed > 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. > >