I have decided to recirculate this letter in hopes it will reach a person who might not have seen it the first time. And could gain some information from this subject. -----Original Message----- From: NNorris803@aol.com <NNorris803@aol.com> To: Missouri-L@rootsweb.com <Missouri-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, November 12, 1998 5:17 PM Subject: [Missouri-L] NARA letter I just received >I just received this and thought someone might get some good out of it. About >the Government Land Records. > > >Welcome to the National Archives and Records Administration's e-mail reference >and information service, inquire@arch2.nara.gov ! > >Operated by the staff of the Customer Services Division, "inquire" is intended >to provide timely responses to reference requests, or at least get the process >started quickly by referring your message to the appropriate office or person. >We also answer general inquiries about the National Archives and Records >Administration (NARA). If you have not visited NARA's web page, we recommend >that you do because there is much useful information about the agency and its >records holdings and services. The URL is: http://www.nara.gov . > >This message is automatically generated whenever one of the following words >appears in the text of an incoming message: form, forms, and Form. We have >set up our e-mail system in this way because we have found that these words >appear frequently in requests for the specific genealogy reference forms we >use at NARA. (AHA!) The numbers and subjects of these forms are as follows: > >Form 80 (Military service and pension records prior to World War I, including >the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, the Mexican War, Civil War, and the >Spanish-American War) > >Form 81 (Passenger Arrival Records) > >Form 82 (Copies of Census Records -- requiring your knowledge of the >publication, roll, and page number, as we do not conduct searches of Census >Records for you) > >Form 83 (Eastern Cherokee Applications) > >Form 84 (Land Entry Papers -- for Federal lands only), and > >Form 180 (Military Service Records, World War I and later -- the form can also >be downloaded directly from the following internet location: >http:/www.nara.gov/regional/frc.html) > >If you indicated in your original message the FORM NUMBER, the QUANTITY >needed, and YOUR POSTAL MAILING ADDRESS, you have given us the information we >need to fill your order. However, if you did not include this information in >your original message, please re-send your message with this information. >While we try to fill orders within 3 to 5 days, sometimes the number of >inquiries is too great to do so. We therefore appreciate your patience very >much. > >If your inquiry concerns a different subject or one which requires a more >substantive reply, it will be evaluated by an archivist (a real person, >honest!) and either answered by that person directly, or referred to the >proper reference or other office. Please do not expect immediate responses >from other offices as it takes more time to make a substantive reply -- >usually 2 to 3 weeks. > >As with any electronic system, problems/bugs sometime occur. If this should >happen to you or you want to register a comment, complaint, or congratulations >for a job well-done, please send your e-mail to: rick.blondo@arch2.nara.gov > . >>From Rick, Charlene, Cynthia, and Bob, thanks for reading this entire message >(and don't forget the NARA web page!). > >______________________________