This is a book I have in my local library. You may want to see if you can find a copy. They cite sources for military personnel records and make specific recommendations that include your circumstances. Good luck. Colleen TITLE How to locate anyone who is or has been in the military 8th edition, [1999] : armed forces locator directory. PUBLISHER Military Information Enterprises] DESCRIP v. : ill. ; 22-28 cm. SUBJECTS 1) Veterans -- United States -- Societies, etc. -- Directories. 2) United States -- Armed Forces -- Registers. FREQUENCY 1) Irregular vttrails wrote: > > This is a shot in the dark and not related to any Whitneys but I thought it worth a try. Does anyone know how I can find or where I can go to find someone's( who may still be living) mitiltary record if I don't have a social security number and extremely limited info. on them? I'm trying to find my biological father/father's family and don't know much as I never knew him. Although I don't have a SS # I do have another number for him that I've been told was used by the military prior to the use of SS # 's. > > In a more related vein if anyone has info on Private Abel Whitney(of Tunbridge,Vt) of the 9th Infantry from Vermont and in regards to his death from starvation at Andersonville Prisoner of War (Civil War) Camp in Georgia please let me know. I'd be most grateful. > Thanks, > Noreen LaTour