MILITARY SITES
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GOVERNMENT/MILITARY
To Request Files from the FBI: http://members.aol.com/rechtman/www/fbi.html
By letter, full name of the person, the file you need,
DOB, date of death, place of birth. Send photocopy of proof
of death. This can be ANY of the following: newspaper
obituary, citation from Who Was Who in America, death
certificate, biographical reference, encyclopedia or
magazine article on the person, or your simple statement
that the person was born over 110 years ago. If the latter
is the case, then the FBI doesn't require written proof of
death because they assume anyone over 110 is probably
deceased. But you'll still need the birth date. Include
a statement that says *I agree to pay reasonable fees
associated with this request up to $25. Please notify me if
it is expected to exceed this amount.* Note: If an
individual, request cost = 0, as first 100 pages received at
no cost, . Request search of manual card records also if
subject lived before 1956. Computer files, only files
searched unless told otherwise, date from 1956. They are
destroying files!
MAIL LETTER TO:
FBI Freedom of Information Act Unit
Records Resources Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
9th & Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20535 USA
Social Security Death Index
http://www.ancestry.com/SSDI/Main.htm
To get social security information:
To obtain a copy of your relative's SS-5 form, used to get a
SSN (before1935), write to:Freedom of Information Officer,
Social Security Administration, 4-H-8 Annex, 6401 Security
Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21235 The cost With a SSN is $7.00
without, $16.00. On it find: parents names; birth
places/dates; where living when card was applied for; kind
of job. Option 2: Get SSA-L997 (2-83) from your SS office;
fill it out, put down the person is deceased, attach death
cert. or SSI index copy- showing death, mail.
U..S. Army Military
History Institute, Carlisle Barracks
PA 17013-5008 (for locating a specific veteran if you have
unit assignment)
Request Military Records-All Services
National Personnel Record Center holds personnel and medical
records of discharged, deceased and retired members of all
branches of Armed Forces - records date from the beginning
of the 20th century. Records require veteran or next of kin
authorization. Request Standard Form 180 from the National
Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Blvd., St. Louis, MO
63132.
TO OBTAIN INITIAL ISSUE OR REPLACEMENT MEDALS...
Submit a letter requesting the medals. Where to write and
sample application below. Branch:
ARMY: COMMANDER, USARPC ATTN: ARPC-VSE-B 9700 PAGE AVENUE,
ST Louis., MO 63132-5200
AIR FORCE: AIR FORCE REFERENCE BRANCH, NATIONAL PERSONNEL
RECORDS CENTER 9700 PAGE AVENUE, ST. LOUIS, MO
63132-5100
MARINE CORPS: & NAVY LIASON OFFICE: & COAST GUARD,
ROOM 5409, 9700 PAGE AVENUE, ST. LOUIS, MO 63132-5100
SAMPLE LETTER FOR APPLYING FOR MEDALS
I request that I be issued all award emblems I am entitled
to. I have attached a copy of my separation doc. (DD 214 or
equivalent) My Social Security number is:___My service
number was__: Date and place of birth: Full name, addresss
and phone number: OR NEXT OF KIN As the legal next-of-kin, I
request that I be issued all award emblems that (full name
of veteran) was entitled to. A copy of the Separation
document (DD 214 or equivalent) is enclosed. Veteran's
Social Security Number is: Veteran's service number was:
Veteran's date of death was: Veterans date and place of
birth was: Full name, address and phone number:
Revolutionary War Pension Papers on microfilm file at
Western Reserve Historical Society Library, Cleveland
Military Records at the National Archives:
http://www.nara.gov/nara/frc/mpromp.html
or request forms by e-mail = inquire@arch2.nara.gov
Put the word "form" in the subject line of the email. Requests which do not contain the word "form" in the subject line get
routed differently and take more time to process. You can order up to 10 of each of the forms.
- Form 80 (Military service and pension records
prior to World War I, including the Revolutionary War,
War of 1812, Civil War, and Spanish-American
War);
- Form 81 (Passenger Arrivals)
- Form 82 (Copies of Census Records)
- Form 83 (Eastern Cherokee Applications)
- Form 180 (Military service records, World War I
and later).
(NOTE: # of forms needed and mailing address)
"United States Military Records, Pension Index File,
1861-1934." This is a listing of all the FHL film #'s for
veterans who have records kept at the U.S. archives. A new
Archives II has opened in College Park, Maryland the records
that were stored in Suitland MD have now been moved to
Archives I in Washington DC. When you request military
records be sure to specify that you want the ENTIRE
file.
Ancestors as Homesteaders - If there's an actual Homestead
Certificate
A Certificate contains actual boundary plot information.
Write To
United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management,7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield,VA22153
Telephone: (703) 440-1607
Actual application can be obtained from
National Archives Trust Fund, P. O Box 100793
Atlanta, Ga. 30384-0793
US Govt Census office http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/
The most likely repository for those records would be
the Dublin Nat'l Archives. I'd ransack the Subject Catalogue
(LDS) first, then the Locality Catalogue. Also, Hayes'
Manuscript sources could be a _very_ good resource.
http://www.angelfire.com/in/shiphistory/
(Naval fighting ship history)
In preparation for my parents' 50th anniversary in 1995, I
wanted to give my dad a photo of his WWII ship, the USS
Cottle. A friend in Washngton, DC gave me this address:
US Dept of the Navy
WWII Ships' Records Division
Washington, DC
I believe the cost was about $10 for an 8x11. But the look
on my dad's face was priceless when he opened that gift! And
then the stories began to flow...
- Jane Dixon Anderson andixj@hotmail.com
Cemetery
http://yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc/register.nsf
(Commonwealth War Graves Commission)
WAR 1812
Two possible resources "Index to Compiled Service Records of
Volunteer Soldiers Who served during the War of 1812"
National Archives Microfilm Publication M602 (FHL films
882,519-752)", and "Index to War of 1812 Pension Application
Files. National Archives Microfilm Publication M313". This
Pension Index has been microfilmed by the Family History
Library. It
can also be found in published form "Index to War of 1812
Pension Files Comp by Virgil White Pub National Historical
Publishing Co 1989 (FHL Book Ref 973 M22i)"
Subj: Military Records
Date: 5/17/99 1:09:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: sharonspry@yahoo.com (Sharon Spry)
To: GEN-NYS-L@rootsweb.com
All males between the ages of 18 and 34 in 1917 were
required to register for the draft. Those draft cards are
available and contain date and place of birth, present
address, previous service and dependents. I located mine at:
Southeast Archives, 1557 St. Joseph Avenue, East Point, GA
30344-2593. They will send a form and the cost is
$10.00.
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