[Genealib] Pre-1947 Official Military Personnel Files now open (inSt. Louis, MO)

[Ella Hatfield]

Claire,

   Am  I correct that this is a press release and it can be reprinted and distributed? I want to print it in our local Genealogy Society publication. If I need permission who do I request it from? 
                                                             Ella Ann Hatfield
                                                              Citizens Library 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Claire Kluskens 
  To: Librarians Serving Genealogists 
  Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:15 AM
  Subject: [Genealib] Pre-1947 Official Military Personnel Files now open (inSt. Louis, MO)


  Here's big news from the National Archives:


  ARCHIVES ANNOUNCES INITIAL RELEASE OF MILITARY PERSONNEL FILES
  The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has announced it will open for the first time all of the individual Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) of Army, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard military personnel who served and were discharged, retired or died while in the service, prior to 1946.
  Collectively, these files comprise more than six million records. This is the second step in the progressive opening of the entire paper and microfiche OMPF collection of over 57 million individual files. Additional military personnel records will be made available to the public each year through 2067 until the entire collection is opened.
  To view an original record, individuals may visit the NPRC Archival Research Room in St. Louis, MO. Research room hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time Tuesday through Friday. Visitors are strongly encouraged to call ahead (314-801-0850) to make reservations.
  The National Personnel Records Center, Military Personnel Records (NPRC-MPR) is the repository of millions of military personnel, health, and medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th century (Records prior to WWI are in Washington, DC). NPRC (MPR) also stores medical treatment records of retirees from all services, as well as records for dependent and other persons treated at naval medical facilities.




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