From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Jul 8 08:51:43 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k68Ephjb018279; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:51:43 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k68EpgYH025570 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:51:42 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k68CEJFI000992 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:14:19 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k68CEJQ4000991 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:14:19 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k689xjFI000658 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 05:59:46 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k68Cavtf004779 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 06:36:57 -0600 X-Envelope-From: MaeMay510@aol.com Sat Jul 8 06:36:57 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k68Cavjb004768 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 06:36:57 -0600 Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com (imo-d21.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.207]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k68Cas5L015610 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 06:36:54 -0600 Received: from MaeMay510@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.323.7ca790d (29678) for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:36:48 -0400 (EDT) From: MaeMay510@aol.com Message-ID: <323.7ca790d.31e100e0@aol.com> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 08:36:48 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5319 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Old Soldiers Home records A query about a veteran who died in Hampton, VA Old Soldiers Home in 1940 led to the answer that those records are being held at the Mid Atlantic National Archives in Philadelphia. (Thanks, John.) It is online. There is also an online index to veterans buried in veterans cemeteries in Hampton. This is not part of the National Archives site. I don't know how comprehensive it is since the query had a name that was not on the index but she does have the full information on him. The "home" is on the grounds of the VA Hospital in Hampton and is actually several buildings housing both male and female veterans. For a few years I've attempted to get an uncle's records from an an old soldiers home in OK with no luck. Now I know I should write to a central location. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA