From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Jul 17 17:27:30 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 k6HNRUjb020452; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:27:30 -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 k6HNRSLP026125 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:27:28 -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 k6HKnUFI004714 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:49:30 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6HKnUHC004713 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:49:30 -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 k6HK5OFI004606 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:05:24 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6HMhAkE024552 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:43:10 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kasuk923@aol.com Mon Jul 17 16:43:10 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 k6HMhAjb024541 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:43:10 -0600 Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com (imo-m27.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.8]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6HMh4NN027817 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:43:05 -0600 Received: from Kasuk923@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id e.55f.2d25178 (42809); Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:42:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Kasuk923@aol.com Message-ID: <55f.2d25178.31ed6c72@aol.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:42:58 EDT To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, PBRAY2@triad.rr.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5026 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] WPA Records This is the experience I have had in requesting and obtaining W.P.A. records. In Feb. 1997 I requested a copy of an ancestor's 1937 Social Security application. He was born in 1879 and died in 1949. In the space Name of Employer was written "W.P.A. Project 3561, Chicago, Cook Co., ILL" The application also included a registration number. It wasn't until December of 1997, while at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., that someone recommended I stop and see a Connie Potter - Room 403 and she would have the information. Connie advised me to write a letter to Civilian Personnel Records Center, 111 Winnebago Street, St. Louis, MO 63118. I sent a copy of the Social Security Application and requested the W.P.A. records for my great uncle. They sent me his records from 1935 through 1939. Dell Kasuk PGSA Volunteer Illinois ROOTS-L Digest Volume 06 : Issue 289 X-Message: #6 Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:25:58 -0400 From: "Pamela Bray" Subject: WPA Cemetery & Vital Statistics Records Hi Group, I searched the archives but unable to find an answer. Is there any specific place where all the WPA Records were stored or archived? Since it was a govt program, I was wondering if there was a way to locate them? Were they housed in each individual county or state? I have seen some of the cemetery transcriptions, which were very helpful in locating and verifying information but not in all areas. It seems very hit and miss on whether the information still exists. Would love to have a response, Thanks, Pam Bray