From nobody Tue Oct 10 12:49:18 2006 Received: (from nobody@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k9AInIkZ009496 for ROOTS-M; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:49:18 -0600 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k9AIgQYn008790 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:42:26 -0600 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.41]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9AIgOAu017412 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:42:26 -0600 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k9AIgOCo008760 for ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:42:24 -0600 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k9AIgOYn008748 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:42:24 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9AIgMGN017291 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:42:23 -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 k9AFxPFI025206 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:59:25 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k9AFxPdB025205 for roots-l@rootsweb.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:59:25 -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 k9A9s5FI024384 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:54:05 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k9ACaoCf005499 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:36:50 -0600 X-Envelope-From: justrootin@gmail.com Tue Oct 10 06:36:50 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k9ACaoYn005487 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:36:50 -0600 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.226]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id k9ACalw6003662 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 06:36:49 -0600 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id t4so1951259wxc for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:36:48 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole:from:sender; b=i469Cn8VNtNXv118il62hNb/NdA16Fdl4M8Q6FRq+gV9izPuj9ZkjE8JNn2btJdZexytVYxQZrs6k6LvM5/OkGAvBvVa8HxmqJKjGcj3C9MJhj90r0xOL/xjtpt8JdUf7axegOAsQ7HIMTT8Obs2k/QCtM65kEpnrYZI74GXVXQ= Received: by 10.70.29.14 with SMTP id c14mr13376811wxc; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:36:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from SUZY ( [66.61.145.52]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id i10sm4788664wxd.2006.10.10.05.36.45; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <00bc01c6ec68$bd5f4850$1e903d42@SUZY> To: , References: Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] RE: 1920's-30's Merchant Marine Records Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:36:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 From: Suzy McGrew Krol Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.57 on 192.168.65.34 Yvonne, If you do email them, don't forget to turn off your spam filter (as Gretchen advised) so THEY don't get "not accepting emails". I'd hate to think that Gretchen's help & time spent was for naught, and they're certainly not going to make any effort to get a message to you if their response is returned. Suzy ~~~If you wanna hear God laugh, tell Him your plans~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 5:04 PM Subject: [ROOTS-L] RE: 1920's-30's Merchant Marine Records > > ANSWER TO BELOW: > > Yvonne, > The military has records back thru the Revolutionary War. Some records are > better than others, especially for the Civil War (Union records are > good.....Confederate records need to be found mostly thru the state they > served in). > > I went to Google and asked for Merchant Marine Academy. Here's the URL and > hyperlink. > > According to them, while the Academy was not dedicated until 1943, > Maritime > training is more than a Century old in this country. > > You might try to check out this site and then possibly Email them. They > have > a museum and possibly they might be able to direct you and help you in > your > search. > Gretchen > > _http://www.usmma.edu/about/history.htm_ > (http://www.usmma.edu/about/history.htm) > > > _United States Merchant Marine Academy_ > (http://www.usmma.edu/about/history.htm) > > > ORIGINAL QUESTION: > > > From: "Yvonne Holste" > Subject: 1920's-30's Merchant Marine Records > > How would I find Merchant Marine Records from the 20's and 30's?? > Records > weren't kept by the military like they are now, and there was no academy > to > attend back then as far as I know. I'm looking for Belgian-born Joseph > Leemans who worked on a cargo ship between Europe and the US during that > time. His boat was torpedoed by Germans in the N Atlantic Region. He > recovered in a British hospital then sent home to NJ. I would think > there > would be some sort of medical record, or something I could find, but I > don't > even know the name of the boat he was on. I need help, where do I start?? > >