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From: Robert Sullivan <>
Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] World War II soldier data digitized at New York StateMi litary Museum
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:36:00 -0400
References: <20120418.101333.20182.0@webmail09.vgs.untd.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120418.101333.20182.0@webmail09.vgs.untd.com>
> SARATOGA SPRINGS — When 28,969 New York National Guard soldiers
> mobilized in the fall of 1940 as the United States prepared for war,
> clerks filled out six-by-four inch cards on each individual.
>
> Now, thanks to a team of 15 volunteers, those records — listing names,
> serial number, home and unit, and later annotated with hand-written
> notes on whether or not the soldier was killed or wounded — are
> available online from the New York State Military Museum.
> Maybe I missed something -- how do you search for names? Thanks.
This specific collection is available at:
<http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/wwii/infantry/27thInfDiv/27thInfDivFed/27thInfDiv_Fed.htm>
It is divided into tables by first letter of the surname.
--
Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
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