Comments on: War, Remembrance, and the Power of Records http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2010/11/10/war-remembrance-and-the-power-of-records/ Notes from the Archives at The Library of Virginia Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:28:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: LVA Archives http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2010/11/10/war-remembrance-and-the-power-of-records/comment-page-1/#comment-49 LVA Archives Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:17:40 +0000 http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/?p=1775#comment-49 Thank you for reading our blog and for your comment. I shared Cecelia’s story during a talk I gave at the LVA in November 2003. I am grateful to Cecelia for granting me permission to write this post.

To access the collection, researchers need to complete the WWII Separation Request Form (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/forms/WWII_form.pdf). As to demonstrating next-of-kin status, the Library uses an “honor” system. In Section II of the form the requestor must sign a sworn statemement that the requestor is a qualified next-of-kin as defined on the form. Our policy mirrores the one used in 2003 by the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.

]]> By: Melissa S. http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2010/11/10/war-remembrance-and-the-power-of-records/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Melissa S. Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:28:49 +0000 http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/?p=1775#comment-48 What a great story, Roger! I can’t even imagine how many hours you must have spent on organizing these documents.

If someone wants to search for a relative’s records, how do they go about demonstrating that they’re next-of-kin?

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