I will give it a shot this evening and get back to you. Ray -------------------------------------------------- From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 2:39 PM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] veteran's info > You are very kind to offer to help me. > I have checked Ancestry and Fold3 but feel a more skilled researcher may > find something I overlooked. While I have had success with finding > Confederate soldiers on Fold3....not so much on WWII. > Ancestry came up dry also, other than the census. (His father, Charles H. > Harper is not in the 1940 census. The family lived in Winchester, VA at > the > time.) > His data: > Charles Lee Harper > b. 5 Oct 1916 - Frederick Co, VA > d. 20 Mar 1984 - PA > Enlisted in 1941 when he was a student at UVA. > Single, did not marry until after the war. > Awarded Air Medal, Gold Star and Silver Star. > Charles was not opposed to embroidering details. For instance, his obit > says he was a lawyer but I can find no record of a law school. He married > money and spent 33 years on production of the Devon Horse Show in PA > wearing one hat or the other.....master of the hunt and all that, you > know! > He was a Hollywood version of an ace pilot. Dark wavy hair, brown/black > eyes, drum major for high school band..... the women loved him...he had > quite a flair. > > Look forward to your reply. With appreciation > M. Preston > > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Ray Harlow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Send me his name and I will check Ancestry.com and Fold3 for you. Ray >> Harlow >> >> ------------------------------**-------------------- >> From: "Madaline Preston" <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:42 PM >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] veteran's info >> >> I need a resource and am reaching out to this list for help. >>> >>> My father's brother died in 1984 leaving no children. Now, at 76 yrs, I >>> am >>> the oldest person.....the matriarch....in the line and trying to get the >>> family history down for my grandchildren. The brother was a WWII dive >>> bomber pilot, flying off the USS Essex at Tarawa, Wake and Truk Islands. >>> I >>> have tried to obtain his service records but have been advised that >>> since >>> I >>> am not a direct descendant, his child, grandchild, etc., these records >>> are >>> not available to me. >>> >>> Is there more than one way to skin this cat? >>> >>> M Preston >>> >>> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the >>> instructions >>> at >>> http://listlva.lib.va.us/**archives/va-roots.html<http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> >>> >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >> at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/**archives/va-roots.html<http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html> >> > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html