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Re: Question concerning CMSR's or lack of

Dennis
I had (pre Fold3) laboriously taken notes on the CMSRs of many, many men from a wide assortment of states, branches of service, units, etc. during my many research trips to NARA.

Since Fold3 has been online, I have accessed these same men's records to double check / more completely record info on these men.

In literally dozens of cases, I was unable to find (after very thorough searches) any trace of a CMSR. The record was simply not there. But on my next trip to NARA, the CMSR would be right there on the microfilm roll where it should be and exactly where I had found it before. This has not been confined to just a few units, but over a wide spectrum of records.

So Dennis, this problem is not confined to the Alabama units you mentioned, or even confined to Alabama or to infantry regiments.

Despite the great research value of being able to access these records via Fold3 in your own home at your leisure, I personally would never give up on finding a man's CMSR without checking the actual microfilm.

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