Spirit of St. Louis: Military & Civilian Records at the National Personnel Records Center - Tina Beaird

Spirit of St. Louis: Military & Civilian Records at the National Personnel Records Center

by Tina Beaird

The NPRC - National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis has many records pertinent to your soldier's service. OMPFs (Official Military Personnel Files), monthly regimental rolls, courts martial, and Graves Registration Service files (WW I) or IDPFs (Individual Deceased Person's Files WW II) all offer clues into your veteran's military experience. NPRC also houses civilian and government employment files as well. Was your dad in the Civilian Conservation Corps? Was your grandmother Postmaster? These records are available as well! Tina will describe the types of information to be found in these records and how you can access them in person.

Tina Beaird is owner of Tamarack Genealogy and is also a Genealogy/Local History Librarian at the Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, IL. Tina lectures extensively on topics including genealogical methodology, military research, and archival preservation. She is a member of the Genealogical Speakers Guild as well as First Vice President of the Illinois State Genealogical Society and Board Secretary/Director for the Oswego Heritage Association. She volunteers her time with several historical and genealogical societies across Illinois. Tina has provided research assistance for nearly twenty years and has been researching her family's history, as time permits, for over thirty years. She is a rabid baseball fan and she and her family have visited 25 out of 30 Major League Ballparks across the U.S.