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do I have American relatives?

AnnaVelsanti

Hello everyone! This is a bit strange since I am from Italy but I've always wanted to know more about my family history (especially since I've always been told that there were only five of us Velsanti living in the whole world). I recently found out about a distant relative with my same last name, and he was in the US Military in 1918. It's been months of finding always the same things but I don't want to give up. I began this project with my grandpa, but unfortunately he's very sick and we don't know how long he still has .. I'd very much love to answer the questions he's had all his life about his family. So if anyone can help, it would really be appreciated! Thanks just for reading this

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    Hello AnnaVelsanti,

    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

    ASB has gotten you off to a great start.  

    We located a Veterans Affair Master Index Card for Antonio Henry Belsanti, born September 23, 1866.  This is the same man ASB located a photograph of in the Passport Applications.  The Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) for this individual was destroyed in the 1973 Fire.  The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis does have a Final Pay Voucher that can be accessed by using eVetRecs to submit your records request online. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. Alternatively, you may complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. If there is any information requested by the forms that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file. For more information see Request Military Service Records. 

    However, he does have a Pension File from the Veterans Administration.  A wealth of genealogical information can be found in these files.  They will typically include documentary evidence to support veterans' claims to various types of benefits and may include military discharge documents, pension and insurance applications, affidavits, medical records, correspondence, birth and death certificates, marriage licenses, and burial expense receipts.  

    To access this file, begin by contacting the correspondence team at the National Archives, St. Louis via email at stl.archives@nara.gov.  Please include his service number (001562579) and his XC File Number (2139493) in your request.  

    We hope this information has been helpful!

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    Hello AnnaVelsanti,

    Thank you for posting your question on History Hub!

    ASB has gotten you off to a great start.  

    We located a Veterans Affair Master Index Card for Antonio Henry Belsanti, born September 23, 1866.  This is the same man ASB located a photograph of in the Passport Applications.  The Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) for this individual was destroyed in the 1973 Fire.  The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis does have a Final Pay Voucher that can be accessed by using eVetRecs to submit your records request online. See eVetRecs Help for instructions. Alternatively, you may complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. If there is any information requested by the forms that you do not know, you may omit it or provide estimates (such as for dates), but the more information you provide, the easier it will be to locate the correct file. For more information see Request Military Service Records. 

    However, he does have a Pension File from the Veterans Administration.  A wealth of genealogical information can be found in these files.  They will typically include documentary evidence to support veterans' claims to various types of benefits and may include military discharge documents, pension and insurance applications, affidavits, medical records, correspondence, birth and death certificates, marriage licenses, and burial expense receipts.  

    To access this file, begin by contacting the correspondence team at the National Archives, St. Louis via email at stl.archives@nara.gov.  Please include his service number (001562579) and his XC File Number (2139493) in your request.  

    We hope this information has been helpful!

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