Seeking records of Arthur Wirt

Hi Diana,

An excellent free research source is FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/  ). You'll need a free account.

There are available records that appear to be your ancestor but you'll be a better judge of which records apply to your ancestor (rather than a similarly named person).

If this link doesn't work (https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?q.givenName=arthur&q.surname=wirt&q.birthLikePlace=pulaski%2C%20virgi…  ), the results are from search for Arthur Wirt, born in Pulaski county, Virginia between 1904 and 1907.

Good luck,

Brent

Dear Ms. Kropf,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located the Population Schedules for the 1910 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1920 Census, the Population Schedules for the 1930 Census, and  the Population Schedules for the 1940 Census in the Records of the Bureau of the Census (Record Group 29) that may contain information about Arthur Wirt and his family   The 1940 Census schedules are digitized and available using the Catalog. See NARA’s 1940 Census Records web page for more information. For access to the non-digitized schedules, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov. 

For information about the U.S. Census, see the Census Bureau technical documentation and questionnaires.

You may wish to search Ancestry.com or FamilySearch.org for the U.S. Census. There may be a fee for using Ancestry. Instead, check for access at your local library as many library systems subscribe to these sites, making them free for their patrons.

If any of your uncles served in the military, we suggest that you request a copy of their Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF).  OMPFs and individual medical reports for enlisted men and officers of the U.S. Army, Army Air Corps, and Marine Corps who were separated from the service prior to 1958 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis. In many cases where Army and Army Air Corps personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Please 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. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and pursuant to guidance received from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NARA has adjusted its normal operations to balance the need of completing its mission-critical work while also adhering to the recommended social distancing for the safety of NARA staff. As a result of this re-prioritization of activities, you may experience a delay in receiving an initial acknowledgement as well as a substantive response to your reference request from RDT1. Also, the NPRC is closed except for emergencies. Currently, NPRC will continue servicing requests ONLY associated with medical treatments, burials, and homeless veterans seeking admittance to a homeless shelter. If your request is urgent, please see Emergency Requests and Deadlines. Please refrain from submitting non-emergency requests such as replacement medals, administrative corrections, or records research until NPRC returns to pre-COVID staffing levels. Please check archives.gov/veterans for updates to the NPRC operating hours and status. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We also suggest that you review NARA’s Resources for Genealogists, as well as the FamilySearch Research wiki for Virginia Genealogy. 

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!