Free database records available until April 6 2007
27 March 2007
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is providing than 10.2 Million Records to www.WorldVitalRecords.com, including Irish famine passenger and ship records, World War II Army enlistment records, Korean War dead and wounded Army casualties records, and other military records.
immigration records, ships manifests, ship lists, passenger lists, findmypast.com
Free military records were available in April, but are now available on a subscription.
Provo, UT, March 26, 2007 --(PR.COM)-- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), one of the largest archives in the United States, has provided WorldVitalRecords.com with the first shipment of online genealogical records, including the Irish Famine passenger and ship records, World War II Army Enlistment Records, Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties records, and other military records, totaling more than 10.2 million records.
The first shipment of the NARA records was launched March 16th and will be free to access at WorldVitalRecords.com until April 6.
The World War II Army Enlistment records cover 1938 – 1946. This series contains records of approximately nine million men and women who enlisted in the United States Army, including the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
The Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties database includes 109,975 records from February 1950 to December 1953. The Records of Deceased, Wounded, Ill, or Injured Army Personnel, Including Dependents and Civilian Employees database covers January 1961 to December 1981 and contains 293,858 records.
The Famine Irish Passenger Record File (FIPAS) database contains a list of 604,596 persons who arrived in the Port of New York from 1846-1851, as well as the ships on which they arrived. Approximately 70 percent of the passenger records list as the native country. | 
