Accessing Military Records
The following came from a current subscriber to Genealogy Beginner. Great advice:
First I would like to let you know I enjoy your tips.
As a beginner they have been very helpful. I know different states have laws in reference to military records. In the state of South Carolina military records are not public. The information can only be given to the individual, their Power of Attorney, or spouse.
The SC state statute is very clear and states that the military records can only be used for genealogical research 50 years after the death of the person whose military records are referenced. I know this to be a fact because I work in the office where the military records are recorded in Aiken County, South Carolina.
We have to be very cautious as to who has access to these documents.
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