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matteti · 04-14-2013, 09:25 PM

With OBD-MEMORIAL website getting continuous updates for several years already, I was wondering what records members have found there, how they used the site, what items from their collection were they able to research, etc..

I am looking for inspiration/creativity in my research to potentially get new hits and uncover new stories. I hope members will share here some tricks, special hits and help me (and other) to increase the benefits we get from that archive website.

Personally, I have found the following types of records:
- MIA record
- GPW city memorial book listing KIA
- KIA record
- POW record card from German captivity
- Court-martial conviction record
- Exact burial location, photo of gravestone, photo of bust/memorial erected in hometown

And here are the types of items from my collection that were successfully researched on the site:
- MIA and KIA notice sent to relatives
- POW ID card from German camp
- Temporary Passport of "just released" Gulag convict
- KPSS Member ID of an ex-military man

What else have you found there?

04-14-2013, 09:25 PM	#1
matteti Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 405	Searching obd-memorial With OBD-MEMORIAL website getting continuous updates for several years already, I was wondering what records members have found there, how they used the site, what items from their collection were they able to research, etc.. I am looking for inspiration/creativity in my research to potentially get new hits and uncover new stories. I hope members will share here some tricks, special hits and help me (and other) to increase the benefits we get from that archive website. Personally, I have found the following types of records: - MIA record - GPW city memorial book listing KIA - KIA record - POW record card from German captivity - Court-martial conviction record - Exact burial location, photo of gravestone, photo of bust/memorial erected in hometown And here are the types of items from my collection that were successfully researched on the site: - MIA and KIA notice sent to relatives - POW ID card from German camp - Temporary Passport of "just released" Gulag convict - KPSS Member ID of an ex-military man What else have you found there? Last edited by matteti; 04-20-2013 at 09:49 AM.

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