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Ancestry Daily News
5/24/2001 - Archive
Memorial Day Round-Up
With the upcoming Memorial Day holiday, many of our thoughts may turn to the
military heroes in our family's history. Where do we begin in our search for
information about their military service? We've rounded up some great articles
and links to help you on your way:
Military
Databases Available to Ancestry.com Subscribers
Articles in the Ancestry.com Library
"Lest We Forget:
The Value of Military Service Records,"
by Roseann Reinemuth Hogan, Ph.D.
(Ancestry Magazine, Mar/Apr 2000, Vol. 18, No. 2)
"Family History
Made Easy-Step 11: Military Records"
by Terry and Jim Willard
(Ancestry Magazine, Sept/Oct 2000, Vol. 18, No. 5)
"Disguised Patriots:
Women Who Served Incognito,"
by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CGRS, CGL
(Ancestry Magazine, Mar/Apr 2000, Vol. 18, No. 2)
"A Call to Arms,
A Call to Honor,"
by Curt B. Witcher
(Ancestry Magazine, July/August 1999, vol. 19, no. 4)
"Civil
War Pension Records,"
by George G. Morgan
("Along Those Lines . . ." 18 December 1998)
"Finding Your
Patriot: Basic Sources for Starting Revolutionary War Research,"
by Curt B. Witcher
(Ancestry Magazine, May/June 1996, Vol. 14, No. 3)
"Lost Soul,"
by Rebekah Thorstenson
(Ancestry Magazine, July/August 1999, vol. 19, no. 4)
"In Search
of the Graves of Our War Dead,"
by George G. Morgan
("Along Those Lines . . ." 16 June 2000)
"Military
Regimental Histories,"
by George G. Morgan
("Along Those Lines . . ." 2 July 1999)
"Veterans
in Your Family: Finding Background History and Images to Supplement Your Family
History"
by Juliana Smith
(Ancestry Daily News, 11 November 1999)
"Somewhere in
France," by Juliana Smith
(Ancestry Magazine, January/February 1997, vol. 16, no. 1)
"Saving Private
Ryan: Remembering Our World War II Soldiers,"
by Ron Eggertson
(Ancestry Magazine, November/December 1998, vol. 16, no. 6)
Military Links Note:
While some of these facilities, agencies, or organizations may hold some information
on individual veterans, many are more focused on historical information regarding
military history, units, and conflicts. Please refer to the Web pages for details
on the holdings, research, and reference policies before requesting information.
American Battle Monuments Commission
www.usabmc.com/
Dept. of Veterans Affairs
www.va.gov/
Marine Corps Historical Center
www.usmc.mil/historical.nsf/nav2
National Archives and Records Administration
www.nara.gov/genealogy/#guides
(Scroll down for military guides)
National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records
www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html
National Cemetery System Department of Veterans Affairs
www.va.gov/cemetery/index.htm
Naval Historical Center
www.history.navy.mil/
U.S. Air Force Historical Research Agency
www.au.af.mil/au/afhra/
U.S. Army Center of Military History
www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm
U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry
www-perscom.army.mil/tagd/tioh/tioh.htm
U.S. Army Military History Institute
carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/
U.S. Civil War Center
www.cwc.lsu.edu/
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office (G-CP-4)
www.dot.gov/dotinfo/uscg/hq/g-cp/history/collect.html
U.S. Merchant Marine
www.usmm.org/index.html
U.S. Military Academy/Museum and Archives
www.usma.edu/Museum
Pearl Harbor
As the promos for the upcoming Pearl Harbor movie are in full swing,
our thoughts turn to those who died there, as well as the survivors of the attack.
Below are links to Pearl Harbor-related sites:
Pearl Harbor Casualty List
www.usswestvirginia.org/fulllist.htm
National Geographic's Remembering Pearl Harbor site
www.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
members.aol.com/phsasecy97/
Pearl Harbor: Remembered
execpc.com/~dschaaf/mainmenu.html
Pearl Harbor Links, The American War Library
members.aol.com/USAHeroes/warlib48.htm
Pearl Harbor Archive
www.sperry-marine.com/pearl/pearlh.htm
The History Place
www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/pearl.htm
(Sequence of events and some photos)
U.S.S. Arizona
www.library.arizona.edu/images/USS_Arizona/USS_Arizona.shtml
(History, photo sources, and an incredible list of links)
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial
www.nps.gov/usar/
Air Raid on Pearl Harbor Today in History, American Memory Project, Library
of Congress /lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec07.html
For more information from the Library of Congress, search the American Memory
Project: lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
(My search for "Pearl Harbor" yielded 299 results of both images and text.)
NARA American Originals Exhibit: "Air Raid on Pearl Harbor. This Is No Drill"
Radiogram and FDR Congressional address, 8 December 1941
www.nara.gov/exhall/originals/fdr.html
NARA WWII Exhibit: A People at War
www.nara.gov/exhall/people/people.html
Pearl Harbor Day Page
www.ccdemo.org/MtDiablo/PearlHarbor/PearlHarborDay.html
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