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Celebrating Memorial Day!
May 31, 2021

Free access to these military records articles for the entire month of May!

 

4 Ways to Honor Your Military Ancestors

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FROM THE FAMILY TREE SHOP

Genealogist’s Military Records Field Manual eBook

Trace your military ancestors! This ebook contains great strategies for finding your ancestors who served in the military, including how to find military service records and interpret draft registration cards.

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How to Use Military Service Records for Genealogy

Display Your Ancestors’ Military Heirlooms

10 Top Civil War Websites for Genealogy Research

21 Most Important Civil War Records

Tracing Women Ancestors in World War I

How To Research World War I Records and Your Family History

How to Research Vietnam War Military Service

How to Read Your Veteran Relative’s DD 214 Form

Free Resources for Tracing Your Military Ancestors

Free War Service Reference Guide Download

From the American Revolution to the Vietnam War, most families have members who served in the military. View a timeline of US conflicts, plus our birth date chart serves as a quick guide to telling which major war your ancestor likely served in.

Free Military Service Record Biography Form Download

Write in your ancestor’s service information, as well as genealogical information, and add a photo if you have one.

Free Military Records Checklist Form Download

Keep track of your search for ancestors’ military service files.

How to Find Your Ancestor’s US Military Records Free eBook

The further back you can trace your American ancestors, the more likely it is that at least some served in the US military. The good news for the family historian: military service generated military records, and this special collection of articles has been curated to provide you with genealogy research methods for finding your ancestors’ military service records.

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From the Family Tree Podcast Archives

Maximizing Military Records: Episode 97

Ancestors in the Great War: Episode 107

Tracing Your Military Ancestors: Episode 73

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