Over the years, Family Tree Magazine has published a slew of articles on researching your military ancestors. To help you learn more about your forebears’ service this Veterans Day, I put together a sampling of what’s available on our website.

To find more articles, just type the name of the war into the search box in the upper-right corner of any FamilyTreeMagazine.com page or browse our Military Records category.

General Military

• At Your Service: Military records research guide
• 10 Best Web sites for Military Researchers

• Timeline of US Military Campaigns
• Decoding Common Military Abbreviations
• Military Records Toolkit
• NARA microfilmed records for lesser-known wars
• Wars your ancestor may have served in

Specific Wars

• Revolutionary War Web Resources
• War of 1812 Online Resources
• Civil War on the Web
• Civil War Genealogy Toolkit
• WWI Genealogy Resources
• WWII Ancestors Websites

Military research articles exclusively for Family Tree Plus members include:

• Military Records for 10 Lesser-Known Wars from the December 2010 Family Tree Magazine

• Online Military Records Guide from the November 2008 Family Tree Magazine
• A House Divided: Civil War research guide from the July 2007 Family Tree Magazine
• Over There: WWI research guide from the November 2007 Family Tree Magazine
• Deep Roots: Colonial ancestors research guide from the February 2006 Family Tree Magazine

• Conflicting Information: Military records resources from the September 2005 Family Tree Sourcebook
• Photo Detective: Clues in military photos from the December 2004 Family Tree Magazine

You can find print copies and/or digital downloads of the Family Tree Magazine issues mentioned above at Family Tree Shop.