Category: Military

Research Roadmap: Military Maps Premium

Learn how to understand the details of military maps and apply them strategically to your family history.

Genealogy Workbook: Military Service Records Premium

Learn how to find the military service records for your American ancestors, then mine the records for genealogy clues.

Now What: Revolutionary War POW Premium

Q: Family legend has it that an ancestor was imprisoned on, and escaped from, a British POW ship in Charleston Harbor in 1780. Where would I look for records? A: Try the National Archives microfilm M247, Papers of the Continental Congress, which includes information about Americans held as prisoners...

How to Use Military Draft Records for Genealogy Premium

Learn how to find your ancestors' Civil War, WWI and WW2 draft records and the genealogical clues these old military records hold.

Genealogy Q&A: Tracing a Confederate Navy Ancestor Premium

Can't find your Confederate Civil War Soldier? Perhaps he was a sailor.

Researching Women Who Served in WWII Premium

Expert Answers for Your Genealogy Questions: Tracing Members of the WWII Women's Army Corps

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Genealogy Workbook: Military Pension Records Premium

Our guide tells you everything you need to know about finding and using your ancestors' old military pension records.

Tips for Researching a WWII POW in Germany Premium

Q. My father, now deceased, was captured by Germans while serving in the Army in World War II. I’d like to know more about the prison camp, which I believe was in Saxony. A. A POW camp in Saxony would’ve been part of Germany’s Military District...

WWI Genealogy Websites and Books for Tracing Female Ancestors Premium

Use these resources to start exploring the experiences of your female ancestors who served in World War I, whether as a nurse, volunteer, or on the home front.