Discover Your Military Ancestors With These Sources
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2022
- Military records are rich with clues for family history. But how do you know if your ancestor even served? Here's how you can get started.
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Today, I watched this video and later discovered a 2nd Grand Uncle who was a member of Grand Army of the Republic! I knew the emblem the moment I saw it because of this video. Good stuff, indeed.👍
I'm so glad this helped! Thanks for letting me know!
Is this a Star Wars reference 😂
Good stuff! Thank you. The Veterans Administration grave locator is very helpful if the person you are researching is buried in a VA cemetery. There are also many volunteers for find-a-grave that specifically look to document veteran's graves.
My grandmother was a pull out line in 1950 and as you said…zilch about her devoted service in WWII. I would love a video on desertion in the civil war or people “disappearing” - I have one in my tree and I don’t really know what to do with it.
Great idea!
Another good place to get military service information is newspaper articles about veterans' reunions. I have copies of articles about my husband's 2nd great-grandfather who served in the Confederacy and was one of the last surviving War Between the States' veterans in our home county. Pictures of the remaining veterans were also included in the articles. :)
Newspapers can be awesome resources!
@@AmyJohnsonCrow I agree! My Newspapers subscription has been of great value to my genealogical research. :)
Good info. Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Glad it was helpful!
I'm taking a course called "Continuing Genealogical Studies: Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors", which involves learning about the historical background to the Revolutionary War, which units our ancestors served in at the time of the war, where they lived when they first enlisted in the war, etc.
Sounds like a good course!
Interesting. Is this a course at your local college or an online class? Sounds like a useful course to take!
Hi Amy - You asked me in your introduction to this video email - "What about you, Marianne? Did you have any members of your family who served?" , as a matter of fact - 🤗Yes ,I do - Remember you asked ! Going back to the Revolutionary War with 5 Patriots , 2 being Direct Line ancestors {I know I really should join the DAR !}🤔 ! There's more- my 1 younger brother served in the Navy during the Cold War thru Desert Storm under water in a submarine ; An Uncle served during the Korean War; My Aunt was in the Navy during World War II and my Dad , his Father and at least 5 Uncles were also in the Navy and the Army during World War II; a Great grand Uncle served with Teddy Roosevelt and was a member of the Rough Riders ! Plus numerous Cousins who served in the Air Force during WWII and Viet Nam. I also have a Cousin who served over in Ireland during the Civil Uprisings in Northern Ireland although I'm not sure which branch or whose side he was on - I need to ask him :D
Hi Amy, My 3rd GF was KIA in the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg). He was an AL Confederate. The family never found out where he was taken for burial. Do you know of any resource(s) to look for his place of burial? I spoke to a battlefield park ranger about it and she looked in reference book called "Bivouac of the Dead" and he was not listed. She also told me that no Confederates were buried on the battlefield. I know this is a "shot in the dark", but I thought I would ask.
My grandpa had a cousin who served in the Army Nurse Corps during the 1920's & 1930's. She fell on the sample line in both the 1940 and 1950 Census, but being female, she was unable to answer the questions about being a veteran.
I found mention that my great grandfather was a reservist in his wedding record. Often you can find also name of military unit. There are in wedding records as well as in birth records with the name of father. It’s Eastern Galician church records both Greek and Roman Catholic
The biggest complete military service in the world is in Canada from New France to WW11. Several records of Canadian service men and women are online searchable databases.
Amy, I've been having difficulty finding my grandfather in the 1950 census, and it just occurred to me this week that he would have still been in the Navy at that time. Do you know how the military was enumerated, and how I can find his record? Thanks!
The 1950 census enumerated soldiers and sailors who were living in bases in the US. If he was stationed in the US, he should be listed there. Bases outside the US had only statistical compilations; there aren't any individual records.
Very Good!... #10 ✝ {5-20-2022}
My grandfather has a GAR marker but I can find no evidence he served. Now I wonder if the marker was placed at his grave by mistake!
It could be! Those markers have a way of wandering. You might want to check out my video on Civil War research. It has some suggestions of where to look to determine Civil War service: czcams.com/video/1e1of4ANj9E/video.html
What if your ancestor, particularly Civil War, who had a name common to the state or area they came from.?
Great question! That's when you have to pay close attention to the records that you *know* belong to your person. Look for things that identify him (date and place of birth, spouse's name, etc.), not just his name. Compare what you know about your person to the records that you find. For example, if your ancestor was still living in 1900, then a widow's pension being applied for in 1891 is not from the widow of your person. You might want to check this video that I did about researching Civil War vets: czcams.com/video/1e1of4ANj9E/video.html
Actually, the anchor is a symbol of hope, as in “the sure and certain hope of the resurrection.”
Or Hebrews 6:19, referring to God's promise, "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." Regardless of the verse, the anchor is more often used as a symbol of faith than of military/naval service.