Hello everyone,
On this Memorial Day, as we remember our service men and women, here are
a few website suggestions.
I encourage you to bring back to the list what you find on the
websites about your own ancestors who served. We may find a connection
through them ~ gone but not forgotten.
My very best to each of you this Memorial Day,
Valorie
If you find a pension, post it on our GenConnect Pensions Board
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/c/a/CAHOON/pensions
World War I Civilian Draft Registration Database
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ww1/draft/search.cgi
W.W.I Draft Registrations Query Board:
http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/WWI/Draft
U.S. military (colonial or modern)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson14.htm
Military matters anywhere else in the world, ancient or modern
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson13.htm
Memorial Day:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/memorial.htm
Military links:
http://www.rootsweb.com/WWII/militarylinks.html
W.W.II Stories:
http://www.rootsweb.com/WWll/
American W.W.I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930 ((free database))
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4224.htm
In the late 1920s the War Department of the United States compiled a
list of
mothers and widows of deceased soldiers killed in World War I and
offered to
send them to their loved one's final resting place in Europe. This
database
contains the names those women who were entitled to make the pilgrimage,
as
shown by department records on 15 November 1929. Each record provides
the
name of widow or mother, city and state of residence, and relationship
to
the deceased. Additionally, information regarding the decedent's name,
rank,
unit, and cemetery is provided.