Jane Foley
>> Part of an announcement from Dick Eastman's newsletter at
>>
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/05/ancestrycom-and.html
>>
>> "Free Public Access on
Ancestry.com
>>
>> "To commemorate the
NARA-Ancestry.com agreement on the eve of Memorial
>> Day,
Ancestry.com is making its entire U.S. Military Collection -- the
>> largest online collection of American military records -- available
>> for free to the public. From May 20 through May 31, people can log on
>> to [
http://ancestry.com/military/landing./collections.aspx ] to view
>> more than 100 million names and 700 titles and databases of military
>> records, the majority of which come from NARA, from all 50 U.S.
>> states."
>>
>> Here is a list of the records available:
>>
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/grouplist.aspx?group=war_all
>>
>> These are probably the most helpful records:
>> Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
>> World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
>> U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
>> U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 ["Old Man's
Draft"]
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Susan Daily
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