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From: "Maggie" <beansm(a)yahoo.com>
To: <QUAKER-ROOTS(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:41 AM
Subject: [Q-R]
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, ... 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"]
Maggie
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