A panel of highly experienced Club members discuss available Military Resources. How to best find, access, and efficiently use them in your research. We encouraged questions and attendees contributing their own experiences.
Some references during Janice Messer’s presentation:
— https://www.libertyand.co/the-history-listr
— www.irelandxo.com (“Ireland Reaching Out” website)
https://qcgenealogy.files.wordpress.com/2024/04/ireland-genealogical-names-by-county.jpg (Map image)
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Slides projected during Dick Sussman’s presentation:
Club Founder, Dick Sussman’s remembrance of Uncle Armand Sussman, a WWII POW airman
To browse the websites of the 3 important war museums Dick mentions, click this:
https://qcgenealogy.com/vital-inks-to-3-different-national-war-memorials-and-museums/
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Slides projected during John Gelber’s presentation:
https://qcgenealogy.files.wordpress.com/2024/04/john-gelber-slide-deck-from-qcgc-april-3-2024-researching-military-ancestors-presentation.pdf
Here are Clickable links for those referred to in John’s slide # 8 :
https://www.archives.gov/veteran
https://historyhub.history.gov/welcome
https://www.usa.gov/military-records
https://www.myheritage/.com/records/USA/military-records
https://www.dar.org/national-society/genealogy
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States_Military_Online_Genealogy_Records
https://libguides.nypl.org/militarygenealogy
https://www.fold3.com/?group=1
If you Google “Military Records” you will find many more choices
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— This video was recorded by the QCGC Communications Committee —