United States Military Pages in The Family History Guide

November 11 is Veterans Day, a great day to remember and thank those who have sacrificed so much for the freedom of the United States. For genealogists and family historians, military records represent a valuable source for finding and learning about ancestors who served our country.

In the United States country page for The Family History Guide, there are two Goal pages that provide learning and resources for military records. Let’s take a look at them and see what they have to offer …

Goal E1: Learn about U.S. military records.

Goal E1 introduces you to the basic types of military records and how you can use them effectively in your research. Each Choice in the Goal has links to articles, videos, or other websites with helpful information and record resources. The Goal has a link to the Vault page, where you can find additional links for articles and videos on military records. It also has a link to the Online and Word Trackers, where you can take notes and monitor your learning progress.

Here are the Choices in Goal E1:

A: Understand U.S. military records and how they can be used in family history.
B: Learn to trace your military ancestors.
C: Explore the Fold3 website for military records.

Each Choice has a Summary link and a link to Exercises you can do, to review your skills.

At the end of the page there is a collection of QUIKLinks you can use to instantly access search screens for U.S. military records A partial screen sample is show below (the links are operational in the live website, not in this example).

Goal E2: Explore military records by conflict.

Goal E2 introduces you to the basic types of military records and how you can use them effectively in your research. Each Choice in the Goal has links to articles, videos, or other websites with helpful information and record resources. The Goal has a link to the Vault page, where you can find additional links for articles and videos on military records. It also has a link to the Online and Word Trackers, where you can take notes and monitor your learning progress.

Here are the Choices in Goal E2:

A: Explore Revolutionary War records.
B: Explore Civil War records for ancestors.
C: Explore records for servicemen in World War I.
D: Explore records for servicemen in World War II.
E: Locate your Korean War veteran.
F: Explore records for other U.S. conflicts.

Each Choice has a Summary link and a link to Exercises you can do, to review your skills.

At the end of each Choice there is a collection of QUIKLinks you can use to instantly access search screens for U.S. military records, for the particular conflict. A partial screen sample is show below, for the Revolutionary War (the links are operational in the live website, not in this example).