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Goal 6: Learn about Maine military records.
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ALearn about Maine military records.
Summary
- Find online resources for Maine ancestors in the military.
- Search for Maine military records by war or conflict.
- Learn about Maine military records in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Maine Military Records
AC—Wiki: Maine Military Records - Explore Maine military records on the
AccessGenealogy site (scroll down). - Explore Maine military records on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Maine military records on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore Maine military records on the Genealogy Trails site.
- Explore Maine military resources on Cyndi's List.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for military records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Joshua L Chamberlain served in the U.S. military. Use the "FS: Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When did Joshua die?
- Where was he born?
- What is he famous for?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Joshua L" as the first name and "Chamberlain" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for Joshua L Chamberlain.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Click Family Tree at the top right of the screen to view his Memories section and learn about his Medal of Honor.
- Joshua died on 8 Sept 1828.
- He was born in Brewer, Maine.
- Joshua was a Union General who received the Medal of Honor.
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Maine Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = Genealogy Trails; F = Facebook
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