Military

Fold3.com adds U.S. records about Black and Indigenous Soldiers in the American Revolution

Paula Stuart-Warren  Military, Uncategorized  , , ,  Leave a comment

A Fold3 press release covers the addtion of some records of Black and Indigenous Soldiers in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. It states that types of records in the collection may include: “Records in this collection are unique and the available information will vary by record. The following information may be available:” Read more details https://www.fold3.com/publication/1431/us-black-and-indigenous-soldiers-in-the-american-revolution-1775-1783/description

Minnesota Digital Library honors Veterans Day with online exhibits

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This Veterans Day, the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) joined the rest of the country in honoring military veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with a six-part online exhibit series titled “War Stories.”  “The “War Stories” exhibits include the perspectives of Minnesotans who lived through wars, from the Civil War to the Vietnam War. Veterans recorded […]

Revolutionary War manuscripts being digitized at the University of Michigan Clements Library

Paula Stuart-Warren  Manuscripts, Military  ,  2 Comments

It’s not just genealogical and historical organizations that have newsletters, enews, and blogs to tell us about new records, digitized records, and events. I subscribe to several college and university special collections emailed news. This one arrived this morning and now I need to find more open time for reading in these. The photos accompanying […]

U.S. National Archives and the military record loss in the 1973 Fire

Paula Stuart-Warren  Military, National Archives  ,  2 Comments

My lunch break today was accompanied by an informative online presentation about the U.S. National Archives location at St. Louis and the disastrous 1973 fire that destroyed many records. It was a helpful presentation. I have attended presentations and read articles about the fire, but this one seemed to hit me more today. This summer […]

Findmypast makes more than 70 million world military records free for four days

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I am a bit behind on this but Findmypast is offering free access to a wide variety of military records in honor of Veterans Day.  From their press release: Findmypast makes entire collection of more than 70 million world military records free for four days. Allll UK, Irish, Australian, Canadian and US military records free […]

Veterans Day: Always remember how freedom is preserved

Paula Stuart-Warren  Civil War, fold3.com, Military, Veterans, War of 1812, World War II  Leave a comment

Veterans Day. Armistice Day. Day of Remembrance. Whatever you call it, it’s a day to honor those who have served in the military to help protect freedoms around the world. I have many relatives who served the U.S. citizens. Among them, my Dad, Bill Stuart, served in WWII, Great Great Grandfather William Slaker was in […]