Although Memorial Day is traditionally a time to remember those who died in service of their country, I also think about the men and women in my family tree who were in any of the armed forces at any time.This month I've been doing a bit more research into some US military ancestors so I can better document their service.For this kind of research, I check the usual suspects and a little beyond:Family Search (great place to start, lots of online links-shown at top)National Archives/NARA (key source of US military documents)Fold3 (military pension documents, draft/enlistment, more)BIRLS (how to look up and send for US vet files, via Reclaim the Records; if you request the files, be aware the VA is slow to respond and provides very little info*)Ancestor Hunt (state-by-state links to free info about military vets)National Grave Locator (via Veterans Adm listing)American Battle & Monuments Commission (search overseas graves/memorials for fallen US service members)In addition, I want to…
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