Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Sassy Jane Genealogy
US and European Genealogy Research
Posts about military records research for genealogy, including enlistments, muster rolls, discharges, and oral histories of family members who served.
Have you used Civil War veterans G.A.R. resources in your genealogy research? At its peak in 1890, 409,489 Civil War veterans belonged to the G.A.R., or Grand Army of the Republic. If you have an [...]
In honor of Veterans Day, a post on accessing National Archives burned records. On July 12, 1973, a disastrous fire at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis destroyed approximately 16-18 million [...]
Then your ancestor was named for Elmer Ellsworth, the first Union officer killed in the Civil War. At the age of 24, Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth died in battle, the first Union soldier killed in [...]
Queen Elizabeth's World War I family loss was new information to me. With the approach of the centenary, there is renewed interested in family members who served in World War I. Captain Fergus Bowes-Lyon, [...]
