soldiers
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Documents on Military Veterans
Nov 10
With the National Veterans Day celebrations annually on November 11th, it is time to may sure that you have identified any military veterans on your family tree. First, become knowledgeable of when the United States was engaged in any war. There is a good timeline and explanation of military operations online with wikipedia. This includes the y...
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U. S. Military Soldiers Buried Overseas
Oct 25
The United States Military branches have tried over the decades to fulfill a commitment to bring every single American soldier back home, even those killed in battle. Yet, over the 20th century with the many wars, it was not always possible. So special cemeteries, considered American property, were constructed on foreign soil for those fallen sol...
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The Soldiers of New Jersey 1861 to 1865
Jul 29
Learning of any ancestors who served during the American Civil War is essential. For those researchers with family ties to New Jersey there is an online database which makes the search much easier. The Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War, 1861 to 1865 is part of the N. J. State Library Information Center. The digital databa...
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The Forgotten Veterans of the War of 1812
May 12
You may well have ancestors who participated in America’s War of 1812, that time when Great Britain figured they might have a shot of regaining the American colonies they lost in 1776. It was more that the new United States got tired of the treatment they were getting from the British and it was the U. S. who declared war finally on Great Britai...