The Great War: Researching Your World War I Ancestors

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The Great War: Researching Your World War I Ancestors


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by Michael L. Strauss, AG

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16x9 Welcome Speaker's Introduction Introduction Canadian Expeditionary Forces Service Records Fire of 1973 Draft Registration Troop Ship Manifests Casualties/Wound Chevrons Enemy Alien Affidavits FBI Case Files Post World War I Records Announcements/prizes Questions/answers After-webinar party

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The Great War: Researching Your World War I Ancestors


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Researching your World War 1 ancestors can be challenging. With the losses of records by fire in St. Louis in 1973 and stricter privacy laws; this lecture focuses on ways to reconstruct military service for family who served their country including records of draft registrations, war casualties, troop manifests, and many other related records.


 
 

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Presenter: Michael L. Strauss, AG

Michael L. Strauss, AG, an Accredited Genealogist and forensic investigator, is a native of Pennsylvania and a resident of Utah. He holds a BA in History and is a United States Coast Guard veteran. He is a licensed Private Investigator and qualified expert witness in Surrogate Court and Circuit Court in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia. Michael is an approved genealogist with the United States Army to locate DNA qualified persons MIA from Korea, Vietnam, and World War II. He is a national genealogical lecturer and instructor for military courses at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), and Virtual Institute of Genealogical Research (VIGR). He was the film historian for the 2015 Academy Award nominated movie "Finding Vivian Maier".

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