Michael L. Strauss, MA, AG®, AGL™

Michael L. Strauss, MA, AG®, AGL™, is a military historian and professional genealogist. His research expertise is recognized in the judicial systems of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, where he provides testimony as an expert witness in kinship and forensic estate investigation. Strauss has a BA in history with a concentration on the Civil War from Shepherd University in West Virginia and an MA in military history from the University of Massachusetts in Boston. Michael is an approved genealogist with the United States Army to locate DNA-qualified persons MIA from Korea, Vietnam, and World War II. Strauss has lectured at universities, conferences, and institutes and contributed to publications, including books and edited collections, peer-reviewed journal articles, popular history writing, blogs, and book reviews, that demonstrate his background in military history.

Michael's Upcoming Live Webinars (2)

Wed, August 26 2026: 18:00 UTC
Women’s Suffrage: Their Rights, Roles, and Limitations
Wed, August 26 2026: 18:00 UTC
Life for early American women was often burdened with setbacks. Limited by society without voting rights, limited educational opportunities, and virtually no legal identity, women sought to be equals in society. This lecture focuses on the history of women and the Suffrage Movement from the colonial times to the early twentieth century. Numerous genealogical records are examined in this lecture, discussing records from the Anti-Slavery movement to Temperance, military service, and later, when women gained the right to vote.
Life for early American women was often burdened with setbacks. Limited by society without voting rights, limited educational opportunities, and virtually no legal identity, women sought to be equals in society. This lecture focuses on the history of women and the Suffrage Movement from the colonial times to the early twentieth century. Numerous genealogical records are examined in this lecture, discussing records from the Anti-Slavery movement to Temperance, military service, and later, when women gained the right to vote.
Wed, August 26 2026: 18:00 UTC
Wed, November 11 2026: 19:00 UTC
Following the Armies: Researching Military Maps
Wed, November 11 2026: 19:00 UTC
Military maps are an invaluable source of information for determining where our ancestors may have served in a specific conflict. Knowing your ancestor’s military unit or organization can help place his regiment, battalion, brigade, or division on the field to determine the precise footsteps you family trod during a specific engagement. This lecture focuses on those maps that contain valuable military information from the colonial period through the Vietnam War of the mid twentieth century.
Military maps are an invaluable source of information for determining where our ancestors may have served in a specific conflict. Knowing your ancestor’s military unit or organization can help place his regiment, battalion, brigade, or division on the field to determine the precise footsteps you family trod during a specific engagement. This lecture focuses on those maps that contain valuable military information from the colonial period through the Vietnam War of the mid twentieth century.
Wed, November 11 2026: 19:00 UTC

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