The Great War: Researching Your World War I Ancestors
Michael L. Strauss, MA, AG®, AGL™
Content
Welcome
1:59
Speaker's Introduction
1:27
Introduction
5:07
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
8:39
Service Records
6:14
Fire of 1973
4:47
Draft Registration
7:18
Troop Ship Manifests
4:38
Casualties/Wound Chevrons
3:31
Enemy Alien Affidavits
6:11
FBI Case Files
8:13
Post World War I Records
24:34
Announcements / prizes
6:22
Questions / answers
5:09
After-webinar party
13:25
About this webinar
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.
About the speaker
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 Virgini...
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