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Goal 6: Learn about Michigan military records.
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ALearn about Michigan military records.
Summary
- Find online resources for Michigan ancestors in the military.
- Search for Michigan military records by war or conflict.
- Learn about Michigan military records in these articles.
FS—Wiki: Michigan Military Records
AC—Wiki: Michigan Military Records - Get started with Michigan military research in this video.
AAC—Military Records—6:09 - Learn more about Michigan military records for the Civil War, and search for them on the Michiganology site.
Military Records - Explore Michigan military records on the
AccessGenealogy site (scroll down). - Explore Michigan military records on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for Michigan military records on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore Michigan military records on the Michigan Genealogical Council site (open the Military link).
- Explore Michigan military records on the Genealogy Trails site.
- Explore Michigan military resources on Cyndi's List.
Record Search Practice |
William L Smith, born in 1887, was a WWI veteran. Use the "FS: Michigan Census of WW1 Veterans with Card Index, 1917-1919" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is William L Smith's complete birthdate?
- Where was he born?
- What is his possible middle name?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "William L" as the first name and "Smith" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for William L Smith, born in 1887.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Click Suggested Records, "Military, US Veterans Admin ..." to find his birth and middle name.
- William was born on 31 Jan 1887.
- He was born in Ravenna, Michigan.
- His possible middle name is Louis.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for military records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Michigan Counties
Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T = GenealogyTrails; F = Facebook
For information on archive records by county, visit the SeekingMichigan site.
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