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Guide to locating | Guide to locating military records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research. | ||
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==What are | ==What are military records?== | ||
Military records identify millions of individuals who '''served in the military or who were eligible for service'''. You may find evidence that an ancestor served in the military in family traditions, | Military records identify millions of individuals who '''served in the military or who were eligible for service'''. You may find evidence that an ancestor served in the military in family traditions, military records, naturalization records, biographies, cemetery records, and records of veterans' organizations. More recent military records usually have more information than older records. | ||
==What can you find in | ==What can you find in military records?== | ||
==How do you find | ==How do you find military records?== | ||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet"> ''' Many | |<span style="color:DarkViolet"> ''' Many military records are online. You should consult the Wiki article on military records for each country to understand how to find and search its military records</span> | ||
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<center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''See the links to | <center> <span style="color:DarkViolet">'''See the links to military records in the right sidebar in this typical Wiki main page.'''</span><center> | ||
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