The Great War: Researching Your World War I Ancestors

Michael L. Strauss, MA, AG®, AGL™

May 30, 2017

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Syllabus

Content

Welcome

1m 59s

Speaker's Introduction

1m 27s

Introduction

5m 7s

Canadian Expeditionary Forces

8m 39s

Service Records

6m 14s

Fire of 1973

4m 47s

Draft Registration

7m 18s

Troop Ship Manifests

4m 38s

Casualties/Wound Chevrons

3m 31s

Enemy Alien Affidavits

6m 11s

FBI Case Files

8m 13s

Post World War I Records

24m 34s

Announcements / prizes

6m 22s

Questions / answers

5m 9s

After-webinar party

13m 25s

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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™

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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