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Missouri Digital Heritage
Military records, naturalization documents, photographs and land patents.
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Mountain Men & the Fur Trade
Got an ancestor who worked in the Rockies in the first part of the 19th century? Explore this virtual museum, digital library and gallery of digitized books, letters, diaries and other historical material about "mountain men".
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NARA
NARA has an amazing collection of online catalogs, finding aids, and research materials for one looking to find military information; indeed, one can quickly become overwhelmed. Zeroing-in on the particular military engagement of interest on the website listed above can be a good place to start. Another way to learn of military collections is to use their online catalog. That catalog can be somewhat overwhelming for those not used to searching it--just take your time and make some time to play around and look around.
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NUCMC
Using NUCMC, one can find a military collection entitled “Gallatin County (MT) Veterans Service Records, 1918-1965” that also contains records for that county’s veterans who served in the Spanish American War still living at the time of WWI. Further searching on “Spanish American War” one can discover a group photograph of the men of the "Co. H-4-O.V.I. in Tracy Park after their return from Puerto Rico", as well as a photograph showing some of the identified men in the hospital of the 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
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Nationwide Gravesite Locator
If a military ancestor was buried stateside rather than overseas, use this Department of Veterans Affairs site. It searches for burial locations of veterans' and their family members in VA national cemeteries, state veterans' cemeteries and as well as for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.
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Newspapers!
1000's of free links, some tips, about 50 tutorials, and lots of other information and resources to guide and help you. And it is all about newspapers.
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