I wondered what record collections are in the Military list on MyHeritage (and on WorldvitalRecords). I went to the MyHeritage site, and selected the "Research Tab," and the "Military" link. That opened a search box, and I entered "Smith" as the surname so I could see the list of record collections. When the results appeared, I clicked on the "Summary" tab to see the list of collections. There were 219.496 results in 1,431 collections (only two screens below):
The first 11 record collections listed are:
* World War II Army Enlistment
* Service Records of Confederate Soldiers
* Air Force Register Abstracts
* British Militia Attestations Index, 1886-1910
* U.S. World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945
* Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957
* World War II Reserve Corps Records
* Revolutionary War Pension Records
* Record of the Massachusetts Volunteers, 1861-1865, Volume 1
* U.S. Army Casualties, 1961-1981
* Vietnam Casualties, 1956-1998
There are many more collections listed, but you can see only a list of 100 collections on the "Summary" tab for some reason.
Of course, most of us would not perform a search for "Smith." I did an exact search for Isaac Seaver and received 7 matches:
I have not seen several of those exact matches, and will spend some time today exploring them to see if they apply to my Isaac Seaver (1823-1901).
In my opinion, there are enough military record collections on MyHeritage, and researchers should consider using this FREE opportunity to search for military records for their ancestors.
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copyright (c) 2013, Randall J. Seaver
Disclosure: I have a complimentary Premium Plus family tree subscription, and a complimentary Data subscription, to MyHeritage, which I greatly appreciate. This does not affect my objectivity in evaluating the MyHeritage products.
1 comment:
I hopped right over to MyHeritage.com and promptly found a record from the War of 1812 for an ancestor. It was not free.
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