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June 1, 2007

Ancestry.com's Military Collection

Ancestry.com's U.S. Military Collection offers the opportunity to look up military records for free until June 6.

Search through enlightening historical documents from every major U.S. war from the Revolutionary War through Vietnam, including draft registration cards, veterans' gravesites, soldier pension indexes, enlistment records, muster rolls and much more.

My grandfather was a Navy man and my father was an Army man. I found some interesting information when I dug further into the records. I had no idea my family's name history and origin was North German and Dutch. I was under the impression my family name was 100 percent German; it's the Dutch part that took me by surprise.

Cindy