These days, it seems like even your breakfast cereal has AI in it. But can you use the most common AI tools for genealogy? Absolutely yes! but they should come with a surgeon general's warning.

You can use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and probably just about any other social media platform out there for genealogy. This episode will go over a brief "walkthrough" of how to find some cousins, and even more good information using your favorite time-waster.

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Have you ever gotten into a new hobby and it seemed so affordable at first. You buy a thing here or there, none of which cost much money... but after you've been in it for a bit and you tally it up, you've spent a small fortune? Genealogy is like that, but the spending never really ends.

It's okay though, because you can absolutely get a lot of family history research done for little or even no money. Let's jump in and figure out how to be kind to our piggy bank, and still uncover all those family mysteries.

FamilySearch

USGenWeb

RootsWeb

Cyndi's List

Fall in! you've reached the last episode in the special series on military records. If this is your first to tune into, have a look back through the series. It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about World War 2.

Links in this episode:

Masters of the Air by Donald Miller

Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James Hornfischer

Silent Victory by Clay Blair Jr.

A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II

UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: READER'S GUIDE

Request Military Service Records

IDPF FOIA Address:

Department of the Army U.S. Army Human Resources Command ATTN: AHRC-FOIA 1600 Spearhead Division Avenue, Dept. 107 Fort Knox, Kentucky 40122-5504 502-613-4400 usarmy.knox.hrc.mbx.foia@army.mil

Select Online IDPFs at the National Archives

American Battle Monuments Commission Courthouse Plaza II 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 703-696-6897

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Submarine War Patrol Reports

Veterans Affairs Regional Offices

Unit Histories

US Army Center of Military History

US Naval History and Heritage Command

USMA Digital History Center - Atlases

Fall in! It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about World War 1.

Links in this episode:

A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin

Over There: The United States Army in the Great War 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell

ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE UNITED STATES LAND FORCES IN THE WORLD WAR

UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1919

THE U.S. ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR I ERA

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CLAIM FILES AND WORLD WAR I BURIAL FILES

Request Military Service Records

The American Legion Digital Archive

Order of the First World War Resource Page

US Army Center of Military History

US Naval History and Heritage Command

USMA Digital History Center - Atlases

Fall in! It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about The Civil War

Links in this episode:

This Great Struggle by Stephen Woodworth

The organization and administration of the Union army, 1861-1865 / by Fred Albert Shannon v.1

The organization and administration of the Union army, 1861-1865 / by Fred Albert Shannon v.2

The Armies in Gray by Dan Fullerton

Fold3.com Civil War Collection

National Archives Civil War Collection

US Army Register of Enlistments (FamilySearch, Ancestry, Fold3)

Civil War era medical terms

Union Pension Records

Confederate Pension Records

1883 Pension Roll (Ancestry)

US Army Center of Military History

US Naval History and Heritage Command

American Battlefield Trust

USMA Digital History Center - Atlases

Fall in! It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about the Mexican War

Links in this episode:

The Occupation of Mexico (PDF)

What Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker Howe (Amazon)

Abstract of Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers (FamilySearch)

Order Compiled Service Records from the National Archives

Limited Compiled Service Records (Ancestry)

US Army Register of Enlistments (FamilySearch, Ancestry, Fold3)

Pension Records Index (FamilySearch)

1883 Pension Roll (Ancestry)

US Army Center of Military History

US Naval History and Heritage Command

USMA Digital History Center - Atlases

Fall in! It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about the War of 1812.

Links in this episode:

Campaign of 1812 (PDF)

1812: The War that Forged a Nation by Walter Borneman

War of 1812 Index to Service Records (FamilySearch, Ancestry)

Order Compiled Service Records from the National Archives

US Army Register of Enlistments (FamilySearch, Ancestry, Fold3)

Pension Records (FamilySearch, Ancestry, Fold3)

1840 Census of Pensioners

1883 Pension Roll (Ancestry)

Bounty Land Warrants (Ancestry)

US Army Center of Military History

US Naval History and Heritage Command

American Battlefield Trust

USMA Digital History Center - Atlases

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