12 July 2023 marks 50 years since the disastrous 1973 fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri that destroyed millions of US military personnel records. To commemorate the occasion, the US National Archives are featuring a three-part blog series on its aftermath.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #MilitaryService #MilitaryRecords
@geneadons @genealogy

https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2023/07/03/national-personnel-records-center-fire-series-the-fire/

On Saturday 20 May 2023, join the North Carolina State Archives either live-steamed online or in-person at Raleigh for an exploration of the diverse communities who took part in the American Revolution. Learn more and register at the link below!

#NorthCarolina #AmericanHistory #AmericanRevolution #MilitaryRecords #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

https://www.ncgenealogy.org/event/america250-the-people-of-north-carolina-in-the-american-revolution/

Back to the 2023 Virtual Conference from the North Carolina Genealogical Society, talking about military pensions with Craig Scott of Heritage Books (who kindly gave us a discount code!) - starting with the difference in "in-VALID" and "IN-valid" pensions.
#MilitaryRecords #MilitaryService #Pensions #genealogy #familyhistory
https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2008/winter/follow-money.html

Just ran a presentation/workshop on researching the #MilitaryRecords mainly in Australia and New Zealand. Written on Google slides so I can share with participants. #genealogy

Putting together a presentation about #MilitaryRecords in Australia, New Zealand and UK. Anyone have some great website links I could use?

I have #NationalArchivesAustralia
#AustralianWarMemorial #CommonwealthWarGravesCommission