Several sites are offering free access to their military records over the Memorial Day weekend.
From FindMyPast: With more than 34 million U.S. and International military records available at findmypast.com , we are offering free access to our military records and collection of veteran's gravesites to explore and learn about the heroic efforts in your family tree this Memorial Day weekend. Anyone can access the records by registering for free at findmypast.com.
From World Vital Records: In honor of Memorial Day we are providing free access to all our
military records from now until May 28th. See what you can find today.
To commemorate the NARA-Ancestry.com agreement on the eve of Memorial
Day, Ancestry.com is making its entire U.S. Military Collection -- the
largest online collection of American military records -- available for
free to the public. From May 20 through May 31, people can log on to
http://www.ancestry.com/military to view more than 100 million names and
700 titles and databases of military records, the majority of which
come from NARA, from all 50 U.S. states.
From MyHeritage: Memorial Day in the US is May 27, and millions of Americans will
remember the men and women who died while serving in the US Armed
Forces. In honor of this special day, we are proud to provide free access -
through May 28 - to our most popular collections of US military
records.
From Fold3: Today marks the 150th anniversary of the USCT, and the National
Archives is pleased to announce the completion of the USCT Service
Records Digitization Project. In partnership with Fold3, the project
provides online access to all service records—more than 3.8 million
images—of Union volunteers in USCT units. From May 22 to 31, the digital collection will be free on www.Fold3.com.
Do you know of any other sites offering free access?
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