Today: Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Irish Genealogy SIG Meeting
10:00 AM in the Osceola Room at the Chula Vista Recreation Center
Tomorrow: Thursday, November 12, 2015
German Genealogy SIG Meeting
9:30 AM in the Reliance Room at the Late Miona Recreation CenterNationwide Gravesite Locator:
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
"Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker."
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U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918:
Ancestry.com
"This free database contains an index and images of World War I draft registration cards completed by approximately 24 million men living in the U.S. in 1917 and 1918. Information that may be found for an individual includes: name, place of residence, date and place of birth, race, country of citizenship, occupation, and employer."
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Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots:
Ancestry.com
"This free collection of abstracts of grave sites contains information originally published in the Senate documents of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the Society magazine. Veterans and patriots of the Revolutionary War whose graves were found between 1900 and 1987 are included in this first volume.
Included in each entry is the name of the patriot, the cemetery in which the headstone is found, and occasionally others who are located nearby or opposite the grave."
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This Day In History: Veterans Day, 11 November
1909: Construction begins on the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
1918: The German leaders sign the armistice ending World War I.
1919: The first two-minutes’ silence is observed in Britain to commemorate those who died in the Great War.
1921: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery is dedicated.
1938: Irving Berlin’s "God Bless America" is performed for the first time by singer Kate Smith.
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