This is such an important day as we honor those who have
served our country in the military, including many who lost their lives. Whether you are attending a ceremony or
parade or privately acknowledging their contributions, do take a moment to
respectfully think about what many of our ancestors and living extended family
and friends have done to ensure the freedoms of many around the world.
One way to honor these contributions is to research the
military service of our ancestors.
To help us get started, we can enjoy some free access to
military database records around the world:
Ancestry.ca is providing free access to select
military records from some of the most popular collections, from November 8th to
12th, including records covering Soldiers of the First World War, the Rebellion
of 1837 and the War of 1812,
which can be accessed by visiting www.ancestry.ca/11remembrance.
Also, in honor of Remembrance Day, Ancestry.ca
announced the launch of more than 1.5 million new historical Canadian military
records spanning more than 100 years.
Australia/New Zealand
Over the past 200 years, New Zealanders have bravely fought
in many wars, on many different battlefields around the world. This
long-standing history of military involvement on the world stage has left its
mark on New Zealand society;
the nation has suffered great human loss while helping to shape New Zealand
Starting Friday November 9 until 1.59AM Monday November 12,
2012, Ancestry.com.au, the world’s largest online family
history resource, will make over 9.4 million New Zealand, Australian, Canadian
and UK military records free to search this Remembrance Day to encourage more
Kiwis to start exploring their family’s military history. Tragically, many
young soldiers who are killed in action do not leave any descendants behind and
are often forgotten despite having made the ultimate sacrifice for their
country.
For Remembrance Weekend,
we feel that everyone should have the chance to discover the war heroes in
their family. That’s why we’ve made our most popular military records free* for everyone to
use, from 9th-12th November.
The free* collections are our World War I Service, Pension and
Medal Index Cards.
Editor’s Note: I did
not see where Ancestry.com (US) nor Fold3 were providing free access to US
military collections and I would be happy to learn otherwise and update this
post with that info!
Editor’s Note: If you
have a World Subscription to Ancestry.com, you can access these Ancestry.com
collections around the world]
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