Federation of Genealogical Societies & National Park Service Partner to Create Database of U.S.-Mexican War Soldiers
August 8,
2016 – Austin, TX. and Brownsville, TX. The Federation
of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the National Park Service’s Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park announce a partnership to develop a searchable
database of more than 130,000 soldiers of the U.S.-Mexican War.
The database
will allow descendants of U.S. soldiers to connect to their personal history
and help Palo Alto commemorate and tell the stories of these soldiers. After
the database is developed, unit histories, digitized documents, and information
on U.S.-Mexican War soldiers will be added. Efforts will also be made to
include names and information about Mexican soldiers in this war.
"FGS is thrilled to partner with the Palo Alto
Battlefield National Historic Park for this important preservation project,”
said FGS President D. Joshua Taylor. “We look forward to working with our
member societies and volunteers to provide new access to records for those
researching the Mexican War."
Palo Alto
Battlefield is also pleased with the partnership. “National Parks tell the stories
of America,” said Superintendent Mark Spier. “Palo Alto Battlefield is excited
to have the opportunity to work with the Federation of Genealogical Societies
to tell the stories of the thousands of soldiers who served in the U.S.-Mexican
War.”
To help
bring these soldiers’ stories to life and to be a part of this momentous
preservation project, indexing volunteers should contact Project Coordinator
Patricia Rand, The Villages, FL, at [email protected].
The Federation of Genealogical Societies and the
National Park Service previously partnered together in 1999 for the Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors System database project where FGS volunteers completed
data entry for more than five million names. The efforts of the CWSS project
can now be experienced on the NPS Civil
War website.
What future partnerships would you like to see between members of our genealogical community and other entities?
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