Ancestry.Com to Release 90 Million Military Records
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By Donna Borak Associated Press  WASHINGTON -- For every generation in this country there has been a war. And with wars come millions of records that can shed light on family history, detailing everything from the color of soldiers' eyes to what their neighbors may have said about them.
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The Pentagon has released what it called newly found records concerning President Bush&#39;s service in the Air National Guard, a subject of debate in the US presidential campaign, The New York Times said on Wednesday.
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A portable hard drive reported missing by the Department of Veterans Affairs may have held data on 1.8 million veterans and physicians -- far more than the 50,000 people the agency initially said might be affected.
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David A. Kirsch and a rotating staff of loyal students have created a digital database that lists more than 2,300 companies, archives that may someday prove useful in capturing the craziness of the Internet boom. -The Washington Post
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A collection of sites with first-person accounts and photos
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Exploring the family tree in search of roots (or royal family connections).
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The White House releases new records relating to a row over President Bush's military service.
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Ancestry.com is unveiling more than 90 million U.S. war records from the first English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 through the Vietnam War's end in 1975
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Records obtained from the National Archives tell families when, or if, Johnny came marching home, and what he did overseas.
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Millions of veterans and active-duty troops whose sensitive personal information was lost by the Veterans Affairs Department will receive some form of credit protection against identity theft, the government said Wednesday.
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By Donna Borak Associated Press  WASHINGTON - For every generation in this country there has been a war. And with wars come millions of records that can shed light on family history, detailing everything from the color of soldiers' eyes to what their neighbors may have said about them.
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Google launched a new service for finding archived information that covers roughly the past 200 years.
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When our ancestors (heretofore known as Mom and Dad) typed a report with their Selectrics, they didn&#39;t have to assign the document a filename.
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The National Archives puts the official records of some of Britain's most famous immigrants on its website.
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Half a million people's records sent unecrypted Personal details of over half a million US service personnel and their relatives may have been compromised by a Pentagon contractor.â¦
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For less than $200 and a cheek-swiped cotton swab, amateur historians will soon be able to add DNA results to family tree Web sites.
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More than five million World War I medal records will be available online at the National Archives website from Remembrance Sunday.