Research Foundations
Step 2: Vital Records
- United States Vital Records
- United States Research: Records
- The Bred, the Wed, and the Dead: An Introduction to U.S. Vital Records
- What Can a Death Certificate Tell You? Plenty
- Marriage & Obituary Records on Ancestry® ft. Crista Cowan - Ancestry®
- The Dead and the Dying: Death Records, Funeral Homes, Cemeteries, Series
National Records
Military Records
- Basic Training: U.S. Military Records
- Researching Ancestors in the US Military: Online and in Military Archives
- How to Use Fold3® Records
- Searching in the Trenches: Introducing U.S. Military Records
- Exploring United States Civil War Records
- Exploring United States World War I Records
- Resources for Researching Your War of 1812 Ancestor Online: Series
- Report for Duty: Find Stories of Veteran Ancestors
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