Resources
- If searching for someone that may have fought in the Vietnam War, why not try the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
- The U.S. Embassy web-site has information on - Tracing Former Military Personnel
in the U.S.
- Various US Military websites can be accessed via the following links:
Army Air Force Navy Marine Corps Dept. of Defence Coast
Guard Merchant Marine
- The Imperial War Museum Duxford has some useful links, including :-
- The American Cemetery at Maddingley in Cambridgeshire.
- Casualties might provide some useful information, if you believe that your GI Father
might have been a casualty of the war.
- Order and pay for United States Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Certificates on
line, or by fax, phone or mail.
- If the GI father you have been searching for is deceased, Vital Records lists some
links to obtaining further information and records including Social Security Death
Index.
- The VA Graveside Locator may help you locate the graveside locations of deceased
family members.
- www.locategrave.org and www.findagrave.com may also be of assistance.
- Insignia details some useful sites for identifying Patches, Ranks and Medals.
- On-line international telephone directories are a good starting point for a search.
Both Phonebooks and Infobel provide access to a seletion of them.
- The Salvation Army UK Territory - Family Tracing Service, 101 Newington Causeway,
London SE1 6BN
- One-Step Webpages has been designed by Stephen Morse as a portal for on-line genealogy.
Here you will find a whole host of links to databases and public records.
- Public Record Center is another similar portal with links to various useful search
engines, websites, public records and databases.
- Useful information about 134th Infantry Regiment with further links to other websites
and data.
- 35th Infantry Division Association website
- Social Security and Service Numbers explained
- The Second World War Experience Centre has a wealth of useful research information.
- Or a list of US Army Air Force Station Numbers in the United Kingdom in World War
Two may help.
- GISEARCH.com claims to be America's Most Comprehensive Military Search.
- An excellent book to read before you start your search is - How to Locate Anyone
who is or has been in the Military by Lt Col Richards S Johnson. Published by MIE
Publishing POB 340081 San Antonio Texas 78234
- Some Reading Matter details a number of books that have been written about World
War II Campaigns in Europe and WWII US Forces in the British Isles.
- DirectGov is where you can find out information relating to births, marriages and
deaths and obtain certificates.
- Janet Baker the daughter of an African-American GI has produced some notes on the
1989 'War Babes' lawsuit taken out against the NARA for refusing to release information
about GI fathers.
- Once you have traced your GI father, you may wish to know about Dual Citizenship
and whether you can hold two passport. The Foreign Affairs Manual will also provide
some extremely useful information and is used by the US Embassy when considering
Citizenship claims.
