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Military Recruitment and Payments

From German Girls Genealogy (Teresa Steinkamp McMillin & Debra A. Hoffman): On a recent trip to the Haupstaatsarchiv in Stuttgart, we found some interesting military-related documents. One of them was a volume of payments made to military personnel in 1804. At the front of the book were Assentscheine [recruitment certificates]. Assentschein An Assentschein was created… Continue reading Military Recruitment and Payments

Military · Steinkamp · World War I

World War I Records

April 6, 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of United States involvement in World War I. To commemorate this event, Ancestry.com released a new database, “U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910–1939.” This database contains the names of soldiers and other military personnel who arrived at U.S. ports during the years indicated. Sometimes family members were… Continue reading World War I Records