Free Public Access on Ancestry.com "To commemorate the NARA-Ancestry.com agreement on the eve of Memorial Day, Ancestry.com is making its entire U.S. Military Collection -- the largest online collection of American military records -- available for free to the public. From May 20 through May 31, ... to view more than 100 million names and 700 titles and databases of military records, the majority of which come from NARA, from all 50 U.S. states." Here is a list of the records available: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/grouplist.aspx?group=war_all These are probably the most helpful records: Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 ["Old Man's Draft"] Maggie