Hello everyone, On this Memorial Day Weekend as we remember our US Military Service men and women here are a few website suggestions. I encourage you to bring back to the list what, you find on the websites about your military service men and women. We may find a connection through them ~ gone but not forgotten. Sue Downhill sudown@cwnet.com What ever you may find, post to the list and if you find a pension ~ ~do it at GenConnect ~ TX ANGELINA Pensions Board Located at ~ http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/AngelinaPens Memorial Day: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/memorial.htm World War I Civilian Draft Registration Database http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ww1/draft/search.cgi W.W.I Draft Registrations Query Board: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/WWI/Draft U.S. military (colonial or modern) (music provided) http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson14.htm Military matters anywhere else in the world, ancient or modern (march hup, two-three!) http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson13.htm Military links: http://www.rootsweb.com/WWII/militarylinks.html W.W.II Stories: http://www.rootsweb.com/WWII/ American W.W.I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930 ((free database)) http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4224.htm In the late 1920s the War Department of the United States compiled a list of mothers and widows of deceased soldiers killed in World War I and offered to send them to their loved one's final resting place in Europe. This database contains the names those women who were entitled to make the pilgrimage, as shown by department records on 15 November 1929. Each record provides the name of widow or mother, city and state of residence, and relationship to the deceased. Additionally, information regarding the decedent's name, rank, unit, and cemetery is provided.