2026 Wake County Genealogical Society Virtual Meetings - next - Oct. 27, 2026

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026 @ 6:30pm – Virtual

Topic:  WWII Service: Discovering your Ancestor's Story using Online Resources
Speaker:  Cynthia Gage

As a genealogist, I feel that my role is to preserve not just the names of my ancestors, but also to learn the stories of their lives in order to fully appreciate the history that led to me. Military service is one of those important stories and luckily for us as researchers, many records exist.

The service record is only one part of a veteran's story: the other is their experience. This presentation focuses on WWII service and will provide sources and techniques for gathering and analyzing information from both parts of the story. For those with Army servicemen, there are online sources which can help rebuild the service records that were lost in the1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center.

Join us! Free and virtual!

*Please register by 4pm day of meeting.
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*Presentation starts promptly at 6:30 pm.

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