[GreenKeys] War Records Go On-Line

[Don Robert House]

ASSOCIATED PRESS  24 May 2007

WASHINGTON - For every generation in this country there has been a  
war. And with wars come millions of records that can shed light on  
family history, detailing everything from the color of soldiers' eyes  
to what their neighbors may have said about them.

On Thursday, Ancestry.com unveils more than 90 million U.S. war  
records from the first English settlement at Jamestown in 1607  
through the Vietnam War's end in 1975. The site also has the names of  
3.5 million U.S. soldiers killed in action, including 2,000 who died  
in Iraq.

"The history of our families is intertwined with the history of our  
country," Tim Sullivan, chief executive of Ancestry.com, said in a  
telephone interview. "Almost every family has a family member or a  
loved one that has served their country in the military."



Don R. House K9TTY
drhouse at nadcomm.com