The WWI and WWII Military Researcher’s Essential Toolkit Series 

Military research can take you far beyond a service record, draft registration, or a handful of familiar genealogy websites. The challenge is knowing where to look, what to search for, and how to recognize the records and resources that may hold the missing pieces of your service member’s story.

The Ultimate Military Research Toolkit brings together eight comprehensive research tools designed to help genealogists, family historians, and researchers uncover military records, publications, collections, and resources they may never have known existed. From WWI and WWII research to the Civilian Conservation Corps, NARA, Fold3, the Library of Congress, and major genealogy databases, this collection gives you practical tools for researching smarter and more thoroughly.

Inside the Toolkit

Toolkit #1 — NARA Catalog Military Research Sources
Explore NARA Catalog links to military research sources you may have never seen before. These lesser-known collections can provide new research paths, clues, and context when traditional records aren't enough.

Toolkit #2 — Online Military Research Resources
Get step-by-step research tips along with pages of carefully curated links to reliable online resources, including Ancestry, FamilySearch, Fold3, and lesser-known databases that can hold valuable clues.

Toolkit #3 — Fold3 WWI Publications
Find WWI publications on Fold3 organized by title and link, making it easier to locate unit histories, military publications, reports, rosters, and other potentially valuable sources.

Toolkit #4 — Fold3 WWII Publications
Explore WWII publications on Fold3 by title and link and discover publications that can help you understand a service member's unit, assignment, military activities, and wartime experience.

Toolkit #5 — Fold3 & NARA Catalog Search Techniques
Learn how to search Fold3 and the NARA Catalog more strategically. Go beyond basic searches and develop techniques for finding records, publications, and resources that may otherwise remain hidden.

Toolkit #6 — Civilian Conservation Corps Resources
Research the CCC and the men who served in the Civilian Conservation Corps with a collection of resources to help you explore their service and experiences.

Toolkit #7 — Library of Congress Collections
Discover Library of Congress collections and resources that can contribute to military, family, historical, and wartime research.

Toolkit #8 — Research Roadmap & Military Service Questionnaire
Know what to do first, what to look for next, and what questions to ask. The Research Roadmap helps guide your research from beginning to end, while the Military Service Questionnaire helps you gather the essential information needed to build a stronger research project.

More Than a Collection of Links

This is not simply a list of websites. It is a research system designed to help you think like a military researcher. You'll learn where to search, how to search, what additional sources to consider, and how to follow clues across multiple collections and repositories.

Whether you're researching a WWI doughboy, WWII veteran, CCC enrollee, military unit, or the broader wartime experiences of your family, The Ultimate Military Research Toolkit gives you a roadmap for moving beyond the obvious records and uncovering the stories hidden within the archives.

Eight toolkits. Hundreds of research resources. Countless new possibilities for uncovering your family’s military story.

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