The Great War: Researching your World War I Ancestors

Michael L Strauss

Monday, November 8, 2021

ZOOM Online @ 6:30PM

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Fought between 1914-1918 and called the Great War. On April 6, 1917 President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on Germany ending our formal neutrality, and to mobilize the resources of the United States to fight in this global conflict. Numerous genealogical records exist that share the feelings, attitudes, and the reactions by our government by searching for our ancestors in this war.

Michael L. Strauss, AG is an Accredited Genealogist and forensic investigator.  He has a BA in History and is a United States Coast Guard veteran. Michael is an expert witness in courts in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. He is a national genealogical lecturer, and faculty member at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG), Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh (GRIP), and the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) where he coordinates the military research courses.