Get started with using military records from the U.S. in your research.  This lecture will cover the availability of records, the information they contain and how to access these documents.  We’ll look at the agencies that are charged with housing these files from both major and minor American wars and view examples of the types of records that have been issued over time.  The most important websites that can be searched for military information will be introduced. 

Presenter Jeff Korman has retired from a full-time library life with Maryland State Library Resource Center at the Enoch Pratt Free Library.  During his 16 years at the Resource Center he supervised Pratt’s unique collections of Marylandia and Local History.  Before that, he served as a government reference librarian and as Assistant Department Head of Pratt’s Maryland Department.  He has lectured to both public and academic groups on a wide variety of topics. Free refreshments, meeting and lecture.  Everyone is welcome.