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- British WW2 Veterans Reunion and tracing your Military Ancestors Page
- Dad's War: Finding and Telling Your Father's World War II Story
- Footnote.com - World War II Documents
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- I Dream of Genealogy - World War II Military Records
- Online World War II Indexes & Records
Genealogy directory of online indexes for WWII military records, including casualties, POWs and enlistments.
- RKKA in World War II
Materials, translated from different Russian sites, books and serials. Operations, battle maps, equipment, weapons, structure, battles history, photos. Eastern look on the World War II.
-
 Veterans' Voices
Article by Eric Dusenbery.
- Wikipedia - World War II
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Military
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, court records, military records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- World War II, a British Focus
- World War II on the Web
- World War Two
From the BBC.
- Yahoo!...Military History > World War II
- Archival Collections at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
- Cybrary of the Holocaust
- Finding Aids: Yizkor Books in the Special Collections Department
List of Yizkor books in the Special Collections Department of the St. Louis County Library.
- Holocaust Global Registry
From JewishGen. For anyone searching Holocaust survivors, for survivors searching family members or friends, and for child survivors searching clues to their identity.
- Holocaust Names
Names of those who perished in the Holocaust.
- Holocaust Names
Online meeting place for those who are seeking word of family members lost in the camps and other seats of Nazi terror, both those who might still be living and those who might be dead. The Names List section of this website offers free space to post messages from those who are looking, providing them a voice to share the names of those who have been lost and to ask for help in recovering their memories.
- Holocaust and War Victims Tracing and Information Center
The Red Cross' clearinghouse for persons seeking the fates of loved ones missing since the Holocaust and its aftermath. Assists U.S. residents searching for proof of internment, forced/slave labor, or evacuation from former Soviet territories on themselves or family members.
- How to Document Victims and Locate Survivors of the Holocaust
Partial contents online of the book by the same title from Avotaynu.
- International Tracing Service ~ Germany
Originally organized to search for non-German persons who had become missing or displaced during the war and to assist separated families in being reunited. It now holds millions of records on concentration camp prisoners, Jews, foreigners in German-controlled territories & displaced persons.
- Kindertransport Association
Organization of child Holocaust survivors who were sent, without their parents, out of Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia to Great Britain. - Nadworna, Ukraine
English language section of the yizkor book for Nadworna, Galicia (today Nadvirna, Ukraine).
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Poland's Holocaust - A Family Chronicle of Soviet and Nazi Terror
The history of a Polish family scattered by World War Two.
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ~ Washington, DC
- Yad Vashem - The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority ~ Israel
Commemoration and documentation of the events of the Holocaust, collection, examination, and publication of testimonies to the Holocaust, the collection and memorialization of the names of Holocaust victims, and research and education.
- 1946 Navy War Casualties - NE
Listing of the men in the US Navy in WWII from Nebraska. The various groups are deceased, Injured, MIA, all name index included.
- Ancestry.com - Search Military Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database
Biographical and service details for over 115,000 New Zealand service men and women.
- The Black Sheep & Police Index ~ U.K.
The Black Sheep, the Police, & World War II Indexes.
- Camp X
The true story of what went on behind the barbed wire fences of STS - 103 (Camp - X) This top secret World War II Secret Agent Training School was strategically placed in Canada on the shores of Lake Ontario.
- Canadian Air Aces and Heroes - WWI, WWII and Korea
- The Eurasian Company of the Singapore Volunteer Corps.
Some biographical details and photographs of personnel of a militia company formed by the British Military at Singapore in the late 19th and early 20th century. Alphabetical list of SVC members, where available, from inception until commencement of Japanese Occupation, 15 Feb 1942.
- The Fallen ~ Perthshire, Scotland
Information about members of the Blairgowrie & District who died in the First and Second World Wars.
- Fleet Air Arm Archive Roll of Honour
Comprehensive naval aviation website invaluable to genealogists, with extensive Roll of Honour lists for the Second World War of Fleet Air Arm personnel of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa.
- Gefusilleerden , gedeporteerden uit de tweede wereldoorlog, Les Fusillés et les déportés de la deuxième Guerre Mondiale, Civilians executed during the WW II - 17.500 namen ingegeven
List of more than 2500 names of Belgian Civilians executed during the Second World War.
- How to find a Digger ~ Australia
Advice on researching relatives who served in the Australian defence forces from the Department of Veterans' Affairs Australia.
- Indiana State Library - WWII Servicemen Database
Online searchable index on Indiana men and women who served in World War II who were mentioned in one of the Indianapolis daily newspapers during the war. Approximately 26,000 names are included.
- Internment of German Americans in the United States During World War II
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Kelly's Uncommon Heroes
Information on veterans from Sherbrooke Nova Scotia and surrounding communities.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Milam County, Texas: List of Honor
Lists of individuals who have given their lives in the defense of their country from World War I through Vietnam.
- National WWII Memorial ~ Washington, D.C.
- World War II Registry of Remembrances
Online searchable database includes four distinct databases of the names of Americans who are: buried in American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) overseas military cemeteries; memorialized on ABMC Tablets of the Missing; listed on official War & Navy Department Killed in Service rosters now held by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); or honored by public enrollment in the Registry of Remembrances.
- Norwich Evening News 24 - Norwich in the Blitz ~ England
The Baedeker Blitz against Norwich.
- World War II Reunion Messaging Center
Searchable database for WWII veterans that have submitted their name, as well as add your own name and contact information.
- Norway 1940
The Norwegian defence against the German invasion in April 1940.
- Second World War: Americans liberated Belgium
- The United States Army Air Forces in W.W.II
- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
Promoting the Wisconsin idea by providing professional leadership in the creation of quality digital resources from libraries and archives for faculty, staff and students, citizens of the state and scholars at large.
- Germany Under Reconstruction
Germany Under Reconstruction provides a varied selection of publications in both English and German from the period immediately following World War II. Many are publications of the U.S. occupying forces, including reports and descriptions of efforts to introduce U.S.-style democracy to Germany. Some of the other books and documents describe conditions in a country devastated by years of war, efforts at political, economic and cultural development, and the differing perspectives coming from the U.S. and British zones and the Russian zone of occupation. At the same time, the Germans themselves and the occupying forces look back at the National Socialist period and try to come to terms with what had happened.
- World War II Internment Camps
From the Handbook of Texas Online.
- World War II Memorial at The Memorial Church
Transcription of names inscribed on the church walls of Harvard students and alumni who died in World War II.
- Wisconsin World War II Stories
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Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- American Aces of World War Two
Brief biographies and combat stories of U.S. fighter pilots in WWII. Pilots from US Navy, Marine Corps, and Army Air Force included.
- Displaced Persons (DP) Camp
Personal histories, addresses, photos, e-mail inquiries and links. Nondenominational, all nationalities.
- Flying Officer Corran Perry ASHWORTH Memorial Site
- My father was a prisoner of War
Tribute to Allen Godfrey Jones 1919-1959, A prisoner of war at Changi, Great World Camp, River Valley Road Camp, Fukuoka #1 and #17.
- The Pilots of 41 Squadron RAF, 1939-1945
The history of No. 41 Spitfire Squadron RAF during World War II, including biographical information on individual pilots, photographs, a search engine and a bulletin board. Weight has consciously been placed on individuals rather than statistics and aircraft, and the site currently contains biographical data on over 90 of the Squadron's pilots.
- War Brides in Canada
Eswyn LYSTER is writing a fully researched book on Canada's war brides of World War II. Requests information from war brides or relatives of same. Intends also to publish a National Register of Canadian War Brides of WWI and WWII. If you are looking for a missing war bride in your family tree place the information in the Lost & Found section.
- War Gunner BEF and Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry history Pages
John PARSONS, a gunner and Cook at Dunkirk and North Africa in World War 2.
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- Forget-Me-Not Video Services
Personalized Normandy war grave videos.
- World War II Research
Performing research for or regarding World War II veterans to include: unit histories, heraldry, crest, battles, campaigns, theater, route of march, letter location on specific dates, individual info if possible.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - World War II
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- E-WW2DOC
Electronic publisher specializing in World War 2.
- Heritage Books: World War II
- Historical Document Reproduction, Inc.
The first true size color prints of the Declaration of Independence, Dunlap Broadside prints of the Declaration, World War II document prints, Instrument of Surrender documents ending hostilities with Japan, Travis Letter prints from the Battle of the Alamo, and the Texas Declaration of Independence.
- Servie Publications
Canadian military books for sale.
- 20th-Century Veterans' Service Records - Safe, Secure & Available ~ US
Information on the maintenance of modern US military & civil service employee records. Also includes who may order and how. From Prologue - the quarterly magazine of the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Access to Archives Databases (AAD)
From the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Ancestry.com - Kitchener, Ontario German War Graves
Burial listing of German prisoners of war who died while in Canada during either the First or Second World War.
- Australian Service Nurses National Memorial
Nurses who died during or as a result of War Service, since the Boer War, compiled by Phyllis Wilson of the Returned and Service Nurses Club of Victoria.
- Australian War Graves Photographic Archive
A project that will have photographs of headstones of all A.I.F. service personnel who died during World War One and World War Two.
- British Military Records
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Details of 1.7 million members of UK and Commonwealth forces who died in the 1st and 2nd World Wars and other wars, and 60,000 civilian casualties of WWII. Gives details of grave site, date of death, age, usually parents/widow's address.
- Comprehensive List of Pearl Harbor Casualties Civilian and Military Deaths on Oahu, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 1941
- Database Polish Soldiers in France
This dadabase compiles information on Polish Soldiers who died during the Second World War and were buried in different cemetaries in France.
- Dormant Accounts Website of the Swiss Bankers Association
A list of 21,000 names of account owners, who were probably victims of Nazi Persecution.
- Family Search Record Search
Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
- Footnote.com - Military Records
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription .
- Japanese Air Target Analyses
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific): Japanese Air Target Analyses, Objective Folders, and Aerial Photographs, 1942-45.
- Missing Air Crew Reports, WWII
Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1941-1948, NARA M1380.
- Pearl Harbor Muster Rolls
- Photos - WW II Japanese
Photographs of Japanese Soldiers and of Allied Prisoners of War, 1942-1945.
- WWII Allied Military Conferences
Papers and Minutes of Meetings of Principal World War II Allied Military Conferences, 1941-1945, NARA M995.
- WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Army
Army JAG Case Files of Pacific Area War Crimes Trials, 1944-1949 (Including Iwanami Case), NARA C73.
- WWII JAG Case Files, Pacific - Navy
Navy JAG Case Files of Pacific Area War Crimes Trials, 1944-1949, NARA C72.
- WWII Submarine Patrol Reports
U.S. Submarine War Patrol Reports, 1941-1945, NARA M1752.
- WWII US Air Force Photos
Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities, and Personnel - World War II.
- Full Pearl Harbor Casualty List December 7, 1941
- Genealogy Quest - WW2 Missing Air Crew Report Search Order Form
Missing Air Crew Reports (MACR) were generated shortly after the loss of an aircraft in combat situations and include a crew roster and eye witness statements where available.
- Genealogy Today: Family Tree History, Ancestry, Free Lookups
Free and fee-based databases, free articles.
- Regia Marina Italiana / The Italian Royal Navy in World War Two
- Japanese-American Internee File, 1942 - 1946
From the National Archives. Personal descriptive data about Japanese-Americans evacuated from the states of Washington, Oregon, and California to ten relocation centers operated by the War Relocation Authority during World War II. Each record represents an individual internee and includes the internee's name, relocation project and assembly center to which assigned, previous address, birthplace of parents, occupation of father, education, foreign residence & more.
- Kennethmont Second World War Memorial ~ Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Lineages.com - American Casualties at Pearl Harbor
Searchable database.
- Never Forgotten
The story of the Taiwan POW Camps.
- The Men
Alphabetical listing of POWs.
- Pearl Harbor - Civilian and Military Personnel Casualties
- Philippine Army and Guerrilla Records
From the US National Archives & Records Administration.
- Polonica In Scotland
A guide to World War Two Polonica including, Memorials, Tableaux, Plaques & other physical manifestations of the Polish presence in Scotland. It also includes Pre-War items as well as information on Post-War Polonica.
- SJCPL - Service Notes
From the Saint Joseph County Public Library, Indiana. Searchable index to the "Service Notes" column that ran in the South Bend Tribune from World War II through the Vietnam conflict.
- Those Who Gave Their Lives in World War II ~ Lighthorne, Warwickshire, England
- Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
The German Military Grave Registration Service. Maintains 2 million war graves in over 640 cemeteries. Assists in grave identification and restoration. Provides assistance in determining the fate of German war dead.
- WorldVitalRecords.com - Military
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, court records, military records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- World War 2 Memorial ~ Currie, Midlothian, Scotland
- World War II Prisoners of War File, ca. 1942 - ca. 1947
From the National Archives. Records identify World War II U.S. military officers and soldiers and U.S. and some Allied civilians who were prisoners of war (POWs) and internees.
- World War II Draft Cards (4th registration)
Article by Michael John Neill.
- World War Two Nominal Roll
Created to honour and commemorate the men and women who served in Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during this conflict. This site contains information from the service records of some one million individuals who served during World War Two.
- World War II Search from the American Battle Monuments Commission
Online searchable database of the 176,399 names of those American service personnel buried at ABMC cemeteries, those Missing in Action and those buried or lost at sea. Note that there were 405,399 US casualties in World War II.
- 3rd NZ Division in the Pacific WWII 1942-1944, history and time-line
Contains rolls for 35th Battalion, 3rd NZ Division in the Pacific, World War II.
- The 10th Mountain Division
Online searchable database of 32,213 records of men who served with the “Mountain Troops” from 1941-1945. Database provides regiment or battalion name of the veteran. The 10th Mountain Division, a full division of the United States Army, specializing in mountain and winter warfare, trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, during World War II. From the Denver Public Library.
- 35th Photo Tech Unit of Guam
- 111th Infantry Regiment -- U.S. Army -- World War II
- 460 Squadron RAAF
Australians serving in WWII.
- Army World War II 931st Signal Battalion (Avn) (Sp)
Roster, reunion information of U.S. Army 931st Signal Battalion (Avn) (Sp), World War II China-Burma-India Theatre.
- Battery "A" History, 137th AAA Gun Bn
The History of Battery "A", 137 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Bn., including Battery Roster, with some Photos of the 608th Military Police Battalion, Leyte, Philippines 1945.
- Calgary Highlanders Heritage Section
Devoted to the history of the Calgary Highlanders in World War Two.
- "G" for George
The Avro Lancaster B1 on display in the Aeroplane Hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, ACT, Australia.
- Home Guard
History of the Home Guard.
- IX Engineer Command
Dedicated to the IX Engineer Command and its constituent units. This Command built, repaired and defended airfields in the European theatre during World War II beginning with the Normandy invasion on D-Day. The site includes rosters, photos, memoirs and unit histories.
- Lancaster ED627
Memorial website to the crew of RAF Lancaster bomber ED627 (EM-N) of 207 Squadron who died when they were shot down over Germany on August 28, 1943.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
The Men of Apc-92
Photographs of the men (and a few of their wives) who served aboard the Apc-92 stationed at Galveston, Texas during WWII.
- Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit
- USS VINCENNES CA-44
Pictures of crew and newspaper articles regarding one of the most devastating defeats of the United States Navy.
- WNY Genealogy - World War II Honor Roll ~ New York
- American Battle Monuments Commission
The ABMC is responsible for commemorating the services of the American Armed Forces through the establishment of suitable memorial shrines; operating & maintaining permanent American military burial grounds in foreign countries. Web site includes detailed descriptions of overseas cemeteries & searchable databases of war dead.
- World War II Search
Online searchable database of the 176,399 names of those American service personnel buried at ABMC cemeteries, those Missing in Action and those buried or lost at sea. Note that there were 405,399 US casualties in World War II.
- American Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor, Inc.
"Lest we forget...and will repeat a dark time in history."
- American Rosie the Riveter Association
Preserves the history and legacy of the working women, volunteers included, on the homefront during the war years.
- American World War II Orphans Network
An organization of sons and daughters of Americans killed and missing in World War II.
- Association of Liberation Children ~ The Netherlands
Renders assistance to the descendants of soldiers from the Second World War in the search for their biological fathers and or relatives.
- Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Foundation of New Mexico, Inc.
Includes the names of those who served with New Mexico's 200th and 515th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) units.
- Battling Bastards of Bataan
"Our purpose as an organization is quite simple. We wish to perpetuate the story of Bataan and to leave to our descendants the truth as we knew it. We wish to correct the myths and outright lies concerning the events of Bataan in 1941-1942. We want to provide information on the Battle for Bataan and it's subsequent fall on April 9, 1942.".
- Burma Star Association
About those who fought in Burma during WW2. Links and search facilities for tracing old comrades and family history.
- Institute of National Remembrance: Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes Against the Polish Nation ~ Poland
Preserving the memory of the losses suffered by the Polish Nation as the result of World War 2 and the post-war period.
- No1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
Dedicated to those who served in the No.1 NZ Gen Hospital at Brockenhurst, Hampshire.
- Oorlogsgravenstichting - OGS
The Netherlands War Graves Foundation.
- Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
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