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# WWII Research & Writing Center

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- [A Nurse's Traumatic Experience on a Sinking Ship](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-nurses-traumatic-experience-on-a-sinking-ship/) - Many of us carry the remnants of our ancestors' war traumas and don't even know it. The traumas, energies, behaviors, and patterns may show up in very decontextualized ways through triggers, relationships, or experiences. Sometimes through unexplained and irrational (to us) fears. Perhaps you have a fear of being on a ship or large bodies
- [Use Historical Context Rather than Judgment of Ancestors](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/use-historical-context-rather-than-judgment-of-ancestors/) - How often in the course of your family history and military research and ancestral healing have you encountered information or beliefs or written words that offended you? Shocked or triggered you in some way? Made you react strongly which led to an immense amount of judgment on who your family member was? Invited negative energies
- [Status Was Everything](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/status-was-everything/) - We all know that today, no matter where you live in the world, if you have status (including military rank), money, education, and social connections, you will get farther in life. You will receive information, gifts, connections, and more because of these things. Is it fair? No, but this is how our world runs. I've
- [Veterans, PTSD, and Grief Study](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/veterans-ptsd-and-grief-study/) - Are we discussing the effects of grief on our veterans and their families? How does this trickle down through the generations?
- [WWI & WWII Graves Registration Service Resources](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-graves-registration-service-resources/) - Research a Veteran. Learn about the Graves Registration Service during World War I and World War II. This section provides resources to understand their job, the records they created, and what happened to our military personnel when they were Killed In Action, were Missing In Action, or died during service.
- [Every Veteran Has a Story—Let’s Find Yours](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/every-veteran-has-a-story-lets-find-yours/) - The way we access genealogical and military records has changed dramatically since 2020. Many people are now able to do most or all of the military research on their own. The biggest problem for most people is that they aren't sure how to begin, what records they need, and how to accurately reconstruct military service,
- [From Lost Leads to False & Incomplete Stories](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/from-lost-leads-to-false-incomplete-stories/) - The Risks of Using a Museum for Veteran Research Families searching for their World War II veteran’s records may assume a local or national military museum can provide the information they seek to help them reconstruct history if the OMPF burned. After all, military museums are filled with display cases full of medals, uniforms, stories,
- [Last Chance to Gain Access](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/last-chance-to-gain-access/) - August 31 is just a hours away and with the turning of the calendar, this special offer goes away. I am redesigning my military research classes and launching them this October. They will be expanded into seven modules, one you will find nowhere else, with six to eight lessons in each module to take the
- [Fold3 Small Group Coaching](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/fold3-small-group-coaching/) - Live Guidance to Remove your Fold3 Frustrations Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. Space is limited to 10 people. Searching for World War II records on Fold3 can feel like wandering through a massive archive without a map. Many researchers know the information is there—yet still come up empty. Records are often hidden in unexpected
- [Time is Running Out for the Military Course Offer!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/time-is-running-out-for-the-military-course-offer/) - August 31 is just a few weeks away and with the turning of the calendar, this special offer goes away. A short but sweet invitation to anyone ready to learn how to research any veteran from World War I, World War II, Korea, or Vietnam, even if the records burned. I am redesigning my military
- [Special Offer! Honoring Our Heroes Program](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/special-offer-honoring-our-heroes-program/) - A short but sweet invitation to anyone ready to learn how to research any veteran from World War I, World War II, Korea, or Vietnam, even if the records burned. I have a special offer for you. I will be redesigning my military research classes and launching them this fall. They will be expanded with
- [New World War II Quick Guides](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-world-war-ii-quick-guides/) - Several years ago I released some Quick Guides to help people research and write about their World War II ancestors. These guides provide answers to help you research any veteran from World War I - Vietnam. This week I updated three of these Quick Guides and am offering them as PDF Books at the Ancestral Souls
- [5 Tips to Write a Better Veteran Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/5-tips-to-write-a-better-veteran-story/) - Those small details DO matter. Everyone has a story inside them. Most people die without ever telling those stories. Particularly the traumatic, intense, emotional, unprocessed stories. The stories that they feel no one will ever understand. As a professional military researcher, countless people have told me when we talk about a project or they hear
- [Genealogy, DNA, Family Trauma - Is It Ours?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/genealogy-dna-family-trauma-is-it-ours/) - The main focus of my professional life and business of research, speaking, and writing the last few years, has been on teaching people how to navigate World War II records research. At the same time, I was also quietly and personally working through a lot of spiritual things, balancing karma, my life, and releasing things and people from my life that no longer served me. Last fall on my solo trip to Europe, the professional and personal worlds collided as I met in the present time with some of my past. You can read about it in my Traveling in their Footsteps articles.
- [Huge D-Day Discount on WWII Research Program](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/huge-d-day-discount-on-wwii-research-program/) - Honoring Our Heroes is a great way to learn how to research & write your WWI and WWII veteran stories. Are you ready to research & write your D-Day stories and stories of WWII? In honor of the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, I'm offering a huge discount on my six webinar military research & writing
- [NARA Catalog Small Group Coaching](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/nara-catalog-small-group-coaching/) - Access Live Guidance for your Research Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. Space is limited to 10 people. Find the Records. Understand the Story. The NARA Catalog holds millions of WWII records—but knowing how to locate the right files can feel overwhelming. In this hands-on Live Zoom Meeting, I’ll guide you step-by-step through the National Archives Catalog
- [Top 5 Mistakes in WWI & WWII Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/top-5-mistakes-in-wwi-wwii-research/) - Get unstuck and discover your veteran's story Military Research from World War I to Vietnam can be tricky, frustrating, time consuming, and at the end, you may not have the correct answers. So what can you do to ensure you are finding your veteran’s story? Avoid these 5 Mistakes when doing research and learn how
- [Reconstructing WWII Veteran History](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/reconstructing-wwii-veteran-history/) - There is a big myth that surrounds military research which is, If I have the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) also known as a service file, then I'll have my veteran's entire story. Nope. You won't. I hear a lot of people tell others when they teach or write or give an interview that the
- [The Things We Choose To Believe](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-things-we-choose-to-believe/) - We love our parents. Our grandparents. We grow up believing (usually) that they are all knowing, tell us the truth, and were these amazing, heroic, accomplished, keep adding the words you use to describe your family, individuals. Sometimes it is difficult, if not impossible to change the perspective we have of family. To change the
- [Honoring Our Heroes Programs](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-our-heroes-programs/) - If you missed this fall's live series of Honoring Our Heroes and would still like to learn how to research your WWI or WWII veteran, the programs are available to purchase. Military research and writing the stories makes a great winter activity and now is the perfect time to sign up because we are in
- [Upcoming Speaking Engagements](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/upcoming-speaking-engagements/) - This year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day and I'm booking military research programs to help people find the stories of their veterans. If your organization would like to book my 2-part research strategy programs or one of the many other WWII programs I have available, please email me at jennifer@ancestralsouls.com to discuss dates and
- [Honoring Our Heroes Program](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-our-heroes-program/) - Announcing the Honoring Our Heroes Program! Starting Saturday 9 September at 10:00 a.m. CDT, I'm hosting six weekly webinars on researching your WWI and WWII service members and writing their stories. These will run weekly through 21 October. There will not be a class on 7 October. In these 75-90 minute sessions before Q&A, you
- [2024 Speaking Engagements](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/2024-speaking-engagements/) - I have just updated my Speaking calendar for the end of 2023 and through mid-2024. If your organization would like to book me to speak, please visit my programs page at the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School to see what's available and then email jennifer@ancestralsouls.com to schedule your dates. Speaking Engagements 2023-2024___ Book your 2024 80th
- [80th Anniversary of D-Day Programs](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/80th-anniversary-of-d-day-programs/) - In 2024 we honor our WWII veterans during the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. If your library, museum, genealogy or historical society, homeschool group, or other organization is seeking WWII programming, I have what you need. I'm now booking through 2024, individual programs, half-or full-day seminars, and study groups to teach people my 2-step process to
- [Sacred Dialogues. Navigating the Spirit World - Ancestors, Angels and Guides](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/sacred-dialogues-navigating-the-spirit-world-ancestors-angels-and-guides/) - In 2024 one of my goals, beyond educating people about military research, especially to honor the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, is to help people connect with their ancestors and guides. Doing so may expand not only family healing but genealogical and military research. To start the year, I'm offering a new program with a coaching
- [Beta Testers Needed!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/beta-testers-needed/) - Have you ever uttered the words..... "genealogy serendipity" or commented on the fact your ancestors or spirit guides or "something" gave you exactly the record you needed to break down a brick wall? Have you wondered why you or your family continue to repeat the same experiences, have irrational fears, or are just sometimes stuck?
- [Family Stories & Secrets Workshop](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/family-stories-secrets-workshop/) - What is Missing or Broken in your Family Tree? Every family has patterns, unprocessed traumas, & behaviors that are passed down through the generations. These may create chaos, issues with relationships, money, work, life, dis-ease, and stress in our lives. They may also create breaks in our family. When we identify these patterns, traumas, and
- [Starting Family Pattern Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/starting-family-pattern-research/) - Genealogy and military research can tell us so much about our family. We can learn where people lived across the generations. Family members may have photos to share so we know what our ancestors looked like. We may discover what kind of jobs they held, education they had (or didn’t), military service, land ownership, health
- [What Can a Timeline Tell You About Your Ancestor?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/what-can-a-timeline-tell-you-about-your-ancestor/) - As you conduct your genealogy or military research, do you create a timeline to accompany the records so you are aware of the chronology of events? Do you only rely on the generic timeline created in Ancestry or your genealogy database or do you dive deeper into what the information in those records might also
- [New! Fold3 WWI and WWII Records PDF](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-fold3-wwi-and-wwii-records-pdf/) - Now available in my WWII Records PDF Toolkit! Two new Fold3 PDFs. The updated toolkit now contians: Eight curated PDF Toolkits spanning more than 110 pages. These are practical, easy-to-use guides. Toolkit #1 includes NARA Catalog links to sources you may have never seen for military research. Toolkit #2 you’ll find step-by-step research tips and pages of
- [When the Newspaper Article Doesn't Match Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/when-the-newspaper-article-doesnt-match-records/) - People ask me a lot of questions about World War I and World War II research. When provided with the family story or a newspaper article or other "proof" of service, sometimes the story doesn't line up with the military records. How do you know if the family story or what you read in a
- [June and July 2026 Military Research Classes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/june-and-july-2026-military-research-classes/) - Here is a peek at what's currently on tap for military research classes at my online course site, the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School. Are you already a newsletter subscriber? If not - grab a freebie and subscribe today. Thursday, June 18 at 11:00 a.m. CST Circle of Influence (learn about family patterns and what influenced
- [July 2026 Military & Ancestral Healing Classes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/july-2026-military-ancestral-healing-classes/) - Here is a peek at what’s currently on tap for military research classes at my online course site, the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School. Visit to learn more about each program. Are you already a newsletter subscriber? If not – grab a freebie and subscribe today. Ancestral Souls Cafe (free networking event) Wednesday, July 8, at
- [August 2026 Military Research Class Offers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/august-2026-military-research-class-offers/) - I have finished planning my August 2026 classes, although there may be something else new coming. I'll keep you posted. Military research is complex. It isn't as straightforward as genealogy. There are different timelines to build, many new places every month to locate records and several pathways to follow. This is why I keep developing
- [Clients Come Seeking Records or Books. They Often Discover Healing.](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/clients-come-seeking-records-or-books-they-often-discover-healing/) - The unexpected side-effect of military and genealogy research. When people hire a military researcher like me, or take one of my classes, they are usually searching for facts, or they want to write a book about their veteran. What many walk away with, whether they hire me, or take a class, or not, is often
- [Changes to the Fold3/NARA Catalog Classes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/changes-to-the-fold3-nara-catalog-classes/) - One thing that is constant about my military and genealogy business the last 16 years is CHANGE. I realize a lot of genealogists and military researchers, especially those who write for Stories Behind the Stars, only do online military research. In fact, a few SBTS writers who are students, have asked for additional resources to help
- [Brief Guide to Writing & Publishing a Veteran Book](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/brief-guide-to-writing-publishing-a-veteran-book/) - More genealogists and families are choosing to honor and preserve the stories of their World War I and World War II veterans by writing and publishing books. Yet many discover that researching an ancestor’s military service is only one part of the journey. Some are not even aware that research needs to be done. Transforming
- [Substack Military Recommendation](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/substack-military-recommendation/) - In the world of military research and history you will find record pullers who do nothing else but copy records. Academic and hobbyist Historians who may teach and write. Researchers like me who research, write, teach, coach, and publish. Military veterans who bring to light stories that have not been told, or as a way
- [Learn How to Start Writing Your Veteran Book](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/learn-how-to-start-writing-your-veteran-book/) - Just added to my teaching calendar - a refresh on my veteran story/book writing program, Words That Heal. Wednesday, July 29 at 7:00 p.m. CST Have you considered writing a veteran book but aren't sure where to begin. Are you ready to start honoring the heroes who fought in World War II by writing their
- [Check the Date](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/check-the-date/) - In military research, dates are important for reasons you may not know One of the most important things you can do when researching World War I or World War II is pay attention to dates. That may sound obvious, but I'm referring to more than just the dates found on military records. You should also
- [WWII Veteran Compensation Applications](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-veteran-compensation-applications/) - In your quest for World War I and World War II military records, have you obtained this important document? The WWI or WWII Veteran Compensation Application? Post WWI and WWII, veterans or their beneficiaries if they died in service, were entitled to a bonus payment. Not all states apparently participated in this program but if
- [World War II Naval Muster Rolls](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/world-war-ii-naval-muster-rolls/) - Discovering your veteran's story in Navy records We’ve all heard about the 1973 Fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri and the impact on the Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) for Army and Army Air Force veterans. No one really talks about the OMPFs for the Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, and
- [U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/u-s-reports-of-deaths-of-american-citizens-abroad-1835-1974/) - In all your WWII research travels, have you come across this Ancestry database, U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974? Be sure to read the full description of this database on Ancestry's site, but part of the description includes the following. One responsibility of U.S. consulates is to report deaths of American citizens
- [Military Bonus Applications](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-bonus-applications/) - When searching for military information, particularly if your service member was in the Army or Air Corps/Army Air Forces/Air Force and their service file burned, have you looked for military bonus applications? After World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and more current wars, many states offered a bonus payment to active duty service
- [U.S. Hospital Admission Cards Index](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/u-s-hospital-admission-cards-index/) - Explore a military genealogy database on Ancestry.com - U.S. Hospital Admission Cards Index. Learn how to use this and find out what's missing from the database.
- [WWII The Schark Cave in Maastricht, The Netherlands](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-the-schark-cave-in-maastricht-the-netherlands/) - This is a guest post written by Jons van Dooren Maastricht, the most southern city of the Netherlands, was liberated on the 13th and 14th of September 1944. The Ninth Army established its headquarters in Maastricht and stayed there for about five months. About 800 American soldiers were in Maastricht and surroundings, in part preparing for Germany. They were also protecting the area and Antwerp harbour (all the American supplies were there) from V1's and V2's, launched from Germany.
- [Locating Army Air Force Photos](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/locating-army-air-force-photos/) - If you're researching a World War II Army Air Forces veteran, fallen, unit, aircraft, or airfield, photographs can add incredible depth to your understanding of their service. They can also add incredible detail to the narrative you write, especially if you publish a book. People love photos and images will keep them reading. Go into
- [Accessing Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPFs)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/accessing-individual-deceased-personnel-files-idpfs-2/) - Over the last 16 years, the ability to obtain copies of the World War II Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) has changed often. You can track a lot of those changes through my website by searching 'IDPF' as I have articles dating back to 2015 when I first launched this specific website. You may also
- [An Invitation to Aspiring Military & Genealogy Professionals](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/an-invitation-to-aspiring-military-genealogy-professionals/) - Be your authentic, magical, amazing self. If you’ve known me for a while, you know that I’m an intuitive empath and medium. I sense energy on every level and pay attention to the signs - both warnings and gifts. Last week I noticed some blue jeeps either following me, or somewhere nearby, which did not
- [ChatGPT Is Not a Military Records Researcher](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/chatgpt-is-not-a-military-records-researcher/) - Use caution when asking AI to Reconstruct a WWI or WWII Service History AI has taken over many areas of our lives. It is no surprise that many genealogists and military researchers – especially those who are brand new to research – are using it. From where I sit and what I’ve observed, there are
- [Military Monday - NARA Catalog](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-nara-catalog/) - The NARA Catalog is not a name index—it’s a series-based archival system. Once you identify: Units / Ships / Stations Timeframe Theater of war Battles or Campaigns …these record groups unlock everything. This is where your military research shifts from “Did he serve?” to “What did he experience—and what did it mean?” This is the
- [Military Monday - Ancestry.com](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-ancestry-com/) - When it comes to WWII research, Ancestry.com is often one of the first places people turn. Ancestry doesn’t hold complete service or military death records. The website does contain several key collections that can help you begin reconstructing a veteran’s military story and putting together that valuable Timeline of Service. One of the most widely
- [Military Monday - Fold3 Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-fold3-records/) - Understanding the Reality of Fold3 for WWII Research Let’s clear up a common misconception: Fold3 is not a one-stop shop for World War I or World War II military research. In genealogy groups, I observe the same responses which show up again and again: “Check Fold3.” “Everything burned.” “They have all the records.” None of
- [April 2026 Programs & Offers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/april-2026-programs-offers/) - March just flew by but it included a lot of small group coaching sessions which helped people find the military research answers they needed. Join me in April for more programs. As always, visit my online STORE for all current offers. Navy, Merchant Marine & Coast Guard Records Small Group Coaching Friday, April 3 at 10:00
- [Military Monday - WWII Education](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-wwii-education/) - For genealogists, family members, and military researchers, I have a month full of military programs to help you learn new skills and where to find records. As we move into Military Appreciation Month and Memorial Day, a couple programs offer you the opportunity to research your family's war dead. To learn more about these programs
- [Why Military Research & Education Aren't Free](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-military-research-education-arent-free/) - Anyone Can Search. Not Everyone Can Research or Teach. This will probably ruffle some feathers. If it ruffles yours, I’d invite you to sit with WHY. When you’ve been a genealogist as long as I have – thirty years so far – and a military research expert for 16 – you will see on a
- [Wait…Who's in This Photograph?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/waitwhos-in-this-photograph/) - Verify Everything: Photographs and Records in an OMPF or IDPF Must Never Be Accepted at Face Value One of my military research students asked a question about a photo of a sailor he is researching. The name listed on the photo, obtained from the NPRC in St. Louis had a name that was slightly misspelled
- [WWII Education - Uncovering a Sailor's Story in a Navy Service File](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-uncovering-a-sailors-story-in-a-navy-service-file/) - World War II research is a combination of online and offline research. Unfortunately, many researchers will tell you it's all online and provide you with the same free database links over and over which do not move your research forward. It is important to follow the research process and pursue all leads, whether they are online or primarily offline. Navy records are one example of what is now becoming a good combination of online + offline materials. Today we will explore the Navy Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) or the service file. This is held at the NPRC in St. Louis and you can read more about how to obtain this record in my article, WWII Education - Difference Between the OMPF and IDPF.
- [The 'Helper' Files](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-helper-files/) - The National Archives Catalog contains far more than the well-known Army Morning Reports, Casualty records, photographs, maps, movies, and unit records. What most genealogists and military researchers do not know is that hidden among millions of digital records are what many researchers call ‘Helper’ files. These are records that provide context, supporting evidence, unsent letters,
- [Reconstructing Military Service Isn't What You've Been Told](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/reconstructing-military-service-isnt-what-youve-been-told/) - The truth about reconstructing service history for your veteran ALL THE RECORDS BURNED! WHATEVER WILL WE DO? THERE ARE NO ANSWERS! Ummmm. Nope. Not true at all so let’s stop being so dramatic. Let’s also stop telling everyone on social media that the big fire burned everything - because it didn’t. Exploring Fact and Fiction
- [World War II POW Resources](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/world-war-ii-pow-resources/) - Mindy Kotler joined my seminar, Stories from the Battlefield, at the end of August and shared a huge list of POW resources with attendees. She gave me permission to share with my readers as well. If interested in the men and women who fought the early defensive battles of WWII in the Pacific and those
- [Women in Vietnam Resources](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/women-in-vietnam-resources/) - I have a new and continually expanding section on my website. Women in Vietnam Resources. Be sure to check it out for new research tips, articles, oral histories, and more. Are You Ready to Start Writing and Researching? If you are ready to start a research or writing project, email me at info@wwiirwc.com and let’s
- [Coming Soon! New Military & Family History Workshops & Webinars](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/coming-soon-new-military-family-history-workshops-webinars/) - I will soon be releasing some registration links as I make final preparations for new webinars and workshops, online classes, facilitation, writing groups, and more. Some details are below with more to come soon!
- [A Family's Grief & the Cost of WWII Repatriation](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-familys-grief-and-the-cost-of-wwii-repatriation/) - The cost of World War II is unimaginable, from the number of lives lost to the monetary expenditure to fight and later bring some living and dead back home. Many people today are under the assumption, based on misinformation that has circulated, that the U.S. government paid for every penny of the expense to return a soldier's remains to the U.S. and bury him anywhere the family desired. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
- [WWII Education - Why World War II Research Isn't Free](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-why-world-war-ii-research-isnt-free/) - The primary repository that comes to mind when we talk about difficulty in obtaining records is the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis where the OMPFs are held. Yes you can mail in Form 180 or request records online through their system, but more often than not, if your soldier was Army, Air Corps, or National Guard, you are going to get a letter that says 'All the records burned.' Yet, this isn't always the case.
- [Why Do We Keep Repeating History? A Look at WWII.](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-do-we-keep-repeating-history-a-look-at-wwii/) - One thing that keeps showing up the longer I am in Europe on this trip is that history keeps repeating itself. We are not doing enough to stop this.
- [Are You Exploring the Entire Combat Experience?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-exploring-the-entire-combat-experience/) - Exploring all of these aspects of a service member's experience has been part of the work I do for many years. It began with research into my own family stories and those who died, and the few who returned changed, from World War I or World War II. Knowing their experiences affected the entire family and trickled down through our DNA, finding answers to questions, disinterring family secrets, and understanding who my military family members were and who I am has been an ongoing journey for me. I've done a tremendous amount of writing both in books I've published and my own journals in an attempt to sort it all out. We don't often consider the things that trigger us or upset us are actually not ours. We are just conditioned or have it in our DNA that this is "normal" when in reality, we can find answers, heal and release it. Then we are no longer at the effect of the trigger.
- [How Do You Accurately Reconstruct Military History?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/how-do-you-accurately-reconstruct-military-history/) - I am often asked how to reconstruct a military service file. In this short video I talk about this. Be sure to scroll down to see the additional resources to help you accurately reconstruct military history. You might be surprised to discover reconstruction is not what a lot of people tell you it is.
- [Engage Your Students in a Starting WWII Research Course](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/engage-your-students-in-a-starting-wwii-research-course/) - Finding the Answers: Starting WWII Research is a great course to begin to learn about World War II research. Your homeschooling student will begin by learning all about the resources available to them. They will be given a link to the WWII Education Facebook page and this will provide your student with more information that will help them learn more about the process of researching a serviceman’s timeline of service.
- [World War II Writing Course at RootsTech](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/world-war-ii-writing-course-at-rootstech/) - I will be teaching my fourth and final program at RootsTech on Saturday 3 March at 11:00 a.m. Please join me for Battlefield Stories in Ballroom J. Description: Have you researched your World War II soldier or civilian and need tips on where to go next? Have you organized your materials – digital and paper records? Have you written the story? Are you unsure where to start? Using organizational tips, attendees will learn ways to organize their military records. Then using examples of writing prompts and writing formulas, attendees will learn ways to begin writing their World War II stories.
- [New WWII Travel & Army Quick Guides Available](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-wwii-travel-army-quick-guides-available/) - Today is day 1 of the RootsTech conference. Are you attending? If so, please check out the four WWII talks I'm giving the next four days. You may consider bringing tissues because at the end of the programs I tell very emotional war stories. I am excited to announce three new Quick Guides are now
- [Advanced WWII Research Class at RootsTech](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/advanced-wwii-research-class-at-rootstech/) - Are you attending RootsTech this month? I will be teaching four World War II research and writing classes. Learn advanced research techniques at The Greatest Generation: Advanced World War II Research. Session Number: RT1742 in room 251E on Thursday 1 March at 4:30 p.m.
- [History Majors! Think Outside the Box](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/history-majors-think-outside-the-box/) - Yesterday I was interviewed and filmed for the business, in Chicago at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, with Scott Potter from Hidden Catalyst. People strolled in and out of the building while we were filming and one young woman listened to the stories I told as Scott asked questions while he filmed. She and I had several short conversations about the work I do, the History degree I have (Bachelor only) and the adventurous, inspirational, traveling, healing, love-filled life I have created with my business. It reminded me that several years ago I gave a talk at my alma mater, The University of Missouri-Rolla - now Missouri S&T, to the history club about thinking outside the box. I'd like to share a few thoughts with history majors around the world and let you know, there are many other choices available besides going for your Masters or Ph.D. and teaching or being a scholar. ANYTHING is possible if you choose it.
- [Now Available! World War II Writing Prompts on Kindle](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/now-available-world-war-ii-writing-prompts-on-kindle/) - The World War II Research and Writing Center is pleased to announce the publication of its book, Stories from the World War II Battlefield: World War II Writing Prompts, now available on Kindle! Product Description Stories can save us. Stories have the power to heal. Stories help us preserve the past and provide hope that history will not repeat itself. For some cultures, storytelling is the primary method for transmitting a family or group’s collective history. For others, writing the stories to share with family or the world, is the method.
- [Changing the Discussion - Researching WWII Online](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/changing-the-discussion-researching-wwii-online/) - World War II research is a combination of online and offline research, which allows us to tell a more complete story about a soldier, sailor, or Marine's service. The most common thought from most people we encounter at the World War II Research and Writing Center, is that all the records and resources you need
- [WWI Education - WWI Burial Files](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwi-education-wwi-burial-files/) - It has been 100 years since the U.S. entered World War I. As we move through this 100th year, many people are beginning to investigate their World War I soldier's history. A lot of people think all the records burned, as was the case with many World War II personnel files. While the fire did destroy some World War I files, there are still so many other records you can obtain.
- [Healing the Generational Wounds of War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/healing-the-generational-wounds-of-war/) - Exploring the other side of genealogy and military research The trauma of World War II did not end when the war ended. The trauma didn’t just happen to those who served. It also happened to those on the home front in America. Those who were living the war every day while bombs went off around
- [Stop Calling Every WWII File a Service Record](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/stop-calling-it-service-record/) - One of the biggest problems in WWII military research today, especially in genealogy and story writing communities and Facebook Groups, is the habit of calling every military-related file a “service record.” I’m here to tell you after 15 years of deep diving into WWII branch records to write my books and teach, that not every
- [Remembering Michael Kokoska](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/remembering-michael-kokoska/) - Honoring my family's war dead this Memorial Day weekend The ancestors will guide you. They will help heal you—if you allow them to work through you. That is how I transformed a genealogy business into a thriving military research, writing, and teaching career while healing myself along the way. I allowed the ancestors to speak
- [Reviews of Small Group Coaching Sessions](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/reviews-of-small-group-coaching-sessions/) - This year I started teaching focused small group coaching sessions rather than webinars where I can't go deep. These are laser focused on the topic plus questions from attendees. Each session is limited to 10 people to allow me time to answer everyone's questions. Each branch session goes in-depth on the 2-part research strategy I
- [Reconstruct your WWII Veteran's Service](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/reconstruct-your-wwii-veterans-service/) - We all know there was a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis in July 1973. We know approximately 80% of the Army and Army Air Force and Air Force Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) burned. This has led people to believe nothing can be discovered. A myth that is untrue. Yet
- [Book Launch: Faces of War - Researching Your Adopted Soldier](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-launch-faces-of-war-researching-your-adopted-soldier/) - Researching the service and life of a soldier while living in Europe, has its challenges, primarily because the records they need are located in archives in the United States. There is also the challenge of the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The fire destroyed roughly 80% of the Army, Air Corps/Army Air Forces, and National Guard personnel files. This is not however, the end of the story where researchers are concerned.
- [Branch-Specific Group Coaching](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/branch-specific-group-coaching/) - Research smarter. Find the records. Understand the service. Every military branch kept records differently — and that’s where most researchers get stuck. What works for the Army won’t exactly work for the Navy. Air Force records don’t behave like Marine Corps records. Merchant Marine and Coast Guard research follows entirely different rules. These small-group coaching sessions live
- [5 Reasons Why You Need WWII Army Company Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/5-reasons-why-you-need-wwii-army-company-morning-reports/) - I speak to many people on a daily basis about reconstructing World War I or World War II Army and Air Force research in the U.S. and Europe. Everyone is asking the same question. How can I find out where my soldier or Airman was every day? His OMPF (service file) burned in 1973. The
- [WWII Army Company Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-army-company-morning-reports/) - All the records burned and I cannot tell my soldier’s story! How many times have you heard that phrase uttered by Army, Air Forces, and National Guard WWII researchers? I’ve heard it more times than I can count. What people do not realize is there is a hidden gem in the records at the National
- [WWII Army Morning Reports Tell A Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-army-morning-reports-tell-a-story/) - Did you know you can reconstruct Army and Army Air Force service using Company Morning Reports? These records may tell you a very detailed story about your soldier or airman’s service. This is the most important records you need to reconstruct military service, even if the OMPF (service file) survived the 1973 fire. Morning Reports
- [The Importance of Army Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-importance-of-army-morning-reports/) - Reconstructing Army or Army Air Force service is easier with Morning Reports For many genealogists and families researching U.S. Army or Army Air Force WWII service, there comes a point where the usual records stop answering the real questions. Maybe you are researching a veteran whose service file, the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) burned
- [Why Serious Army & Army Air Force Research Requires More Than Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-serious-army-army-air-force-research-requires-more-than-morning-reports/) - Army Morning Reports are great but they are not the end of your reconstruction of military service or research The latest buzz words in the genealogy community are “ARMY MORNING REPORTS.” Yet while these words are being thrown around – most genealogists have no idea what these records really are, can do, what they cannot
- [Explore Family Patterns Through Genealogy in a New Program](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/explore-family-patterns-through-genealogy-in-a-new-program/) - Navigating Life's Labyrinth. Decoding the Circle of Influence. Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. CDT A labyrinth symbolizes journeys, both physical and metaphorical, and are often associated with introspection, self-discovery, and the search for meaning. Finding meaning is what we do as family historians and healers using our genealogical records. Join
- [The Facebook Genealogy Group Echo Chamber](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-facebook-genealogy-group-echo-chamber/) - Why these groups may be hurting your research more than helping Before I get into this article, I have to say thank you to the folks on Substack who research family and military history. The atmosphere here, as I observed, is calm and people provide concrete potential solutions - not noise. Thank you. Keep up
- [WWII Army Morning Report Classes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-army-morning-report-classes/) - Here is what's on tap for May World War II education! This includes the brand new NARA Catalog Army Morning Report classes! To find all offers, learn more and register, please visit my online course site - Ancestral Souls Wisdom School. Space still available! Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. CST Organize Your Military Research
- [The WWII Draft Card Does Not Prove Military Service](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-wwii-draft-card-does-not-prove-military-service/) - World War II draft registration cards are one of the most accessible and information-rich records for understanding the men who were eligible for military service. These cards provide a snapshot of a man’s life at the precise moment in time in which he registered. We learn basic biographical information that can aid our military research,
- [Which John Smith is Mine in all These Military Records?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/which-john-smith-is-mine-in-all-these-military-records/) - Locating the elusive service/serial number with a common named ancestor. I recently helped someone, we’ll call him Joe, with locating information on their family member, William A. Campbell Jr. from Brooklyn, NY, who served in the Navy during World War II. He said William was born 1925 died 1977 and served on ships that were
- [The Advantage of Private WWII Coaching: Clarity, Depth, and Results](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-advantage-of-private-wwii-coaching-clarity-depth-and-results/) - Most genealogists don’t struggle with World War I or World War II research because they lack passion. They struggle because they’re trying to navigate increasingly complex or burned records, conflicting information, and overwhelming databases on their own. Private coaching changes that dynamic entirely. It replaces guesswork with guidance, dispels the fire myths, and helps genealogists
- [Chosen Trauma](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/chosen-trauma/) - For a couple of years I have been studying war trauma, inherited trauma, why people do re-enactment of wars in the U.S. and overseas, and why in the U.S. or overseas we commemorate every year all things WWII or 9/11 or any mass trauma event. One big question keeps emerging, do these things continue the
- [May 2026 Morning Report Classes and More](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/may-2026-morning-report-classes-and-more/) - Here is what's on tap for May World War II education! To find all offers, learn more and register, please visit my online course site - Ancestral Souls Wisdom School. Tuesday, May 5 at 7:00 p.m. CST WWII Cafe (Free) Wednesday, May 6, at 7:00 p.m. CST. WWII Death Records Guided Group Coaching (90-minutes) NEW!
- [WWII Records Research Classes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-records-research-classes/) - Here is what's on tap for the end of May World War II education! To find all offers, learn more and register, please visit my online course site - Ancestral Souls Wisdom School. Tuesday, May 19 at 7:00 p.m. CST WWII Army Records Small Group Coaching (plus Morning Reports) Wednesday, May 20 at 11:00 a.m.
- [Fold3 - Words & Context Matter](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/fold3-words-context-matter/) - Recently, Fold3 announced the arrival of a new World War I record set. The Arkansas, WWI Discharge Records, 1917-1919. The description from Fold3 and also the Arkansas State Archives is Key Information Included in the Records: Biographical Data: Veteran’s age, place of birth, and place of residence at the time of service. Military Service Details:
- [The Myth of Fold3 Military Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-myth-of-fold3-military-records/) - Can we talk for a moment about the reality of Fold3 and military records? I've observed in a number of Facebook genealogy groups that people have no idea what Fold3 really contains or how it can help with your research. Additionally, most people have no idea how to actually research WWI or WWII military service.
- [March 2026 Group Coaching & Program Offers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/march-2026-group-coaching-program-offers/) - My branch-specific small group coaching sessions have been so successful that I'm offering more in March! Here is the list of upcoming coaching sessions and webinars. Space is limited for group coaching so I can address everyone's questions so be sure to register today to save your spot. Explore all upcoming events in my online
- [America250: Ask Me Anything - Veteran Book Writing](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/america250-ask-me-anything-veteran-book-writing/) - A Free Zoom event Access Live Guidance for your 2026 Veteran Book Project in this FREE Zoom Meeting to ask your writing and publishing questions. Make 2026 the year you research your World War II, Korea or Vietnam veteran and write their story! Not sure where to begin with writing and publishing your book? I can help! America
- [Learn to Search Army Morning Reports on NARA Catalog](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/learn-to-search-army-morning-reports-on-nara-catalog/) - The most vital record anyone researching WWI, WWII, or Korean Army or Army Air Force/Air Force service needs is the Army Morning Report, also known as a Company Morning Report. This record will help you reconstruct military service and track footsteps of your veteran or fallen, even if the records burned. Often you will find
- [5 Reasons Why You Must Have Army and Air Force Company Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/5-reasons-why-you-must-have-army-and-air-force-company-morning-reports/) - I speak to many people on a daily basis about Army and Air Force research in the U.S. and Europe. Everyone is asking the same question. How can I find out where my soldier or Airman was every day? His OMPF (service file) burned in 1973. The answer is simple. You start with Company Morning Reports. Here are 5 reasons you need these records. Company Morning Reports will help you reconstruct a soldier's service, allowing you to document where he was every day he was in a company in a particular unit. You will also know when he changed units so you can continue tracing his service.
- [Exploring Army & Army Air Forces Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/exploring-army-army-air-forces-morning-reports/) - Company Morning Reports will help you reconstruct military service whether or not the OMPF (service file) burned. Research your veteran today!
- [Help! VT, WX, VN As Locations on Army Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/help-vt-wx-vn-as-locations-on-morning-reports/) - Usually the Morning Reports have actual locations named rather than all these codes. But some writers used codes. You will often see code words in some variation in unit records. This article only focuses on Morning Reports and the British Modified System codes shown here.
- [5 Reasons Why You Must Have Army and Army Air Force Company Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/5-reasons-why-you-must-have-army-and-army-air-force-company-morning-reports/) - I speak to many people on a daily basis about Army and Air Force research in the U.S. and Europe. Everyone is asking the same question. How can I find out where my soldier or Airman was every day? His OMPF (service file) burned in 1973. The answer is simple. You start with Company Morning
- [Army Morning Reports Tell A Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/company-morning-reports-tell-a-story/) - Did you know Army and Army Air Force Company Morning Reports may tell you a very detailed story about your soldier or airman's service? This is one of the most important records you need to reconstruct military service, even if the OMPF (service file) survived the 1973 fire. Morning Reports listed many details about the
- [Stories in WWII Army Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/stories-in-wwii-army-morning-reports/) - I have said for years that you never know what you will find in military records until you obtain them. Army Morning Reports are no different. For each report the military created, there was a standard of the basic information that should be recorded on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Some report creators did
- [WWII Education - Company Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-company-morning-reports/) - All the records burned and I cannot tell my soldier's story! How many times have you heard that phrase uttered by Army, Air Forces, and National Guard WWII researchers? I've heard it more times than I can count. What people do not realize is there is a hidden gem in the records at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO. A record set that will provide the foundation researchers need to reconstruct service history from start to finish, especially if they are creative with their research. What is the gem?
- [Women in WWII - Sex, Rights, Jobs, Discrimination, Abuse](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/women-in-wwii-sex-rights-jobs-discrimination-abuse/) - Do you use historical fiction to explore new topics of interest and the way life used to be? A book called "The Paris Orphan" by Natasha Lester opened my eyes to female WWII correspondents and the struggles they faced from discrimination and rape.
- [The Death of Major John E. Adams](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-death-of-major-john-e-adams/) - When you research your veteran, are you also researching the collaterals? Those who served with your veteran? Died with your veteran? If not, you could be missing out on incredible information that provides context to your veteran's service. As I was reviewing old files and reading some new Official Military Personnel Files I received, I
- [You May Need More Than a Record Puller](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/you-may-need-more-than-a-record-puller/) - In the world of genealogy and military research there are a couple primary types of researchers. Those who only pull records then hand them to the client and say ‘good luck!’ Then there are those who pull records and provide reports with context to explain what it all means. Both are necessary in the research
- [Why Are People So Offended and Upset?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-are-people-so-offended-and-upset/) - Context is vital in family history research and personal and ancestral healing I’ve observed since 2020 and more in the last couple of years, that people very easily get offended and upset. There is little to no thought that goes into why they feel these things - it’s simply a reaction to whatever in their
- [Are You Feral, Perfect, or Somewhere In Between?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-feral-perfect-or-somewhere-in-between/) - I had a conversation with a friend about John Bradshaw's book Family Secrets. I also shared that I'm creating some new genealogy workshops to help people look at their lives and the lives of their families from different perspectives. When she heard that, she shared something interesting with me. It kind of revolved around how
- [Decorations for ‘Forgotten’ War Heroes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/decorations-for-forgotten-war-heroes/) - He is almost 90 years old and physically troubled, but he does not want to give up. Jacques Brijl, a former lieutenant-colonel in the Dutch army, still works on what seems to be a never-ending task: he seeks recognition for soldiers who were killed in action during World War II and never received a medal for their brave actions.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 26 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-26-october-2015/) - On 26 October I slept late. This afternoon I was to drive to Goirle, Netherlands to meet my colleague John Boeren of Antecedentia. He arranged for me to give a talk for the Tilburg Netherlands Liberation Ceremonies, three of which would be held 27 October. I slept a good 12 hours and finally by 8:00 a.m., the soldiers were banging around the B&B as if to say, ‘Rise and Shine already and look at your email and Facebook!’
- [WWII Education - Honoring Our Soldiers Overseas](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-honoring-our-soldiers-overseas/) - The last several years I've been researching and writing my WWII books and programs, I've been working with members of Stichting Verenigde Adoptanten Amerikaanse Oorlogsgraven (Foundation United Adopters American War Graves) in the Netherlands. This group is responsible for two projects which honor our WWII Soldiers buried in American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) cemeteries overseas.
- [Exploring Collective Trauma in our Family Trees](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/exploring-collective-trauma-in-our-family-trees/) - In my new course, Trauma in the Family Tree, we will explore four core themes, one of which is collective trauma. What is it? How do we identify it for our ancestors' lives? How did they cope with it or did they not process it? How much of the collective trauma our ancestors endured was
- [100 years, Remembering Michael Kokoska](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/100-years-remembering-michael-kokoska/) - 100 years ago today, my great grand uncle Michael Kokoska, was permanently buried in Bohemian National Cemetery here in Chicago. He was killed in World War I in France in June 1918 and temporarily buried there. You can view some of his military documents under WWI Record Examples. My Invitation to You I invite you
- [Are You Visiting Museums, Memorials, and Places that Evoke Strong Emotion & Thinking?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-visiting-museums-memorials-and-places-that-evoke-strong-emotion-thinking/) - Are you visiting places that will evoke strong emotions? Places that make you think and start conversations about the past and history?
- [A Phoenix Rising](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-phoenix-rising/) - This has been a year of transformation at the WWII Research & Writing Center. Explore what's changed and how we can help you move into the 5D Earth.
- [Do Genealogy & Military Researchers Need Therapy?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/do-genealogy-military-researchers-need-therapy/) - Let's discuss whether or not the genealogy and military research communities should have resources available to help their clients and researchers in general, deal with the emotions and secrets they discover through the work they do.
- [Book Review: Salt to the Sea](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-salt-to-the-sea/) - A gripping historical fiction book that discusses a little-known ship sinking that took more lives than the Titanic during WWII. How many of these stories and topics apply to your family history?
- [Should I Donate My Military Papers and Artifacts?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/should-i-donate-my-military-papers-and-artifacts/) - I recently posted on Facebook about a 101st Airborne paratrooper's letters I was reading and writing about. I commented that people should save their letters and envelopes that go with each letter as they contain valuable information about not only the service history of a soldier, but his family and life. I went on to say that should a family not want their soldier's military papers and artifacts any long to please not throw it away. There are many individuals, archives, museums, and other repositories that would be happy to take the original materials. Them someone asked for a list of those repositories. While I do not have a list of every possible place in America to donate materials, I can give you some things to consider before you donate.
- [Book Review - Army Service Forces Catalog Government Issue Collector's Guides Volumes 1 and 2](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-army-service-forces-catalog-government-issue-collectors-guides-volumes-1-and-2/) - These books are by Henri-Paul Enjames, Army Service Forces Catalog Government Issue U.S. Army European Theater of Operations Collector's Guide. There are two volumes because the author could not put them both into one book.
- [Clarification from NPRC on IDPF Availability](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/clarification-from-nprc-on-idpf-availability/) - I received the following from an archivist at NPRC regarding my prior post about the IDPF availability change. The National Archives-St. Louis is in the process of receiving large portions of the Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPF) created by the U.S. Army to document deaths in service that occurred during the period 1939-1976. Eventually the National Archives-St. Louis will hold all of the records. By early February 2017, it will have received approximately half of the records that cover the period ca. 1939-1954. These records were maintained by the Army in an alphabetical arrangement, and selected files in this group are being digitized by the Defense Prisoner-of-War/Missing-in-Action Accounting Agency (DPAA). DPAA has completed their digitization of the A-L portion of the alphabet, and these records along with the post-Korean War files (1954-1976), which are NOT being digitized, are currently being shipped to St. Louis from the Washington National Records Center (WNRC) in Suitland, Maryland. To date (November 18, 2016), the National Archives-St. Louis has received five (5) of eight (8) tractor trailer shipments; the 8th and final load is due to be received the first week of February 2017. The remainder of the 1939-1954 alphabetical group will be received as DPAA completes its digitization project over the next few years.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - Turning Points and Crossroads](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-turning-points-and-crossroads/) - Before we get too far into my trip articles, I thought I should provide a little background. I'm sure there will be questions as to why I'm talking about spiritual things in my military work. A Turning Point arrived....... I like writing prompts because they help me focus on different kinds of writing and bring things to my awareness that might come no other way. I found one online written by Charity Hume on Cultural Weekly that started with this. William Styron, an American novelist said,
- [47th General Hospital, New Guinea WWII](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/47th-general-hospital-new-guinea-wwii/) - Researching a veteran is often thought of as starting and ending with the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO and obtaining the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF), also known as the service file. If that burned, most people assume that's the end of the story. It is not.
- [Ghosts of the Pacific](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/ghosts-of-the-pacific/) - Grief is a tricky thing. It ebbs and flows and can turn our realities upside down and inside out. Unresolved grief can span generations and consume the living in ways we may not realize. Have you ever considered how the unresolved grief from World War II may still be lingering in your family and how
- [Not Everyone Was Chosen for this Sacred Duty](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/not-everyone-was-chosen-for-this-sacred-duty/) - The family healer often stands alone. As I write this, the world continues to grow louder, more fearful, and more chaotic for many on this planet. But this external noise is not consuming everyone. There are many who stand apart from this noise, the fear, and the chaos. There are those who came here to
- [Returning War Heroes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/returning-war-heroes/) - Exploring Life after the WWII Ticker Tape Parades, Funerals, and Hospital Releases Part 1: Have We Over Glorified the War? Part 2: The Romantic World War II Home Front Victory! Excitement! Get married, have babies, go to school, live the American dream! And never utter a word about your experience. Thousands of civilian and military
- [Impacts of Generational War Trauma](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/impacts-of-generational-war-trauma/) - We have all heard the terms epigenetics, generational trauma, inherited trauma, and family patterns, but do we really understand what those terms or phrases mean in our actual life and family? I suspect most of us do not. I’ve observed over the years, working with clients, that the trauma that impacted a veteran tends to
- [Lost in History, or Not?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/lost-in-history-or-not/) - Guest Post by Hans Veders as part of my Stories of the Greatest Generation series. The Netherlands American Cemetery is located on the road from Maastricht (NLD) to Aachen (GER). Nearby the town of Margraten. In 1944 Cpt Shomon, commander of the 611th Graves Registration Company selected the area to bury casualties of the ongoing
- [Kajabi - An Online Business Platform](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/kajabi-an-online-business-platform/) - Are you looking for a powerful, easy to use platform to host your online courses, webinars, and membership site? You might check into Kajabi. If you would like to sign up, please consider using my referral link. When someone signs up with my link, they will get a 15% discount off any Kajabi plan. To sign up you can use my referral link. Disclaimer, I do make a small percentage off revenue the first year you are a Kajabi member. This does not affect your income in any way.
- [Jennifer's European Adventures 19 - 21 May 2017](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/jennifers-european-adventures-19-21-may-2017/) - It's so great to be back in Europe for the second time this year. Johan and I are going back and forth regularly now and having all kinds of adventures.
- [Honoring Service Resources - 36th Infantry Division Reports and Photographs](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-resources-36th-infantry-division-reports-and-photographs/) - Many people seek unit level reports, preferably online rather than in archives, and many World War II reunion groups are digitizing these types oHonoring Service Resourcesf materials. Did you know that military museums are also digitizing materials like this for researchers? The Texas Military Forces Museum has digitized several reports for the 36th Infantry Division. The museum is working toward digitizing more materials so check back regularly to see if they have any other information you can use.
- [WWII Education - Coast Guard Service Files (OMPFs) and Death Files (IDPFs)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-coast-guard-service-files-ompfs-and-death-files-idpfs/) - There is so much talk about Army and Air Force records from World War II, that today I want to switch gears and talk about Coast Guard records. I have observed through conversations on social media, that when people think about the Coast Guard for WWII, they think of either the Pacific Theater of Operations
- [WWII Education - Difference between the OMPF and IDPF](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/difference-between-the-ompf-and-idpf/) - I wrote an article about the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) which contained information on how to request it, what it contained, and how to share information with organizations who honor our war dead. Several people were confused about the difference between the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF), also known as the military service file and the IDPF. This article will clarify what those files are, where they are located, what they contain, and how to obtain copies.
- [Book Review: Travel the Liberation Route Europe](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-travel-the-liberation-route-europe/) - Explore a new resource for WWII Travel in Europe, along the Allied Liberation Route.
- [The Difference Between the OMPF & IDPF](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-difference-between-the-ompf-idpf/) - A lot of people get confused with all the acronyms in military research. Especially when it comes to personnel files. So let's clear this up shall we? I wrote an article about the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) which contained information on how to request it, what it contained, and how to share information with
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 28 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-28-october-2015/) - Today was the day I was going to find the silver ring the universe kept saying I needed to find. And where was it going to be? Nijmegen! After a leisurely morning of sleeping in to recover from the prior two days and prepare to speak again tonight, I thought I would head toward Groesbeek and stop in Nijmegen to look for this ring. So I drove along beautiful roads and got to Nijmegen and felt like that was not the place to find the ring.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps 14 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-14-october-2015/) - April 13, 2015 I made my first trip to Europe. Three weeks, six countries, and I saw five minutes of a lot of things. It was the most incredible trip I had ever taken. An experience for which I will be forever grateful. Changed my life, my perspective, and my work. That trip also took me on a spiritual journey unlike any other and opened my heart and soul up more than it had been. The soldiers who were already communicating with me, were now doing so at a higher level. It was a little crazy, unnerving at times, and amazingly cool. The writing I did during and after that trip allowed me to heal things within myself but also others through my books and programs.
- [WWII Research Collective - Meet Hughes Glantzberg](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-research-collective-meet-hughes-glantzberg/) - When I launched my website, I started a World War II Research Collective. In this group are researchers around the world who specialize in WWII units, battles, theaters of war, or types of research. To help you get to know the researchers better, I'll be doing some Q&A with them. Tell us a little about
- [Must Have WWI Travel Resource](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/must-have-wwi-travel-resource/) - Explore a must-have resource for anyone interested in WWI American battlefield history and travel.
- [Honoring Service Resources - Identifying Those Unidentified Photos](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-resources-identifying-those-unidentified-photos/) - Last week at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, I met Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective. If you are involved in the American genealogy community, you know who she is. If you are a WWII researcher in Europe, then you probably have no idea who she is. But you should!
- [Honoring Service - Tips for Genealogists Helping European WWII Researchers and Foundations](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-tips-for-genealogists-helping-european-wwii-researchers-and-foundations/) - There are a lot of World War II researchers, grave adopters, foundations, re-enactment groups, museums, and organizations dedicated to learning about our American World War II soldiers and preserving their memories through various programs. The most well-known groups of researchers are the Dutch, because of the successful grave adoption program, Foundation for Adopting Graves American
- [Honoring Service - Foundation United Adopters American War Graves](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-foundation-united-adopters-american-war-graves/) - One of the groups I am collaborating with overseas is the Foundation United Adopters American War Graves. My friend Sebastiaan Vonk, was kind enough to answer a few questions for me about the work his foundation does and how American genealogists can help! Introducing Sebastiaan Vonk and the Foundation United Adopters American War Graves Tell us about your foundation, the Foundation United Adopters American War Graves. What prompted you to start a foundation? We had been active on the internet for several years, doing the work that we now also do as a foundation: helping grave adopters to find information on the soldiers whose graves they have adopted, creating memorial pages for thousands of U.S. WWII soldiers in our Fields of Honor - Database. However, being a foundation would open new doors to us and would therefore be beneficial to our mission. So after 4 years, we decided to go ahead and found a foundation.
- [Memorial Day Weekend 2016 at Margraten, Netherlands](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/memorial-day-weekend-2016-at-margraten-netherlands/) - This year I spent Memorial Day weekend in Europe, specifically in Margraten in the Netherlands. The primary reason I was in Margraten was because my Dutch fiancé has a foundation, the U.S. Paratrooper Society, which lays a wreath at Margraten during the Memorial Day service. He asked me to be his wreath layer this year. Since we were going to Margraten and I was planning to release new World War II research books, it was also a good time to arrange a book signing. The book signing was one of two events that weekend where I promoted my new book, Faces of War: Researching Your Adopted Soldier.
- [Women's History Month: WAC Celia Goldberg](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/womens-history-month-wac-celia-goldberg/) - Everyone has a story to tell. Everyone deserves to be remembered. Celia Goldberg was a Women's Army Corps service member I learned about several years ago when the then Superintendent of the ABMC North Africa and I were chatting about those buried there and locating more information. I believe Celia is the only woman buried
- [Surprising Details in IDPFs](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/surprising-details-in-idpfs/) - Last week I had a conversation with a couple of military researchers about the how, why, when, of burials post-1951, in the ABMC cemeteries and how the NOK (next of kin) was identified. My primary knowledge of Graves Registration Service ends after 1951, although I understand some of how our recovered service members have been
- [Honoring Service: 10 Things Genealogists Need to Know About European WWI and WWII Researchers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-10-things-genealogists-need-to-know-about-european-wwi-and-wwii-researchers/) - Over the last several years I have worked with, and collaborated with, many Europeans who research American WWI and WWII service. I've also observed that most genealogists do pre-WWI research only, because so many records are accessible online or in books for those wars. Sadly, genealogists are missing out on a huge opportunity to learn more about members of their communities or families by not exploring the records available offline, working with overseas researchers, and speaking with veterans about their experiences. As part of the Honoring World War II Service Together program I launched in August, I'd like to share 10 things genealogists should know about these incredible researchers. It is my hope through these articles that more people will begin connecting and collaborating. You might be surprised at what you learn about your WWI or WWII family member that you didn't know!
- [My Parents Believed What?!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/my-parents-believed-what/) - Being the family cycle breaker has impacts far beyond what we initially sense. I’ve always been different and strange. Even as I entered this body and this world in 1973 I was different. Life began with difficulty for both my mother and me. It created a wedge between us that neither of us could have
- [Women's History Month: What Was Her Story?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/womens-history-month-what-was-her-story/) - Have you asked the hard or uncomfortable questions about your female ancestor? Do you ask family members for the stories that are not kind? Have you only heard negative stories about certain family members and wondered why? Last year I started questioning why the only stories I heard about my great grandmother Bessie were negative.
- [Winter Webinar Specials](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/winter-webinar-specials/) - Winter is setting in and it's the perfect time to expand your genealogical and military research and writing education. From now through 31 December 2023, I have special offers for you.Take 20% off these classes. Use discount code: WINTER23Introduction to GenogramWhy Was Grandma So MeanExploring Family Patterns and StoriesAncestral Time Travel: TimelineMy Doughboy’s StoryExplore those
- [Women's History Month: Women on the Home Front](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/womens-history-month-women-on-the-home-front/) - As you research your military service member from World War I, World War II, Korea, or Vietnam, ask yourself these questions. Is that where your exploration ends? You only research the military service? Have you taken the time to explore the lives the women left at home led? How they coped and processed their loved
- [Program Launch - Honoring World War II Service Together](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/program-launch-honoring-world-war-ii-service-together/) - The World War II Research and Writing Center is pleased to announce a new educational program, Honoring World War II Service at Home and Abroad. Over the next several months, we will be providing resources to help Americans connect with researchers overseas, and resources to help overseas researchers connect with Americans.
- [From Service to Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/from-service-to-story/) - A new foundational mini-program designed to help you move from overwhelm in research and writing to a clear, manageable starting point. If you’ve been carrying a veteran story that you want to write or even publish, and don’t know where to begin, this program was created for you. Registration is now open for From Service to
- [Genealogy Society Small Group Coaching](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/genealogy-society-small-group-coaching/) - Does your genealogy society, special interest group, DAR/SAR group, or other military research group need specialized assistance? I now offer small group live Zoom Meeting coaching for World War I and World War II research. These sessions are great for addressing specific brick wall questions; to get specific help on sites like Fold3, NARA Catalog,
- [Uncovering the Truth of Our Family's War Stories](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/uncovering-the-truth-of-our-familys-war-stories/) - Is the truth what we WISH it to be or something else? As we approach the 80th Anniversary of D-Day this week, a lot of people are traveling, walking in their veteran’s footsteps and seeking answers. It’s important to ask ourselves several questions as we research our family’s World War I and World War II
- [Archives are Closed Again...](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/archives-are-closed-again/) - As we enter February 2026, the government is in partial shutdown (AGAIN) which means archives are closed (AGAIN). That doesn't mean you can't still learn how to research, conduct research, or start writing. I'm offering more coaching programs this month to help you get the help you need. Register at the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School
- [New Writing & Publishing Services Added](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-writing-publishing-services-added/) - Well, as I write this on 30 January 2026, we are on the verge of another possible government shutdown that closes our National Archives. Even though we may not be able to get records, this doesn't mean you can't start writing your book or making project plans. Reach out to info@wwiirwc.com to schedule a free
- [New Group Coaching Sessions](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-group-coaching-sessions/) - When I was a little girl, I dreamed of being a teacher. My mom worked in a library and my aunt taught high school. I always had access to books and textbooks and I played school with my siblings all the time, much to their dismay. HA! Fast forward to college…I wanted to be a
- [Discovering the Truth in Military Stories](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/discovering-the-truth-in-military-stories/) - War trauma, real or imagined, affects everyone in the family, for generations. The unwillingness to learn the truth and change our perspective of what really happened, can further cause damage to our souls and those of our descendants.
- [New Online Research Toolkit](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-online-research-toolkit/) - Previously only offered in my research webinar programs, I'm excited to release my Researching WWII Online Toolkit PDF. A practical, easy-to-use guide designed to help anyone uncover the military story of a World War II veteran. Inside you’ll find step-by-step research tips, clear explanations of where to begin, and guidance for organizing what you discover. The
- [Are You Researching the Other Names in the IDPF?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-researching-the-other-names-in-the-idpf/) - How does this apply to military research? Often when we receive military records for our soldier, airman, sailor, or Marine, we focus so much on the individual and the details we can find on him or her, that we ignore the rest. What would happen if we shifted some focus to those who served with our soldier or were declared MIA or KIA the same day they were? What might we learn? In one example, I have been reviewing the IDPF for Col. John A. Gillies, who died when the Russian plane he was on with two other Americans, crashed over Iran on 29 Feb 1942. Col. Gillies was part of the Corps of Engineers at that time stationed in Iraq and the Americans he was with, along with many Russians, were handling aspects of the Lend-Lease agreement. While the IDPF is VERY complete and there are many descriptions of the plane crash, photographs, and a detailed description of the recovery efforts, searching other records and the collaterals is important.
- [The BIRLS Database Request Failed](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-birls-database-request-failed/) - Some of you may remember that in December 2024, Reclaim the Records provided access to a new BIRLS Database website that allowed researchers to easily make a FOIA request for a Veteran's Claim File. Thousands of people flooded the system and now as of July 2025, all we are getting is the same biographical and
- [America 250: Make 2026 the Year to Write your Veteran Book](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/america-250-make-2026-the-year-to-write-your-veteran-book/) - As the United States celebrates America 250 in 2026, we are being asked to do more than celebrate a milestone. This anniversary invites a deeper reckoning with who we have been, what we have endured, and how individual lives shaped the nation we inherited. At the heart of that story are the men and women
- [Are you Ready to Write in a Community?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-ready-to-write-in-a-community/) - I'm excited to bring back my Roots, War and the Soul Writing Group! One of the missions of my life and business is to help people get their stories preserved. This might be in the form of short stories for your family, blog posts, articles, or books. Whether you are writing about personal history, family
- [Do You Ever Wonder If Your Ancestors….](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/do-you-ever-wonder-if-your-ancestors/) - Questions and thoughts on soul contracts and our ancestors in war I sat down at Starbucks recently to work on my upcoming book. A military research book that doesn’t currently exist on the market. Of all the books I’ve written, this one requires the most from me. The most vulnerability, knowledge, willingness to be open
- [From Battlefield to Browser.](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/from-battlefield-to-browser/) - Learn how to research WWII service online this month! The first place everyone goes when researching a veteran is online. Depending on which war, World War I, World War II, Korea, or Vietnam, you will find different records. Some in abundance and others not so much. For almost 15 years I’ve been teaching people my
- [My Veteran Had Two Service Files?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/my-veteran-had-two-service-files/) - Multiple branch OMPFs and service in places you never expected I wrote about the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) and its contents. This week I would like to take you deeper into these incredible files to show you what else you might discover. Their contents might make you pause, question your family’s narrative, heal, and
- [Stories from the Battlefield. Writing Your Stories of War.](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/stories-from-the-battlefield-writing-your-stories-of-war/) - This month we commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, V-E Day. Are you researching and writing your stories of war? If not, I can help. I have two writing books to help you get started. In Stories from the World War II Battlefield, Vol. 3 Writing the Stories
- [Naval Armed Guard Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/naval-armed-guard-records/) - When I say World War II Navy, what’s the first thing that pops into your head? Was it, a sailor on a ship? That’s what I thought. Most of us associate sailors on ships as all there was and is to the U.S. Navy. Did you realize there were Naval Armed Guard members? Pilots and gunners on Navy aircraft?
- [VA Index and Your WWI Service Member](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/va-index-and-your-wwi-service-member/) - My grandma told me about my great grand uncle Michael Kokoska when she was in her early 90s. I was a 26 year old new family historian at the time. At that time everyone thought all the records burned and no one would find anything about their military family member.
- [Veterans Administration Master Index Codes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/veterans-administration-master-index-codes/) - Have you used the FamilySearch (also on Ancestry without an image) Veterans Administration Master Index 1917-1940 database? If you had a family member who served in the military between those dates, this is a must-use database. This database was the first digital asset Reclaim the Records obtained from NARA. Be sure to check them out
- [Ghosts, Grit, and Generations](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/ghosts-grit-and-generations/) - What I’ve Learned Writing Family History Books for Clients Writing family history, veteran history, and personal history is soul work. Through the act of storytelling we preserve memories, teach lessons, give a voice to the voiceless, and quite possible heal deep pieces of our hearts and souls. This healing happens whether we write for a
- [Exploring the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/exploring-the-official-military-personnel-file-ompf/) - All the records did not burn and you need this file. The Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) is a much sought after file for every veteran. It contains the building blocks or puzzle pieces of your veteran’s service. You will learn the basics of who the veteran was at the time of service; where they
- [World War II Officer Discharge Cards](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/world-war-ii-officer-discharge-cards/) - Every research project I touch for personal or professional projects, I learn something new. This week I received some new Official Military Personnel Files for Army and Army Air Force service members. Included were some sample records, all of which I had already seen and used before, except one. This new record is the World
- [War's Echo in the Body](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wars-echo-in-the-body/) - The Medical Legacy of World War II Service As Veteran’s Day approaches I felt called to look into the service of my great uncle, Frank J. Kokoska. My mom told me Uncle Frank had a lot of health issues, mostly in his hands and feet, due to his World War II service. Until the last
- [A Life Cut Short. Emil Paul Ratay](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-life-cut-short-emil-paul-ratay/) - A part of my family I know very little about are the Ratay/Ratajs. My great grandma Marie Rataj married Jan Holik. Marie had a brother named Joseph who lived briefly in Chicago like the rest of my Czech ancestors but then after military service (1912-1917), he moved his family to Cleveland, Ohio. I have a
- [WWII Research Tip! The OMPF Contains Gold](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-research-tip-the-ompf-contains-gold/) - Just a super quick Research Tip! When you obtain the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) you will discover additional information that isn't contained in other records. A lot of people assume the OMPF was included in the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) but that's inaccurate. There may be a few pieces of service history but
- [Now Offering Live Small Group Coaching](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/now-offering-live-small-group-coaching/) - Does your genealogy society, special interest group, DAR/SAR group, or other military research group need specialized assistance? I now offer small group live Zoom Meeting coaching for World War I and World War II research. These sessions are great for addressing specific brick wall questions; to get specific help on sites like Fold3, NARA Catalog,
- [Band of Brothers in Letters - Bernie Tom KIA 9 Oct 44 Part 1](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/band-of-brothers-in-letters-bernie-tom-kia-9oct44/) - Today we remember PFC Bernard (Bernie) Tom of F Company 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne, who was Killed In Action on the dike between Randwijk and Heteren, Netherlands, near the Crossroads. If you know where Dukeman was killed and turn around, that is where F Company fought.
- [Ask THIS Question Before Hiring a Researcher](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/ask-this-question-before-hiring-a-researcher/) - The #1 question you should ask a professional military researcher, a Certified or Accredited Genealogist, professional genealogist or museum BEFORE you hire them for research is…. If the service file burned, what records will you use to reconstruct my veteran’s service and tell me what units he/she was in and where he/she was? If the
- [Writing the Stories of War Workbook](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/writing-the-stories-of-war-workbook/) - In 2016 I launched my book Stories from the WWII Battlefield Volume 3: Writing the Stories of War. This book is now available as a PDF workbook download on my website, Ancestral Souls Wisdom School. Description: Stories can save us. Stories have the power to heal. Stories help us preserve the past and provide hope
- [Are You Missing Vital Information?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-missing-vital-information/) - I recently read an IDPF for a soldier named Albert H. Goodrich, Battery A 33rd Field Artillery 1st Infantry Division. His file is 165 pages long and contains a lot of letters from his wife Ruth. The two met while Albert must have been training in Georgia prior to shipping overseas with the 1st Division.
- [Remembering the Fallen](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/remembering-the-fallen/) - Behind every World War II service record lies a story of courage, sacrifice, and loss—especially for those who were taken prisoner, went missing, or died in service. Military records, specifically the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF), hold the keys to uncovering these powerful stories, revealing the truth of what happened and honoring the men and
- [World War II Sacrifice Program](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/world-war-ii-sacrifice-program/) - Live webinar, Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. CST, World War II Sacrifice. Our Fallen Deserve to be Remembered Behind every World War II service record lies a story of courage, sacrifice, and loss—especially for those who were taken prisoner, went missing, or died in service. Military records, specifically the Individual Deceased Personnel File
- [When to Hire a Ghost Writer for a Veteran Book](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/when-to-hire-a-ghost-writer-for-a-veteran-book/) - I believe every person carries within them at least one story that is waiting to be written, shared, and remembered. For many, that story is tied to a family veteran. Maybe it was a father who never spoke about the war but lived its effects for the rest of his life. Maybe it was a
- [From War to Words](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/from-war-to-words/) - Have you ever dreamed of preserving your veteran’s story in a book—but didn’t know where to begin? Maybe it feels overwhelming. Maybe you’ve told yourself, “I’m not a writer…so how could I possibly do this?” If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone—and you’re exactly who this new program was created for. With Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving,
- [Obtaining Copies of the IDPF](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/obtaining-copies-of-the-idpf/) - One of the most important files a researcher needs if he or she is investigating the life and death of a soldier, sailor, or Marine who was Killed In Action or died in World War II, is the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF.) This file was also created for the Korean War and Vietnam. In WWI it was called a Burial File.
- [The Archives May Be Closed But...](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-archives-may-be-closed-but/) - Military research is still possible As of October 1, 2025, the National Archives may be closed but there is a lot of information you can obtain from other sources to start or continue your World War I or World War II research or writing journey. Did you know that there is a specific strategy to
- [Webinars & Institutes Aren't Always Helpful](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/webinars-institutes-arent-always-helpful/) - Let's face it. Since 2020 when we were forced away from in-person genealogy and military research gatherings and pushed online to watch endless webinars or attend endless Zoom work meetings, most of us are burnt out. We don't want to watch another webinar that may not get us to our research goals. We don't want
- [Level Up Your Family History Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/level-up-your-family-history-research/) - Many of us communicate with our ancestors. Perhaps it’s a slight nudge to keep going on a reel of microfilm. Maybe it’s a deep, intuitive knowing or whisper that suggests you visit a specific place in the world. Sometimes the information arrives in a dream or through conversation with another person. However it arrives, there
- [What Are My Options for WWII Research?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/what-are-my-options-for-wwii-research/) - Online, In-Person, Hire a Researcher? A Combination? Whew! I just completed another Part 1 of an Army client project and let me tell you - I'm glad I have both records from NPRC Morning Reports and have the option to attempt to find "missing" reports on NARA's Catalog. Are you confused about why I would
- [What If There Are No Answers?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/what-if-there-are-no-answers/) - Some stories take decades to tell. Not because we don’t have the genealogical or military records to shape the story, but because we are not emotionally or energetically ready to speak it into life. We fear the impact of breaking the family silence. Of speaking truth to secrets and lies. We are afraid of being
- [Are You Telling the Truth in the Military Story?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-telling-the-truth-in-the-military-story/) - Truth is defined as the reality of a situation. But whose situation? Can there be variations of a truth? How in genealogy or military research do we decide which truth is accurate? How do we decide if a family story that has been passed down through the generations contains any truth? Maybe the most important question to
- [WWII Research 101: Don’t Make These Beginner Blunders](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-research-101-dont-make-these-beginner-blunders-2/) - We don’t know what we don’t know. This is true whether we are talking about military research, genealogy, real estate, or money. The thing that holds us back, wastes our money and time, and prevents us from finding answers is not asking the questions and following through with the research required to learn what we
- [Is It Ok to Say Their Names?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/is-it-ok-to-say-their-names/) - Are veterans allowed to share names in their books? The pain and trauma of war live on in the minds, hearts, bodies, and souls of veterans, long after the guns fall silent. The memories, the bodies, the combat experiences, and even the good times, can blur together. Some are even blocked, forgotten. Safely behind a
- [When One Voice Breaks the Silence](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/when-one-voice-breaks-the-silence/) - Veteran Stories Can Be Someone's Healing Medicine I wish I would have known when I started having children that they don’t only inherit eye color, body shape, gifts, or jawlines. They also inherit pain, trauma, resilience, silence, and the many untold and unhealed stories of their parents and ancestors. I wish I would have known
- [Bringing Veteran Stories to Life with Expert Editing](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/bringing-veteran-stories-to-life-with-expert-editing/) - Writing a book about a World War I or World War II veteran family member or a client’s family member is an incredible act of remembrance. It requires patience, love, and a knowledge of military research and records. Transforming your research, family lore, and historical records into a compelling book is no small feat. This
- [Book Release! Legacy of the Skies](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-release-legacy-of-the-skies/) - A Grandson’s Tribute to a Legendary Aviator by Doug Hall I am so excited to announce the official release of my client Doug Hall’s first book, now available on Amazon! Legacy of the Skies. A Grandson’s Tribute to a Legendary Aviator. Doug will also be interviewed on the WW2TV show on YouTube, today, May 6,
- [The Romantic World War II Home Front](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-romantic-world-war-ii-home-front/) - Exploring what it was like for civilians at home. Those who loved. Those who waited. Excitement. Fear. Romance. Adventure. Patriotism. These are a few words which describe the emotional landscape of Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor as men raced to enlist to serve their country. Or at least these are words we have
- [Have We Over Glorified War?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/have-we-over-glorified-war/) - Books and movies, our own imaginations....but was that really the war? Shock. Awe. Romance. Adventure. Glory. Tearful send offs. Heroes. Joyful homecomings. These are things that most historical fiction books, war movies, news reels and articles, and our own imaginations have put forth as how World War II was to be remembered. Not to mention
- [Japanese POW Book Recommendations](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/japanese-pow-book-recommendations/) - If you have followed along for the last few months, you know I'm writing a book for a client about her father's life and experience as a Japanese POW. I'm now writing the chapters about his captivity experience as he moved from camps to hell ships to camps. It's emotionally difficult research and writing. Two
- [Childhood War Trauma](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/childhood-war-trauma/) - Finding evidence of the start of generational trauma in military records Repeat a lie often enough and people will believe it is the truth. They will fight to defend this “truth”. It’s as if logical thinking has gone out the window. Society has been so programmed for generations to believe the only people impacted by
- [Somewhere in Germany](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/competing-with-a-ghost/) - Guest Post by Mark LaPointe as part of my Stories of the Greatest Generation series. My grandfather was William Gerard Aubut. He was born and raised in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. He was a Sergeant with the 119th Infantry Regiment of the 30th Infantry Division, known as Old Hickory . He set foot in England in September,
- [Introducing New Writer, Doug Hall](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/introducing-new-writer-doug-hall/) - I’m so excited to introduce my readers to one of my military book clients, Doug Hall. Doug recently created a Substack, Grandson's Journey to Past. I invite you to visit his Substack and read his first article, “The journey to my grandfather's extraordinary life begins with me.” Please consider subscribing and sharing his content. Doug
- [Reclaim the Records & BIRLS](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/reclaim-the-records-birls/) - I learned this morning that Reclaim the Records won a lawsuit to provide access to the BIRLS records for our veterans. Their new BIRLS website allows you to search and submit a FOIA request for the C-File (Veterans Claims File). From their website: The Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) database was originally created and
- [Roots, War & the Soul: Healing Through Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/roots-war-the-soul-healing-through-story/) - On 6 January 2021, I presented a program for the Virginia War Memorial Foundation on Healing Through Story. If you missed the live presentation, you can watch the program on my YouTube Channel. Download the handout. Would you like to join a writing group and start telling your stories? Learn more about my Roots &
- [The Ancestors Within Volume 4](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-ancestors-within-volume-4/) - The 4th book in the Ancestors Within series is being released this week! Have you read any of these other incredible books? They are filled with inspirational stories, tools to help you connect with your ancestors and heal the past, and create the life you desire. I provided a quote for the back cover and
- [Write Your Veteran Book in 2025](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/write-your-veteran-book-in-2025/) - 2025 is a big year. We have the 80th Anniversaries of the end of World War II in Europe and the Pacific. Many families, organizations, museums, radio and television shows, podcasts, and genealogy societies will be seeking stories about the veterans who fought and died to preserve our freedom. Have you written your story or
- [Gratitude is Not Enough](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/gratitude-is-not-enough/) - Raising Awareness for a Belgian Family & a Valuable Museum Have you heard of the Remember 39-45 Museum? My guess is probably not unless you’ve visited Belgium and someone told you about this World War II museum near the ABMC cemetery Henri-Chapelle. It is a small museum, visited by appointment only. I visited this museum
- [The Ancestors Within: Celebrate and Honor Your Sacred Origins](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-ancestors-within-celebrate-and-honor-your-sacred-origins/) - I had the pleasure of receiving an Advanced Reader Copy of the fourth and final book in the Ancestors Within series, The Ancestors Within: Celebrate and Honor Your Sacred Origins. Have you heard of this book series? If not, I invite you to explore all four volumes. Each book contains 25 chapters with stories and
- [Resources to Help You Write Your Stories of War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/resources-to-help-you-write-your-stories-of-war/) - On my Facebook page this week, I posted a comment about writing our stories of war and asked why more people are not writing. Here are some possible reasons I, and others believe causes stories to be lost. Most people are interested in skimming the basic facts and not digging deeper. The myth that records do not exist persists. Therefore, there is little to no story to tell if an individual has little information with which to begin. Research is done online only, almost nothing is discovered, and the researcher stops. The idea of writing a story is daunting. People have no idea where to begin writing.
- [Are You Checking the Information You Find on FindAGrave?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-checking-the-information-you-find-on-findagrave/) - I've been doing a lot of research on those buried or listed on the Wall of the Missing at the ABMC North Africa Cemetery. I came across a very interesting Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Colonel John A. Gillies, Sr. (1889-1942). The file is 95 pages long and contains photographs of the crash site in Iran where the Russian plane he was traveling on, went down. Photographs in IDPFs are not uncommon, but rare. There is so much detail in this file that I started looking into who this man was. I started with FindAGrave because ABMC made entries for everyone in their database. Research tip! Often other people made entries as well, which makes the individual look like his own sibling in the Family Links area. If you click the link you will see a lengthy entry for Col. Gillies, which was taken from one of the many newspaper accounts about the plane crash and his loss of life. However, what the IDPF contains is a somewhat different set of facts.
- [Weekly Family Patterns Healing Sessions](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/weekly-family-patterns-healing-sessions/) - Beginning in June, I will be hosting weekly Facebook Live Family Patterns Healing Sessions in my Ancestral Souls Facebook Group. These will be held on Wednesday from 1:30-2:00 p.m. CDT via FB Live. I will be doing some energy and ancestral clearings, a short teaching, sharing resources, facilitating attendees as needed and answering questions. It
- [WWII Research Collective - Meet Yuri Beckers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-research-collective-meet-yuri-beckers/) - When I launched my website, I started a World War II Research Collective. In this group are researchers around the world who specialize in WWII units, battles, theaters of war, or types of research. To help you get to know the researchers better, I’ll be doing some Q&A with them. Tell us a little about
- [Finding the Answers: Basics of WWII Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/finding-the-answers-basics-of-wwii-research/) - Last week I gave four talks at the RootsTech genealogy conference in Salt Lake City. My Dutch husband, Johan, attended with me in his WWII 101st Airborne re-enactor uniform. The conference experience was intense and amazing. We received so many comments, heard so many stories as people tried hard to contain their emotions, learned new things, and opened space for people who told us they too communicate with the other side or know the healing power of this research. If you missed the live stream of my first talk, Finding the Answers: Basics of WWII Research, you can watch it on live stream.
- [Opportunities for Education & Community](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/opportunities-for-education-community/) - Lots of changes in my world on both the genealogy and military research side of the business and the healing side. Learn what's going on now.
- [WWII Education - Requesting the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/requesting-the-individual-deceased-personnel-file-idpf/) - One of the most important files a researcher needs if he or she is investigating the life and death of a soldier, sailor, or Marine who was Killed In Action or died in World War II, is the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF.) If you have never seen an IDPF, you can view examples in the Research section of my website.
- [Starting Vietnam War Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/starting-vietnam-war-research/) - Are you ready to start your Vietnam war research but are unsure where to begin? I have a few tips for you. Many people have a general idea of which battles their relative participated in or where they served. Often a Division or Unit is known. Rarely do they have a timeline of service created
- [WWII Education - Tips for Starting Your WWII Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-tips-for-starting-your-wwii-research/) - I've observed a lot of conversations on Facebook in various WWII groups the last couple of months, in which people ask how to proceed with WWII research. Many people have a general idea of which battles their relative participated in and often a Division or Unit. Rarely do they have a timeline of service created or know specifically when the soldier was in each unit and where he was.
- [IDPF Records Access Change](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/idpf-records-access-change/) - The records access for the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) is changing. Here's what you need to know. The National Archives at St. Louis (same location as the NPRC) has the IDPFs for: NAVY and MARINES for the surnames starting with A-L are available to the public at NARA St. Louis. In January 2017, the ARMY (should include Air Force) with the surnames starting with A-L will be available to the public. Cost is .80 per page with a minimum of $20 charge. There is no option at this time for a scanned copy. Paper only.
- [Facilitation Sessions Now Available](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/facilitation-sessions-now-available/) - Facilitation sessions can serve a lot of different purposes. You can read more about them on our services page and watch the video to learn the new ways I'm offering facilitation sessions. If you would like to book a session, please visit Finding the Answers Journey to select your package.
- [Now Offering Upgraded Research Services](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/now-offering-upgraded-research-services/) - The WWII Research & Writing Center now offers resources to help clients process the information they receive through research and writing projects.
- [Letters from Lauren, a 94th Infantry Division Soldier’s Story, 1944–1946](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/letters-from-lauren-a-94th-infantry-division-soldiers-story-1944-1946/) - Guest Post by Wim Schelberg as part of my Stories of the Greatest Generation series. How do stories begin? In my case, this story begins the moment I started collecting US Army shoulder sleeve insignia from WWII. To give a little more context to the patches I framed, I often looked on a popular auction
- [New Website Honors British Soldiers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-website-honors-british-soldiers/) - At Liveth for Evermore, we aim to remember, honour and pass on the stories of the British soldiers, and their associated formations, who have served from 1939 to the present day. We do this in several ways: Providing short, but concise, histories of all the British Army formations formed since 1939, with a particular focus on Independent Brigades and Divisions. Writing articles and booklets on specific topics on the Army Illustrating, through videos, the equipment used by the soldiers and documenting the former battlefields
- [Book Review: Healing Ancestral Karma](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-healing-ancestral-karma/) - Are you interested in stepping into ancestral lineage healing? Steven Farmer has the perfect book to introduce you to topics around ancestral healing and karma.
- [Safety, Fear, War, & Our Ancestral Lineage](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/safety-fear-war-our-ancestral-lineage/) - For the last decade I've studied the deeper layers of genealogy and family history. Explored the darker sides of family and ancestors. Looked at the grief, loss, war, fear they lived with, safety issues that existed, survival instincts, PTSD, inherited trauma and other related topics.
- [Honoring Our Heroes Seminar](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-our-heroes-seminar/) - Do you have a relative who served in World War I or World War II, but you're not sure how to uncover their story? Are you interested in learning more about their military service and discovering the history behind it? Would you like to learn about the historical events of World War II and also
- [Steps to Write a Veteran Book](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/steps-to-write-a-veteran-book/) - Writing a book about a veteran or your family history isn’t just about sitting your butt in the chair and letting words spill onto the page. It requires a lot more that may surprise you. The last few days I’ve been focused on writing a client book about a famous World War II fighter pilot.
- [Shocking Family History](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/shocking-family-history/) - WARNING! Military research may unearth dark family secrets. Things you've only heard whispered about. Subjects that may alter your perception of who a relative was, as you knew them. Bring to the light things that contributed to generational trauma or toxicity. These "dark" things may help you better understand who you are and why your
- [Where Is My Sailor?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/where-is-my-sailor/) - Locating Naval Personnel During WWII One question I often get is Why isn’t my Naval grandpa on all the Navy Muster Rolls? I have looked and can’t find him on any. I also get questions from people who find their sailor on a few rolls but nothing else. Military research is complex and the Navy
- [New IDPF Access (7 October 2024)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-idpf-access-7-october-2024/) - Finally after many years of waiting, ALL of the Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPF) are now at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. Gone are the days where we have to request part of the alphabet from one location and the rest from another. To access these files, you can submit a
- [World War II Maps](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/world-war-ii-maps/) - I have a question for you. When you researched and maybe wrote your military ancestor's story, did you include maps? If not, why? Maps give us a visual of the area in which our ancestor fought, and sometimes died. One thing that holds people back from using maps is that they look too complex. But
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 31 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-31-october-2015/) - Our first stop was Lovestein Castle where we walked the grounds and took a tour inside. The castle did not have many items inside, so guided tours were not required. You simply used the key you received in the ticket office to enter. In the lower level of the castle they had a couple of
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 18 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-18-october-2015/) - After leaving Bastogne on 17 October, I drove to the Remember Museum in Thimister-Cleremont, Belgium. I spent two nights in Simpelveld, Netherlands as I made my way toward Ammerzoden, Netherlands. My visit to the Remember Museum was shorter than anticipated and I ended up returning on Monday 19 October. The morning of 18 October I had a lovely breakfast at the B&B Atelier, Galerie en beeldentuin in Simpelveld. I slept in the blue room of this artist’s studio and home. It was a very peaceful place with a kind owner named Carina.
- [Writing Wednesday - Involve the Younger Generation](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/writing-wednesday-involve-the-younger-generation/) - Today I am flying home from three weeks in Europe. I spent my time touring, walking, meditating, writing, meeting many new friends I knew from Facebook, and connecting with many people on the topic of STORIES. A few story themes emerged often and I'm thinking about what to do with these, besides include them in
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 19 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-19-october-2015/) - On this trip to Europe however, I was surrounded by people who understood me. Some didn’t quite believe all the things I did, but kept an open mind. I was finding my tribe. One such woman who totally understood me was Mathilde Schmetz, who runs the Remember Museum (M&M Museum) with her husband Marcel.
- [Military Monday - Requesting World War II Help from a Military Research Institution](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/requesting-world-war-ii-help-from-a-military-research-institution/) - I spend a lot of time at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Chicago conducting research for clients and myself. I also refer a lot of people there for assistance with their World War II research. I love the atmosphere at the library, the many shelves of books, the archival records, and the rare
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 15 October 2015 part 1](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-15-october-2015/) - Some days on my trip were very long, not in a bad way, just that a lot happened. 15 October was one of those days. Less than two weeks before I left for Europe, I stopped in Starbucks one morning to grab coffee and breakfast. I had been up since 4 a.m. working and needed a break. A man named Ron, a regular there, stopped me to chat and asked what I did because I did not have my laptop with me. Usually I go there to work. When I told him, he told me about his uncle Paul Gurgone who was Killed In Action (KIA) at the Sauer River Crossing in Luxembourg on 7 February 1945. He gave me a little information about Paul and I went home to do some research for him.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 20 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-20-october-2015/) - Sometimes the universe and my soldiers have lessons to teach or wisdom to impart. They will go to any lengths necessary to make sure I am paying attention, even if it means the inconvenience of a flat tire and small cold. And that is what happened on 19 October – a flat tire and small cold. I made it to Ammerzoden in a little over two hours and before it was dark, with no issues with the tire. The B&B owner, Tonja, was there to greet me and show me my home for the next two weeks.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 1 November 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-1-november-2015/) - 1 November was one of my very favorite days of the trip. That morning I drove to Achtmaal, Netherlands to meet some of the Friends of the Timberwolves at the Achtmaal Museum. I met Esther, Adrie, Sjaan and Kevin, Peet, and Herman. The day was perfect. Warm sun, a slight breeze, colorful fall leaves falling from the trees, and new friends. We met at the museum and after coffee and cookies with a history lesson thrown in, I had a tour. Time was short because we had a lot to see that day, so on my trip in May I will have to try to meet with the group again and see more of the museum. The museum houses not only Timberwolf artifacts but also artifacts from other groups who fought in the area.
- [Book Review: The Survivors](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-the-survivors/) - Discover family secrets, mental illness, resilience of Holocaust survivors, inherited trauma, and coming to grips, healing and peace with the past and who you really are.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - The Final Days](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-the-final-days/) - Monday 2 November arrived and brought with it the last two days of my trip. I spent the day packing and writing before I drove to Amsterdam to check into my final hotel of the trip. That evening I was supposed to meet with DPAA, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. This was another meeting scheduled at the last minute prior to my trip. Someone who knew I was speaking at Groesbeek altered one of the DPAA WWII historians about me. After some emails and a phone conversation, I was going to meet Christine C. and her team in Amsterdam the day they flew over to the Netherlands to do whatever they planned to do.
- [To Cross the Line or Not?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/to-cross-the-line-or-not/) - Monday evening I gave a program in Goirle, Netherlands called Stories of the Past. In the program, I asked serious questions about researching the past and writing our stories. Why? Because...... Stories can save us. Stories have the power to heal. There were many questions I posed during the program: Where do we find the
- [Veterans Day 2015 World War II Programs](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/veterans-day-2015-world-war-ii-programs/) - I will be presenting World War II Programs in two locations for Veterans Day programming this November. Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Stories of the Lost A continuation of “Finishing the Story,” we will explore the records available to tell the stories of those who died in service. We will also discuss those who
- [Military Monday - Remembering Jimmy](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-remembering-jimmy/) - 71 years ago today, 11 January, my cousin James Privoznik, affectionately referred to by the family as Jimmy, was Killed In Action during the Battle of the Bulge. If you have read my October European trip articles, you know a little about James.
- [Welcome to the World War II Research and Writing Center](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/welcome-to-the-world-war-ii-research-and-writing-center/) - Welcome to my new World War II Research and Writing Center! The initial launch of this website provides many free resources to help you navigate World War II soldier research and writing. On this site you will find:StoriesofLostimage Checklists and forms to organize your research. Articles on research and writing
- [Break the Cycle. A New Program](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/break-the-cycle-a-new-program/) - I have a new program launching in October called "Break the Cycle." It is an introduction to ancestral healing, generational trauma and breaking toxic family cycles. It might even open new genealogical and military research paths for you. Break the Cycle Five sessions beginning Monday, October 14, 2024. Are you ready to break free from
- [Stories from the Battlefield Seminar](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/stories-from-the-battlefield-seminar/) - It's official! After a three years of not speaking live and in person (in part due to global health restrictions), I will be in Zeeland, Michigan on Saturday, 27 August 2022 to teach a full-day military research seminar! This is a live event. Through stories and records, I will be sharing the research strategy I
- [How Did World War II Affect You?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/how-did-world-war-ii-affect-you/) - Over a decade ago I began researching my family's World War I and World War II stories, most of which involved death or some kind of war wound. About the same time I began researching all branches of the military and exploring records for both wars with a focus on the WWII Individual Deceased Personnel
- [What Are Your Questions & Brick Walls?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/what-are-your-questions-brick-walls/) - Summer is here which is a great time to dive into your military research! Did you know there are many answers even if the record burned? Never let NPRC tell you the story can't be told, because it absolutely can! With all the new digitized record sets available the last two years online plus the
- [Mental Health of WWII Veterans & Families](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/mental-health-of-wwii-veterans-families/) - When our veterans returned from World War II, many had invisible wounds. Mental health issues, which ranged from mild to severe. The propaganda and programming of society (in the U.S. and abroad) was to not talk about these possible or diagnosed issues. To let the veteran deal with it on his own and the family
- [Protecting the Emotional Health of an 82nd Airborne MP's Parents](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/protecting-the-emotional-health-of-an-82nd-airborne-mps-parents/) - During World War II there was a hierarchy of legal next-of-kin. If the soldier was unmarried it was father, mother, oldest sibling. If the soldier was married, then widow unless she remarried before choices had to be made, then it reverted to the father. However, there are cases where the military allowed someone in the
- [She Powerfully Spoke Her Truth](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/she-powerfully-spoke-her-truth/) - In a world where women have been taught to be meek and submissive and not speak their truth for fear of being "too much", "Too different", "too loud", "too opinionated", "a witch", or any other label you want to place on strong women who speak their truth, it is time for us to release the
- [How Has Military Research & Writing Saved Your Life?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/how-has-military-research-writing-saved-your-life/) - Have you ever stopped to consider how your military research or writing has changed you or saved your life?
- [Are You Healing Your Inherited WWII Trauma?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-healing-your-inherited-wwii-trauma/) - We all carry trauma from our parents, grandparents, model it after our collateral relatives, and even pick it up from others outside the family as we grow up. It does not matter if you lived with your biological parents or adopted parents or step-parents, everyone is affected. Layers of trauma are something no human can
- [WWII Civilians, Veterans & Descendant Mental Health](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-civilians-veterans-descendant-mental-health/) - After World War II ended, civilians who lived through the war and veterans who fought, returned home and were told to rebuild and restart their lives. Tools were not made available to help the general public (anywhere in the world) or veterans, with all the psychological impact of what they had experienced. This resulted in
- [Family Secrets & Patterns After World War II](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/family-secrets-patterns-after-world-war-ii/) - We are living through a period of years where many things are coming to the light that were previously hidden in the darkness. It will be up to each of us to choose whether or not to look at these things and process and heal them within ourselves or to push them down, deny, ignore,
- [Trauma of Being 'The Bad Guy' in War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/trauma-of-being-the-bad-guy-in-war/) - For several years I've been studying inherited trauma, also known as multi-generational trauma or epigenetics. I began studying this in part to heal myself of the negative behaviors, beliefs, and patterns passed down through my ancestors to me. Also in part because I was having PTSD triggers for several years which intensified in 2016 to
- [Confusion & Anger Among Gold Star Families](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/confusion-anger-among-gold-star-families/) - They never talked about it. They just shut down. You couldn't mention his name. My grandmother wouldn't allow anyone to talk about him. She was sad and angry as long as I knew her. I overheard whispering after a family dinner about my father who died in the war. It felt like there was a
- [Questions to Explore Your Family Patterns](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/questions-to-explore-your-family-patterns/) - Yesterday I wrote an article called Trauma of Being the 'Bad Guy' in War. I invited readers to start looking at the stories, beliefs, and patterns in your ancestral lineage. Today I offer some questions for you to use to start your exploration. These come from my book Stories from the World War II Battlefield:
- [Trauma in the Family Tree Course Details](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/trauma-in-the-family-tree-course-details/) - I'm excited to announce some details about a new course I'm releasing, Trauma in the Family Tree. In this 3 hour course/retreat, I will cover four primary topics in broad strokes. Trauma as a biographical event.Collective Trauma and how it impacts us today.Personal Trauma and exploring how to identify what is ours and what is
- [How are you Looking at your Family & Military Research?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/how-are-you-looking-at-your-family-military-research/) - How are you looking at your family and military research? Are you allowing it to help change your life and show you new possibilities? Here is my take on research and how it has helped me choose different things in my life and business.
- [Announcing a New Resource for Genealogists & Military Researchers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/announcing-a-new-resource-for-genealogists-military-researchers/) - I'm so excited to announce a new arm of my business, Finding the Answers Journey. What can you expect in this space? My target is to create a space in which we can have conversations about the deeper issues, secrets, stories, and questions we encounter as we research our family and military histories. It will
- [Genograms as a Family & Military History Tool](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/genograms-as-a-family-military-history-tool/) - There are so many ways to look at our genealogy and military family history in deeper ways than just compiling a family tree. The Genogram, ...
- [WWII Education - More on Company Morning Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-more-on-company-morning-reports/) - I recently wrote an article on Company Morning Reports. People asked me several questions about them, so here is a little more information on these valuable reports. Research your veteran today!
- [WWII Education - Where Can You Find WWII Education?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/where-can-you-find-wwii-education/) - World War II Education comes in many forms. There are countless books written about every aspect of war, soldier's experiences, battles, and high level histories. Museums like the National World War II Museum in New Orleans has an annual conference featuring specific periods of the war and provide high level discussion and analysis of the war. Universities offer courses on general military history, World War II, battles, and other higher level topics. How often though, in the U.S. or Europe, do you see education addressing how to conduct research and put together the story of your soldier, sailor or Marine? I'm not talking about a unit's history or the history of a battle in which your soldier fought. I'm talking about individual research, which most people get stuck on. I have found it rare, which is why I wrote the research books I published and seven different lectures I give in the U.S. and Europe.
- [Finding the Answers for Homeschool Students](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/finding-the-answers-for-homeschool-students/) - Written by our Managing Editor, Allie Gillies As a former Homeschooling Mom I always scoured the internet for resources that would engage my kids. My oldest is really into history but hated writing. I had to figure out how to get him to write. Finally, one day, a teacher friend recommended that I have him write about what he loves. I stopped forcing him to write what I wanted him to and instead chose the topic of History and his writing began to blossom. After taking the classes myself at the WWII Research and Writing Center, I immediately knew that they were a great option for homeschoolers. My son, Quinn, took a peak at them and said “I wish I had these when I homeschooled. I would have taken them all!”
- [WWII Writing - The Legacy of Trauma](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-the-legacy-of-trauma/) - I am finishing the writing for Volume 3 of my Stories from the World War II Battlefield series on writing the stories of war. This book will be released in two versions in May, and contains over 500 writing prompts to help you write the stories of war, from a U.S. or European perspective.
- [Are You Ready to Explore More of You & Your Family?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-ready-to-explore-more-of-you-your-family/) - Are you ready to go deeper into your family's history? Your history? The secrets and dark spots in family and life? We have the resources to help you do this. Take your genealogy and military history to the next level at Finding the Answers Journey.
- [WWII Education - Researching Your Adopted Soldier](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-researching-your-adopted-soldier/) - To help anyone overseas who has officially or unofficially adopted a soldier's grave at an ABMC cemetery, in early May I will launch a new book. Faces of War: Researching Your Adopted Soldier will provide step-by-step guidance to help you research your adopted soldier.
- [European WWII Travel - Let's Go!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/european-wwii-travel-lets-go/) - 2017 is well underway now and so much is happening at the World War II Research and Writing Center. Shifting things around to add some amazing new services later this year to make your experience of researching, writing, traveling, and preserving the stories of our WWII soldiers, sailors, and Marines, more incredible and healing.
- [Faces of War: Researching Your Adopted Soldier](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/faces-of-war-researching-your-adopted-soldier/) - Researching the service and life of a soldier while living in Europe, has its challenges, primarily because the records they need are located in archives in the United States. There is also the challenge of the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The fire destroyed roughly 80% of the Army, Air Corps/Army Air Forces, and National Guard personnel files. This is not however, the end of the story where researchers are concerned.
- [Family Patterns Genealogy Study Group](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/family-patterns-genealogy-study-group/) - We all carry parental and ancestral beliefs, behaviors, patterns, and traumas within us. We inherited these (often negative or toxic) things through our DNA, life experiences and learned behaviors. Did you know these things may be affecting, ruining, and running your life on an unconscious level? Why didn't anyone tell us this when we started
- [Call On Your Ancestors For Help](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/call-on-your-ancestors-for-help/) - I don't know about some of you, but for the last three years in particular, I've witnessed and experienced the upheaval in the collective, governments, countries, systems, and within myself. Humanity has been going through a massive transformation whether people realize it or not. Many of you who follow me know exactly what I am
- [Who Will Your Research Impact or Heal?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/who-will-your-research-impact-or-heal/) - When we embark on genealogical or military research or simply share family stories around the Sunday dinner table, we open a space to impact the lives of those around us and heal. Have you ever considered how your one "small" act of research may help someone in countless ways? How that one document you discover
- [Learn How To Research a WWII Veteran](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/learn-how-to-research-a-wwii-veteran/) - We are just a month and a half away from the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. Have you started researching your World War II veteran's story? Did you know next year is the 80th Anniversary of VE and VJ Days? Many newspapers, TV shows, museums, and others will be looking for stories. Will your veteran's be
- [Accessing Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPFs)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/accessing-individual-deceased-personnel-files-idpfs/) - It's been two years and the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis is still closed to researchers, but NARA College Park is taking appointments for short research slots. Individual Deceased Personnel Files are still really hard to obtain because of all the governmental red tape and games. It's been like this for years
- [Your Family's War Journey Master Class](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/your-familys-war-journey-master-class/) - Journey with Jennifer as your travel guide, through your family's history, their military stories, and your own story. On this journey you will read a life-changing book.
- [Research a WWI Army Veteran Online - Part 1](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-a-wwi-army-or-air-corps-veteran-online-part-1/) - This is the first article in a short series about researching your WWI Army Veteran online. Also, if your veteran served before the war, or after the war from 1918-1939, a lot of these tips may also help you discover puzzle pieces. First please keep in mind that you will not find everything you need
- [Now Available Online! Air Force Award Cards, 1942-1963](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/now-available-online-air-force-award-cards-1942-1963/) - NARA has digitized a record set that was previously available at the NPRC in St. Louis. The Air Force Award Cards. Learn how to use this valuable record set.
- [When the Dead Speak - An Unknown Soldier at Margraten](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/when-the-dead-speak-an-unknown-soldier-at-margraten/) - If you have followed my writing on my website, Facebook, or in magazines for at least a year, you know I'm a spiritual person. I feel and sense the dead, walk through a cemetery and hear their cries, feel their anger, sadness, and loneliness, and hear their stories. They communicate through me so I can give them a voice. I often help cross them over into the light. Through the work I do and places I go, I heal them, others, and myself in the process. Some of my experiences in Europe can be found in last year's trip articles Traveling In Their Footsteps. Since that time I've focused more on WWII education and things in life, than the spiritual side of my work. Recent events have pushed me to take a look at this side of work with fresh eyes and an open heart. The dead have so much to teach us if we allow it.
- [50th Anniversary of the NPRC Fire](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/50th-anniversary-of-the-nprc-fire/) - 50 years ago today, shortly after midnight, a fire raged at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, destroying vast numbers of Army and Army Air Force/Air Force Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) or service files. Read more about the fire. I was quoted in this article. You can read all the statistics
- [Learn Military Research Strategies](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/learn-military-research-strategies/) - In 2020 I am teaching my military research webinars one final time. I have chosen to focus on other areas of the military and family story this year. If you would like to learn correct strategies and processes to research WWI, WWII, Korea or Vietnam, this is your last chance for LIVE training you'll get
- [Your Family's War Journey Master Class](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/your-familys-war-journey-master-class-2/) - Start your journey to the past and transform your life... Journey with Jennifer as your travel guide, through your family's history, their military stories, and your own story. On this journey you will read a life-changing book. Together with a core group of people, we will discuss issues and emotions around the themes of war,
- [Grief In Military & Genealogy Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/grief-in-military-genealogy-research/) - Grief is a topic we tend to avoid in life and especially in genealogy and military research. Why? Because it is messy and you can't document it with a paper trail. However, grief can sneak up on us as we do this work and dive deeper into our ancestors' experiences and compare them with our
- [Exploring the Mentally Destructive Side of War - Downey VA Hospital](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/exploring-the-mentally-destructive-side-of-war-downey-va-hospital/) - The mentally destructive side of war is something most families have hidden, even though almost every one of our families has been affected since the beginning of time.
- [Does Historical Context Matter Anymore?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/does-historical-context-matter-anymore/) - What is historical context and why does it matter? Or in 2020 - does it even play a role anymore?
- [Roots & War Writing Groups](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/roots-war-writing-groups/) - Are you ready to start writing your genealogy, military, ancestral, and personal stories? My writing groups have been upgraded and I invite you to join us.
- [A Conversation with Our Ancestors](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-conversation-with-our-ancestors/) - Let me ask you a question. As you research and map out your family history or military history, do you talk to your ancestors? Do they talk to you? Share documents and wisdom? Have you "met" them on a battlefield or in a cemetery? Does it freak you out or are you comfortable with the
- [To All the Dads Who Grew Up Without a Father](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/to-all-the-dads-who-grew-up-without-a-father/) - I am writing this a few days before Father's Day. I was out running an errand and my WWII Navy grandpa came through with a message and said I needed to share it. So here goes. People have been conditioned, especially around World War I and World War II, to pay attention to the war
- [Research a WWI Army Veteran Online - Part 3](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-a-wwi-army-veteran-online-part-3/) - This is the third and final article in a short series about researching your WWI Army Veteran online. Also, if your veteran served before the war, or after the war from 1918-1939, a lot of these tips may also help you discover puzzle pieces. Be sure to read the first article and second article if
- [Women's History Month: A Military Mother](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/womens-history-month-a-military-mother/) - There are some women I meet through military records that I wish I could travel back in time and speak with. To hear their stories, their frustrations. Hold space for them to grieve, be angry, or whatever is required in those moments. Women I wish I could say something along the lines of 'This is
- [The Healing Power of Stories](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-healing-power-of-stories/) - My current title reads, Jennifer Holik spiritual coach and an intuitive healer specializing in inherited & war trauma, & personal & ancestral healing. I am also a military researcher, speaker, and author. This title is accurate but I like to think of myself as a storyteller. I tell the stories of those who can no
- [Veteran Experiences We Often Ignore](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/veteran-experiences-we-often-ignore/) - What happened to your veteran when they served as an occupation force in Europe when the war ended? What about the families of the other side? Have you ever thought about what happened to them? Sometimes the trauma of others became our veterans' traumas in EVERY WAR. When we talk about the subject of our
- [Timelines Gave Me a New Research Perspective](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/timelines-gave-me-a-new-research-perspective/) - Timelines are a tool every genealogist uses, even when they do not consciously use it. A timeline is created on an Ancestry Family Tree or in a genealogy database as we add facts about an ancestor. Most people just add facts and see the timeline build but do not venture beyond this. People primarily use
- [Did You Assume The War Had Zero Impact On Your Veteran?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/did-you-assume-the-war-had-zero-impact-on-your-veteran/) - A common misconception I've heard from family members and clients about veterans who did not have an active combat role during their military service (war-time or not), was that the war really did not affect them. The way they view it, if they were not on the front lines killing people, then what's the big
- [Research a WWI Army Veteran Online – Part 2](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-a-wwi-army-veteran-online-part-2/) - This is the second article in a short series about researching your WWI Army Veteran online. Also, if your veteran served before the war, or after the war from 1918-1939, a lot of these tips may also help you discover puzzle pieces. Be sure to read the first article if you missed it. You will
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 10](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-10/) - Transporting war dead. Source: Army Signal Corps. Transporting war dead. Source: Army Signal Corps. Prompt 10: The Home Front. What was the sendoff to war like for your ancestor? Was there a big family party or a town parade? Next, discuss the homecoming if he or she survived the war. Finally, if your soldier did not survive the war, what was their homecoming like if their remains were returned? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [New Online WWII Writing Course Available!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-online-wwii-writing-course-available/) - The World War II Research and Writing Center is pleased to announce the release of a new educational website. WWII Education, which will provide users to online courses, webinars, and more! We are excited to announce the release of our first course, Finding the Answers Through WWII Writing. Course Description: Stories have the power to
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 20](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-20/) - Prompt 20: Holidays and Celebrations How did your family celebrate holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries during the war years? Items on the home front were rationed and on the battlefield, soldiers were lucky to have a hot meal on a major holiday. Do you have any letters from soldiers that talk about the holidays? Do you have photographs of family holidays at home? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 23](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-23/) - Prompt 23: Propaganda Think about the propaganda at the time of the war. How did that help or hinder support? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 21](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-21/) - Prompt 21: Race and Ethnicity Is your family Jewish? What was their WWII experience? Do or did they share their stories? How did their experience shape your life? If they left Europe before the war, what happened to their families? What did they endure in the U.S. while the war was fought in Europe? If they remained in Europe – what was their story? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 3](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-3/) - Prompt 3: Community Impact. Describe the impact the community where your family lived had on the war effort. How many men and women did they send off to fight and serve? Did the community have a war plant? Who worked there? Did any of your relatives work in a war plant or support the war effort through their job? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 24](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-24/) - Have you taken time to record the stories of your World War II ancestors and families? One way to get started is to use the Military Memories Writing Prompts to jump start your research and writing. Through these prompts, we explore life on the U.S. home front, women in service, and the lives of all
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 26](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-26/) - Prompt 26: After The War How did the WWII era affect your family from then until now? Did someone lose a spouse and remarry? Were there blended families? Did the patriotism and desire to join the military become instilled in every generation that followed? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 6](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-6/) - StoriesofLostimagePrompt 6: Military Service. Was your ancestor drafted or did he or she enlist in the military? Where did he or she train? What was the training experience (camp, training, education, treatment, etc.) Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 31](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-31/) - Prompt 31: Soldier Stories As we conclude Military Memories, I have two prompts for you today. 1. I am grateful for the service of my ancestors because …….. and 2. I am grateful for the service of today’s soldiers because ……… Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 2](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-2/) - 99th Division mass in snowPrompt 2: Overseas Service. Was your ancestor shipped overseas? To which theater(s) of war? When did they leave and when did they return? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 7](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-7/) - DEFENSE DEPT PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) 63498 DEFENSE DEPT PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) 63498 Prompt 7: Overseas Service. Each battleground was different. The D-Day beaches were different terrain than the Ardennes Forest or North Africa or Japan or the air over Germany. Describe the locations where he or she moved from place to place during the war. Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 17](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-17/) - White OMPF 46 edited casualty telegramPrompt 17: Communication. During World War I and II, word traveled by mail, telegram, and on the battlefield, telephone. It took weeks before families were notified of wounds, Prisoner of War, Missing in Action or Killed in Action statuses. Today the communication is almost instantaneous because of cell phones and the internet. Write about communication during the war in which your soldier fought and compare that to today’s communication. Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 13](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-13/) - Working on graves registration records. Source Army Signal Corps. Working on graves registration records. Source Army Signal Corps. Prompt 13: Women in the War. A lot is written about men in World War II but have you considered women were just as powerful as men during WWII? Write a brief piece on how you viewed your female ancestors as powerful during WWII. Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 1](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-1/) - Holik and Privoznik families 1940s. Prompt 1: The Home Front. On the home front, describe your family’s experience during the war. Who did they send to war and when? What impact did your family have on the entire war effort? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 27](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-27/) - Prompt 27: Overseas Service. Engage the senses. As you write a story about your solider, talk about the smell, sights, and tastes of war. What is seen and experienced? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 9](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-9/) - Three men talkingPrompt 9: Race and Ethnicity. Consider how ethnicity and race affected people during WWII. For example, during World War II in the United States, Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps and African-Americans were segregated in the armed forces. Did this affect your family? How? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 28](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-28/) - Prompt 28: The Home Front Did any of your family live in Europe or the Pacific theaters of war during WWII? Did they remain there after the war or emigrate? How did the war affect their decision to stay or go? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Visiting James Privoznik in Luxembourg](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/visiting-james-privoznik-in-luxembourg/) - I've written several times about my cousin James Privoznik who died 11 January 1945 near Bras, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. His story is in my book, Stories of the Lost, which you can find in the BOOKS section of this website. This was my 4th time visiting James in the last three years and today was the most beautiful. Sunny, hot, almost no clouds in the sky (which made for a very scorching Memorial Day service!). You can meet James in this short video. Then watch the second one where I talk about researching service.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 14](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-14/) - Prompt 14: Soldier Stories. Have you ever used word play to help you write? Sometimes trying our hand at something different helps grow our writing skills. We have all seen movies about war. Use any or all of these words to tell the story of a soldier.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 5](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-5/) - WASPs working during the war. Source: NARA. WASPs working during the war. Source: NARA. Prompt 5: Women in the War. Did any of your female ancestors join the military during WWII? Examine the reasons why a woman joined the Armed Forces in WWII. What did she contribute? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 22](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-22/) - Prompt 22: Military Service Did your soldier die in service? Do you know that story and have you obtained the records to tell that story? Were any personal effects returned to the family? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 30](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-30/) - Today is Memorial Day. How do you honor those in your family who died in military service on this day? Do you have any stories or photographs of Memorial Days from years past? Particularly after the war when families would visit cemeteries more often? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Interviews from RootsTech 2018](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/interviews-from-rootstech-2018/) - In late February, Johan and I attended the RootsTech conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. There I gave four talks on WWII Research and Writing and Johan and I participated in a few interviews. Two were conducted by Amy Johnson Crow and you can watch them here. Jennifer's Interview Johan's Interview Would you like help
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 8](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-8/) - Ridgeway Avenue, Chicago Americans 1944 Ridgeway Avenue, Chicago Americans 1944 Prompt 8: V-E Day. Today is Victory in Europe (V-E) Day. Do you have any V-E Day stories from your family? Where were your ancestors and what were they doing on V-E Day? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 19](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-19/) - Prompt 19: The Home Front Did any of your female ancestors lose a husband? How did that affect the family? When we think about the word ‘lose’ consider those men and women that came back from the war changed in some way either mentally or physically. Did any of your family’s soldiers live in a Veterans Hospital after the war? How did that affect the family? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 12](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-12/) - 99th Division mass in snowPrompt 12: Overseas Service. Describe the living conditions of your ancestor during their military service. Did he or she sleep in a tent; barracks; bombed out buildings; on the frozen ground? How often did they get a hot meal or a shower? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 18](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-18/) - Prompt 18: Communication Newspapers can add a lot of details to a soldier’s story beyond that of his service. Think about the battles fought, the terrain, the enemy, and the weather. Use newspapers for facts that add depth to a story. Did your soldier fight on D-Day or in the Battle of the Bulge? Perhaps in the Pacific? Locate stories about the weather for major battles in which your soldier fought. Write a scene using the weather to tell a battle story. Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 11](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-11/) - Ration Stamps for Oil Ration Stamps for Oil Prompt 11: The Home Front. Did your family experience rationing during the war? Discuss what items were rationed and how the family was affected. Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 4](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-4/) - Ridgeway Avenue, Chicago Americans 1944 Ridgeway Avenue, Chicago Americans 1944 Prompt 4: The Home Front. Women were primarily expected to run the household, yet some worked in war factories or joined the military. Write about women’s roles during a war. Did your grandmother work as a Rosie the Riveter? Did she work outside the home in another capacity? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 15](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-15/) - Research is vehicle finalPrompt 15: The Home Front. On the home front, the view was that men should go off to fight. There were some with statuses that prevented them from serving. Did any men in your family not go off to fight and if so, why? What was his part of the war effort if he did not serve in the military? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 16](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-memories-writing-prompt-day-16/) - Prompt 16: Overseas Service Were any of your ancestors taken as a Prisoner of War? What was their experience? Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.
- [More on an Unknown Soldier at Margraten](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/more-on-an-unknown-soldier-at-margraten/) - In late 2016 I visited Margraten again to see some soldiers I had researched, visit my husband's adopted graves, and stop by a grave a friend asked I see. Next to that is the grave of an Unknown soldier (John W. Gordon). I wrote about the spiritual experience I had at that grave in my article, When the Dead Speak. Today you can watch the video about this Unknown when I visited him Memorial Day weekend 2018. If you would like to visit this soldier, he is buried at Plot P Row 22 Grave 14.
- [Exploring Cultural Beliefs - Do They Hold Us Back?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/exploring-cultural-beliefs-do-they-hold-us-back/) - A friend from the Netherlands sent me this article, How the Dutch Lost Their Shine. Let's talk about cultural programming and ego for a moment as more is brought to the surface in global and spiritual disclosure for us to look at. Every country has programming of their citizens. It is more obvious when we
- [WWI Army Transport Funeral Ships](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwi-army-transport-funeral-ships/) - Military research, like genealogical research, is never finished. There is always one more source that turns up when you least expect it. Sometimes a soldier who is long passed even shows up to say, 'Hey what about my memory and service?' When I researched the service of my great grand uncle, Michael Kokoska several years ago, for my book Stories of the Lost, I had not located the ship manifest for the USS Wheaton, the Army Transport Funeral Ship, on which Michael's remains sailed home from France in 1921. Michael died in 1918 and was buried overseas until remains were repatriated after the war.
- [WWI Travel - Ypres Battlefield Tours](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwi-travel-ypres-battlefield-tours/) - Are you looking for a great tour guide for the Ypres Salient area in Belgium? Check out the tours from Roger Steward of Ypres Battlefield Tours.
- [Last Post at Menin Gate](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/last-post-at-menin-gate/) - The Last Post at Menin Gate is a somber and moving evening event. Did you know you can honor a soldier by laying a wreath? Did you know those with no known graves are listed on the walls of the Menin Gate, almost 55,000 names?
- [Remembering James Privoznik](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/remembering-james-privoznik/) - Today, 75 years ago, my cousin James Privoznik was Killed In Action during the Battle of the Bulge. James entered my life in 2012 after I moved out and was preparing to get a divorce. Raising my boys, creating my business into something more than it was, he was there to help guide me, bring
- [Women's History Month - Love, War, & Death](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/womens-history-month-love-war-death/) - Researching and writing the story of a military family member can bring great peace and healing. It may also bring new family connections.
- [Are you Preparing to Travel in your WWII Soldier's Footsteps?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-preparing-to-travel-in-your-wwii-soldiers-footsteps/) - Did you know there is a process to research and planning for such a trip? Would you like to learn strategies and tools to help you save time and money? Join me for this two-part workshop in April where I will explain what's required before you travel. Then we will talk with several panelists about their experiences and tips they have to help future travelers.
- [WWII Education - The Research Process, Do's and Don'ts](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-the-research-process-dos-and-donts/) - Conducting World War II research for several years, speaking with researchers and family members around the world, and observing what information others tell people, I'd like to provide a few pieces of information to help you in your journey to discover your soldier, sailor, or Marine's service story. This article will briefly explain the Research Process, and some Myths and Traps researchers fall into. An article can only cover so much. To learn more, please pick up a copy of one of my research books. I explain the process in-depth for all military branches, in over 700 pages in my two books, Stories from the World War II Battlefield.
- [Webinar: Finding the Answers: WWII Research Online](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/webinar-finding-the-answers-wwii-research-online/) - One place many people begin research for their World War II service member is online. While most of the records you need to reconstruct service history are not available online, you can find clues and unit or contextual information to add to your soldier’s story. Tools and strategies taught in this course will apply to WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam military research.
- [Exclusive WWII Master Class](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/exclusive-wwii-master-class/) - Journey with Jennifer as your travel guide, through your family's history, their WWII story, and your own story. On this journey you will read a life-changing book. Together with a core group of people, we will discuss issues and emotions around the themes of war, religion, women's themes, spirituality, family, stories, trauma, inherited trauma, caregiver issues, secrets, shame, guilt, PTSD, and many other topics that come from the book, my questions, and your experiences. You will explore your family’s history and dive into who you are with this knowledge. You will even begin to write your own stories.
- [Release of Your Family's War Journey Self-Paced Master Class](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/release-of-your-familys-war-journey-self-paced-master-class/) - It is vital to understand that while this course uses a book based on a WWII combat veteran's experience and his daughter's escape and healing journey, the themes, lessons, questions, resources, and discussions apply to any war and every family.
- [Are You Ready To Write Your Military Book?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-ready-to-write-your-military-book/) - Over the last ten years, more of my research clients are writing their military family member's story. Some are self-publishing for private family projects. Others are publishing books to be sold on Amazon.
- [Finding U.S. WWII Records & Photos - Are They Where You Think They Are?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/finding-u-s-wwii-records-photos-are-they-where-you-think-they-are/) - I observe a lot of WWII conversations on Facebook, mostly in groups where people are asking for information on American WWII soldiers, sailors, and Marines. I observe several people replying with the same old free database links that everyone knows about, that will help you start your research but not take you deep enough into what you really want to know. How do we move from the same old links to something new and helpful? First, understand that in America, unlike some countries in Europe, our WWII records are not in one archive within a state or the country. They are scattered throughout our National Archives branches across the country, Library of Congress, University library special collections, State libraries/archives/historical societies, local libraries/archives/historical societies, genealogical societies, WWII reunion groups or associations, Presidential Libraries, and many other locations.
- [Did the Military Record Lie?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/did-the-military-record-lie/) - Do you trust every genealogy and military record your discover in your research? Do you question what you read? Do you take time to research events that are mentioned even though they don’t impact your family member or veteran? Do you just assume if it is within an official record it must be accurate? I
- [The Intensity Was Too Much For Some](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-intensity-was-too-much-for-some/) - Facing the mental health & generational trauma aspects of our WWII veterans' experiences WARNING! This article talks about suicide. Before we begin, let me first say that I’m not a therapist. I have studied World War II records for 15 years (especially the death records and the Graves Registration Service) and been a genealogist for
- [Battlefield Stories Webinar](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/battlefield-stories-webinar/) - Are you ready to write your stories of war (WWI, WWII, Korea, or Vietnam) but are not sure where to begin? Do you like writing prompts and organizational tips? If so, this webinar is for you! This webinar will be held on Monday, October 18 at 7:00 p.m. CST. A replay will be available if
- [Energy of Physical Items from War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/energy-of-physical-items-from-war/) - In 2018 I found another article that really hit home for me. Being an empath and medium, I pick up energy not only from people but also places and items. What we often do not consider is that the items we have around us, in our homes, or that we may frequently be in contact
- [I Was Told My Dad's Records Burned](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/i-was-told-my-dads-records-burned/) - Most of my research clients and people I meet and talk to about their WWI or WWII service member tell me the same things. I couldn't get the military records because the burned. He never talked about the war, no one did, so I don't know anything. I don't know where to start or how
- [Why We Need to Look Back](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-we-need-to-look-back/) - “If you see the city as a body, what happens to the body is a trauma. What people tend to do when they have a very serious trauma is to turn their back on it. The people from Rotterdam did not look back in history. Don’t think about the past, they said, look at the
- [August - November Ancestral Cafe Programs](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/august-november-ancestral-cafe-programs/) - Have you joined the Ancestral Cafe Membership Program yet? Each month I will teach live on a new topic, resource, or teach a new skill. A replay will be available in the product. I will begin with foundational topics for working with our ancestors & healing. We will then be jumping into topics around family
- [Exploring Those 'Tiny' Military Service Details](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/exploring-those-tiny-military-service-details/) - For all the years I have been doing genealogy and military research, I have heard from clients, friends, and family, 'I wish I would have asked my dad or mom (or grandma or grandpa)....... about their military service.' Even I have uttered those words. Time runs out, the individual dies, and the questions can not
- [Researching WWII Online Webinar](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/researching-wwii-online-webinar/) - One place many people begin research for their World War II service member is online. While most of the records you need to reconstruct service history are not available online, you can find clues and unit or contextual information to add to your soldier’s story. Tools and strategies taught in this course will apply to
- [Lisle, IL Veteran History Project](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/lisle-il-veteran-history-project/) - The Museums at Lisle Station Park Seek Your Help! I’ve been volunteering at a local museum, The Museums at Lisle Station Park, in Lisle, DuPage County, Illinois. I’m helping the curator, Grace, compile veteran information. We began our focus with World War II since in the 1990s, a questionnaire was sent out to Lisle veterans
- [Air Force Accident Reports](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/air-force-accident-reports/) - There are so many possible records one can obtain to tell a veteran's World War II story and build the timeline of service. Alternatively, this is called reconstructing military history. There is a misconception that if a service file survived the NPRC 1973 Fire, that you don't have to reconstruct service history, but this is
- [Money, Education, & Connections Provided WWII Answers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/money-education-connections-provided-wwii-answers/) - For a few years I've had the IDPF (Individual Deceased Personnel File) of a 79th Division Jewish soldier named Harvey Robitshek. Like many other service member files and stories I have read, I was guided to this by Harvey. Little did I know when I opened his file just how much of an education I
- [Should I Repatriate the Remains of My Son Bernie Tom?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/should-i-repatriate-the-remains-of-my-son-bernie-tom/) - The decision of whether or not to repatriate a soldier's remains was a very personal one, which often involved many factors. These included, but are not limited to: Soldier's wishes (remain overseas where he fell with his buddies or be brought home) Money (could a family afford to bury their son in a private cemetery after the government paid to return the remains? Not all families wished to have their son in a national cemetery, which may have been far away.) I recently wrote an article called, A Family's Grief and the Cost of WWII Repatriation. Someone commented that money was never an issue as to why a soldier remained buried overseas. I beg to differ, as does the father in the article. Wishes of the legal next of kin (NOK).
- [Bernie Tom's Death and Burial](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/bernie-toms-death-and-burial/) - Today I would like to explore some of the contents of Bernie Tom's IDPF and make mention of Orel Lev's IDPF. Orel died with Bernie and Kenneth Hull, whose IDPF I do not currently have. One interesting fact that is a bit in question is the death date of Orel and Bernie. Their Report of Burial forms say date of death 8 October 1944. They were both buried at 16:30 on 9 October 1944. Their Reports of Death provide a death date of 9 October 1944, as does Bernie's grave. Kenneth was repatriated and buried in California. His Headstone Application shows a date of death of 9 October 1944.
- [WWII Education - The Broader View of War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-broader-view-of-war/) - I'm taking a course through FutureLearn called World War 1: A History in 100 Stories. This is a free course through Monash University in Australia. The course intrigued me because of the stories. While the course is focused on the experience of the Australians, the concepts presented are broad enough they can be applied to any country who fought in the war. Many of the themes can also be considered when we look at the history of World War II.
- [WWII Education - The Sound of Silence](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-the-sound-of-silence/) - FutureLearn has so many interesting classes and yesterday I wrote about World War I: A History in 100 Stories. Today I started another course that runs only two weeks, WWI Heroism: Through Art and Film.
- [May 8, 1945: “Ours is a Quiet Celebration”](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/may-8-1945-ours-is-a-quiet-celebration/) - Guest Post by Andy Adkins as part of my Stories of the Greatest Generation series. The following is an excerpt from, “You Can’t Get Much Closer Than This: Combat with the 80th ‘Blue Ridge’ Division WWII-Europe,” by A.Z. Adkins, Jr., and Andrew Z. Adkins, III. Published by Casemate Publishers. During the middle of the morning
- [WWII Education - Searching University Archival Collections](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-searching-university-archival-collections/) - I have been talking about and sharing a lot of resources on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter the last week that encourage WWII researchers to think outside the box for research. Move beyond the usual sites to help you dig deep and find resources you didn't know existed (mostly because no one every told you to look!) Let's explore what may be available in university archive special collection using an example from the University at Illinois - Urbana-Champaign Student Life and Cultural Archives
- [Veterans, Cemeteries, Memorials, & Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/veterans-cemeteries-memorials-records/) - I was chatting with a genealogy colleague the other day and she mentioned a gentleman who attended one of her programs was upset because he looked for his veteran father in the National Cemetery Administration (Veterans Administration Cemetery Database) and he was not found. In his mind, because his father was a veteran, he should
- [Discover Your Veteran's WWII Unit(s)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/discover-your-veterans-wwii-units/) - Please note, the resources listed in this article are not all available resources as it would be impossible to list them all. These are commonly used sources to get you started. Feel free to leave a comment with additional sources you found helpful. One of the most common questions I am asked, and see asked
- [Writing the War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/writing-the-war/) - On A Foreign Shore From my book Stories of the Lost. We stand on a foreign shore surrounded by a thunderous, deafening noise. War is definitely hell. Men are screaming in agony and shadows of death can be felt and seen everywhere. You can smell it in the air. Corpses lie scattered , bloated, and
- [No Better Place to Die](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/no-better-place-to-die/) - La Fiére Causeway, Normandy – 76 Years Ago Guest Post by Andy Adkins as part of my Stories of the Greatest Generation series. I can’t begin to describe what I’ve been through the past few days. Hell, what we’ve all been through. I’m not even sure where to begin, it’s all been such a blur.
- [Homecoming '21](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/homecoming-21/) - There is a new website being promoted for the Centennial of the return of our World War I dead in 1921. It is called Homecoming '21. The government chose one funeral ship to honor each year that remains were returned. In 1921 the ship was the USAT Wheaton. My ancestors, especially my military ancestors who
- [Romagne '14-'18 Museum](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/romagne-14-18-museum/) - There is a museum in Romagne, France that has artifacts picked up off a battlefield in the condition they were when discovered. This museum allows visitors to touch everything and experience the reality of war.
- [Five Brothers Served, Only Two Came Home](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/five-brothers-served-only-two-came-home/) - Guest Post by Joy Neal Kidney as part of my Stories of the Greatest Generation series. The day the second atomic bomb was dropped, Clabe and Leora Wilson’s postman brought a telegram to their acreage near Perry, Iowa. Two sons were MIA. One son was already in the U.S. Navy before Pearl Harbor had been
- [Tips for Writing the D-Day Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/tips-for-writing-the-d-day-story/) - Many people are soon heading to Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Perhaps you are one of those people. Maybe you have a trip planned for another time when it is less crowded and you can more easily take in the sights, sounds, and emotions of the places your family member
- [Stories of the Greatest Generation](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/stories-of-the-greatest-generation/) - One of my missions with the work I do is to help people tell their stories so our veterans and family members are not forgotten. The more we share our personal, family, and veteran stories, the more we learn about ourselves and each other. Our stories also honor those who came before us. In some
- [Shot Down](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/shot-down/) - Guest Post by Steve Snyder as part of my Stories of the Greatest Generation series. On February 8, 1944, my father, 306th Bomb Group pilot Howard Snyder and his B-17 "Susan Ruth" crew flew a bombing mission to Frankfurt, Germany. After successfully dropping their bombs, the bomb bay doors were hit by flak, and they
- [We Will Remember Them](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/we-will-remember-them/) - Are you interested in writing your veteran's World War II story but feel a little: Stuck Lost Unsure where to begin. Unsure what questions to ask? Need ideas on what kind of stories to write and how to organize them? Unsure what topics to cover? Curious about how to organize your research materials so you
- [Court Martial Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/court-martial-records/) - Over the course of the last 10+ years, I've heard a few times from a client that his or her father was court martialed during their military service. Often the client will tell a story they heard about the veteran or his service, which often includes AWOL status, desertion, alcoholism, or other issues that may
- [WWII Education - Featured Author at AncestorStuff's Table at FGS Conference](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-featured-author-at-ancestorstuffs-table-at-fgs-conference/) - Are you attending the FGS Conference at the end of the month? I’m giving two WWII talks at the conference, and I’m the featured author at AncestorStuff’s vendor table. There are a few things you should know. New Program Launch Learn about the new program I'm launching to help American Genealogists work with European WWII grave adopters and researchers.
- [OSS Agents Buried in Ardennes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/oss-agents-buried-in-ardennes/) - Did you know in the ABMC Ardennes American Cemetery lie a US Marine named Frederick Brunner and a German OSS Agent named Karl Gruber? I was surprised to learn this when I visited the Ardennes Cemetery in the fall of 2016. It was one stop on a trip from Amsterdam to Luxembourg and back, traveling
- [Why Can't We Get Military Records?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-cant-we-get-military-records/) - In November I helped someone fill out two of NARA/NPRC's Standard Form 180s to get Navy personnel files. Only a miniscule number of Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps OMPFs were affected by the fire. So one would think if you send in Form 180 you'll get a copy of the full service file. Right? WRONG!
- [A Word of Caution: Hiring a Military Researcher](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-word-of-caution-hiring-a-military-researcher/) - We don't know what we don't know. Over the last few months, I've had many people contact me to ask questions or hire me to do military research projects after they hired another firm. Why? Because the other firms gave them records without understanding what the client needed. Gave no explanation through a research report
- [Last Chance to Register!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/last-chance-to-register/) - Words That Heal: A Transformative Program for writing veteran stories! Let’s make 2024 a year of profound transformation by honoring the heroes who fought in World War II. As we approach the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings on June 6, it’s time to capture and share the stories of bravery, sacrifice, and resilience. Have
- [Ancestral Codes Community Gatherings](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/ancestral-codes-community-gatherings/) - I love community conversations. Gatherings where we can share experiences, face some fears, learn something new, and heal. Is this something you enjoy as well? Are you interested in genealogy, military research, writing, energy work, ancestral and personal healing, inherited or generational trauma, ancestral communication and related topics? If so, come join us on select
- [The Mission Belle - Freedom Demands Responsibility](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-mission-belle-freedom-demands-responsibility/) - This is part 1 in a series on the commemoration and unveiling of the monument for the B-17 Mission Belle. The Mission Belle was a B-17 Bomber that crashed along the Lekdijk between Streefkerk and Nieuw-Lekkerland on 1 December 1943.
- [Tip for Writing Veteran Stories](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/tip-for-writing-veteran-stories/) - As the 80th Anniversary of D-Day approaches, are you researching and writing the stories of your WWII veterans? If the answer is no, why not? Some of the reasons I hear from people as to why they do not write include: I am not a writer. I don't have enough information. I'm not done researching
- [Start 2024 By Telling Your Veteran Stories](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/start-2024-by-telling-your-veteran-stories/) - Unlock the Power of Your Veteran Stories: A Transformative Program for 2024! As we embark on the journey of a new year, let's make 2024 a year of profound transformation by honoring the heroes who fought in World War II. As we approach the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings on June 6, it's time
- [Is Access to the WWII Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPFs) Getting Easier & Faster?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/is-access-to-the-wwii-individual-deceased-personnel-files-idpfs-getting-easier-faster/) - For more than a decade, access to the WWII Individual Deceased Personnel Files or IDPFs, has undergone massive change. It has been frustrating to researchers who want to find answers about their family's veterans and to professionals like me who want to give families answers, closure and some peace. I began using these files in
- [The Ancestors Within Summit](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-ancestors-within-summit/) - The wait is finally over! The Ancestors Within Summit began yesterday and it's so exciting! This summit is free and contains: 101 Podcasts & videos of ancestral perspectives & connection 5 Themed days that match the book titles (Bonus day five on 11/11/22 of How to be a great ancestor of the future hundreds of
- [Get to Know WWII Researcher Jennifer Holik](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/get-to-know-wwii-researcher-jennifer-holik/) - In January I launched a short film about who I am and my business. Would you like to get to know a different side of me and the work I do? To learn more, please visit the Services section of this website. If you are attending RootsTech next week, consider attending one of the four WWII classes I'm teaching.
- [Faces of War Now Being Sold by Foundation for Adopting Graves American Cemetery](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/faces-of-war-now-being-sold-by-foundation-for-adopting-graves-american-cemetery/) - Exciting news! Another foundation in the Netherlands is now selling my book Faces of War: Researching Your Adopted Soldier. Now you can purchase a copy and support the Foundation for Adopting Graves American Cemetery Margraten.
- [The Day That Lived In Infamy Program 10 April 2016](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-day-that-lived-in-infamy-program-10-april-2016/) - Are you looking for WWII Education in the Chicago area? This Sunday, 10 April at 2:00 p.m., I will present The Day That Lived in Infamy. Navigating World War II Military Records at the Winnetka-Northfield Library District.
- [WWII Education - Spring 2016 WWII Programs](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-spring-2016-wwii-programs/) - This spring I am presenting several programs in the Chicago area on researching and writing the stories of WWII service men and women. I hope to see you at one of my programs. Tuesday, March 29, 10:30 a.m. Finishing The Story Tracing the life of a World War I or II soldier can be challenging. Researchers have been conditioned to believe “All the Records Burned!” Some did, but an abundance of other resources exist to reconstruct service history. Many researchers are unaware of the numerous military records and resources available.
- [Veterans Day Military Class in Wilmette, IL](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/veterans-day-military-class-in-wilmette-il/) - Saturday, November 11 starting at 12:00 p.m. I'll be speaking live at the Wilmette IL Library (1242 Wilmette Ave, Wilmette, IL) in cooperation with the North Suburban Genealogical Society. No registration is required and I'll be teaching my two-part military research strategy. 12:00 p.m. Research a Veteran Short break and refreshments plus announcements from the
- [Ancestral Healing Group Zoom Meetings Scheduled](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/ancestral-healing-group-zoom-meetings-scheduled/) - In 2020-2021, I ran a lot of Zoom meetings for military research and genealogy/ancestral healing. A lot of things shifted and I stopped doing them for a long time. Now, I'm bringing back online community meetings to discuss genealogy, military research, writing, ancestral healing, inherited trauma, genealogy tools, books, and more! This time I'm doing
- [New Program Available](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-program-available/) - Saturday 12 August I'm speaking for the Genealogy Study Group of West Michigan. This NEW program is now on my website for booking at your society or organization through 2024. You can view all my program options here which includes a PDF download. Program: Circle of Influence. Using Genealogy & FAN to Identify Family Patterns
- [Research a Veteran Workbook & Journal Now Available!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-a-veteran-workbook-journal-now-available/) - Available in Paperback July 12, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the fire that destroyed thousands of Army and Army Air Force and Air Force Official Military Personnel Files at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. Since then, countless families have been unable to obtain their veteran’s files because they were told, ‘All
- [Coming Soon! I Bring Dead Guys Home, A Memoir](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/coming-soon-i-bring-dead-guys-home-a-memoir/) - Travel through time with Jennifer Holik as she is guided by dead guys she brought home. Through the good and bad, they are there to help her create her best life.
- [Research a Veteran Workbook & Journal](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/13138-2/) - Available in Paperback July 12, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the fire that destroyed thousands of Army and Army Air Force and Air Force Official Military Personnel Files at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. Since then, countless families have been unable to obtain their veteran’s files because they were told, ‘All
- [Ancestral Messages Journal](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/ancestral-messages-journal/) - Announcing a new genealogy journal to help you connect more deeply with your ancestors! The Ancestral Messages 60-Day journal includes everything you need to deepen your connection to your ancestors through your genealogical research. This journal was created with the intention to help you identify the unique ways your ancestors and guides communicate with you
- [WWII Discharge Paper Doesn't Have All the Answers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-discharge-paper-doesnt-have-all-the-answers/) - WWI and WWII Discharge papers come in many varieties. Each document contains the same basic information but more specific data will vary based on branch. Many people think the information on this document is the end all be all for telling a veteran's story but this isn't quite true. The discharge paper is a great
- [Why You Need a Research Report](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-you-need-a-research-report/) - Yesterday I had a consultation with a potential research client who was seeking answers about his family's history and his father's military service. He had previously hired another military researcher who gave him a couple of documents and no other information. He was a little confused about why this other researcher did what he did,
- [A Family's Mental Health](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-familys-mental-health/) - Our veterans were not the only ones to suffer with mental health issues and grief because of war. Families at home also suffered, often quietly. Have you explored the grief and mental health of your family due to war or the loss of a family member to war? This is applicable to both those families
- [Now Offering Writing & Publishing Services](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/now-offering-writing-publishing-services/) - After a few years taking a break from writing and publishing due to burnout, I am once again offering writing and publishing services to clients. Preserve and honor the remarkable stories of yourself, your ancestors, veterans, and the legacies they've left behind. We understand the importance of capturing and sharing these unique narratives that span
- [Effects of Military Service & Combat on Children of Veterans](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/effects-of-military-service-combat-on-children-of-veterans/) - The family should be studied as a whole when we talk about the experiences of our veterans and war. Do you agree or disagree with that statement? As genealogists and military researchers, when the subject of war comes up, we tend to focus only on the veteran and his or her service. Usually in cases
- [Our Biggest Black Friday - Cyber Monday Online Course Sale!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-biggest-black-friday-cyber-monday-online-course-sale/) - The WWII Research & Writing Center is offering our biggest discount ever on our online courses. Take advantage of our Black Friday - Cyber Monday special and take 50% off all our courses!
- [D-Day 75th Anniversary Webinar & Online Course Sale!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/d-day-75th-anniversary-webinar-online-course-sale/) - The 75th anniversary of D-Day is almost here. Later this year we honor those who participated in Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, also having 75th anniversaries this year. To help you move your research forward and learn more about these important stories, I am offering discounts on my military webinars and some online classes. The discount links below are good from now until 7 June 2019.
- [Webinar Saturday January 12, 2019 - Finishing the Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/webinar-saturday-january-12-2019-finishing-the-story/) - In this engaging and informative presentation, Jennifer shares: A trip through time, exploring the lives of three men. Moving stories about each man’s life and death. Numerous resources search for military records to reconstruct service history. Tips on weaving military, genealogical, and historical records together. Examples of how a military story can be written.
- [WWII Online Course Sale](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-online-course-sale/) - Earlier this month the world celebrated V-E Day as the war in Europe7 came to a close. The 74th anniversary was celebrated as Europe prepares for large commemorations next year for the 75th anniversary. On Memorial Day we honor and remember all those who lost their lives in service. To help you move your World War II Research forward this summer, we are extending an offer for $5 off the price of a class. This coupon is good for three of our classes.
- [$50 Off the Self-Paced Individual Deceased Personnel File Online Course](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/50-off-the-self-paced-individual-deceased-personnel-file-online-course/) - For the Memorial Day weekend 2018, I am offering a $50 price reduction on the new online course, Finding the Answers in the IDPF. Just click the link to take advantage of this offer which runs until Monday 28 May 2018. The Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) is one of the most important files researchers can obtain for World War II service members who died or are still considered Missing In Action (MIA.) The details contained in these files are more than date of death, cause of death, and locations of burials. We learn about the service history, medical history, family stories and grief, decisions which had to be made by family members, family drama, the inability to recover remains, and sometimes connect with other researchers who have requested the file in the past. This course runs for 10 weeks. You will explore seven extensive modules, which include 27 downloads, case studies, and worksheets. Additionally, you will be given access to an exclusive Facebook Group, in which you can have conversations, share files, and connect with other researchers.
- [New Programs for the Holidays!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-programs-for-the-holidays/) - I am excited to announce two new workshops for the holiday season! Whether you would like to learn a new tool to take to your family gatherings to expand your research or learn self-care tips, I have what you need. Coffee with my Military Ancestors Join me for a free webinar to discuss what our
- [Music & Our Ancestors](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/music-our-ancestors/) - Isn't it interesting how a song can transport us back in time to a favorite moment in our lives? Maybe a piece of music gives you chills as you think about your ancestors or a place you visited? Maybe you connect to a time period's music, like the 1940s because you had family who served
- [Explore New Genealogy & Military Research Classes](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/explore-new-genealogy-military-research-classes/) - Are you ready to expand your WWI and WWII military research education? Would you like to better understand who your veterans were and how their service affected your family and possibly even you? If so, I have several new offers for April and May at the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School. My Doughboy's Story. A 2-hour
- [The Gift of War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-gift-of-war/) - Most people agree that war is hell. When we talk about war, it’s normally from the perspective of all the bad things, wrongs and harm done, pain and anguish endured, along with the death and destruction that took place. We rarely discuss openly the effects war had on our veterans. It’s even rarer we talk
- [McHenry County Genealogical Society Conference](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/mchenry-county-genealogical-society-conference/) - Are you interested in a day full of World War II Education? On Saturday, 9 July I am presenting four programs at the McHenry County Genealogical Society Conference.
- [New Programs Available for 2023 Speaking Engagements](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-programs-available-for-2023-speaking-engagements/) - I'm so excited to announce all new programs for 2023. Is your organization looking for a speaker on topics of ancestral healing, inherited trauma, surveying family systems, genograms, genealogy, and military research? I have just what you need. A few of the new programs include: Why Was Grandma So Mean? Wise Female Ancestors Surveying Family
- [Waiting to Explode](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/waiting-to-explode/) - A few days ago I went to a Documentary Screening at Cantigny where the First Division Museum is, in Winfield, Illinois. The documentary was called Waiting to Explode. There were three panelists and a man running the event. I didn't catch his name but the panelists were: Journalist Jessica Pearce Rotondi, Board member of Legacies
- [Free Genogram Taster Session](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/free-genogram-taster-session/) - Did you know... Over their lifetimes, our ancestors experienced many things, both positive and negative (think traumatic). The things they did not process and integrate became "normal" beliefs, behaviors, and patterns within the family. Those "normal" beliefs, behaviors, and patterns get passed down through the DNA and we live by many of them on a
- [New Webinars in July!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-webinars-in-july/) - I am excited to announce three new webinars in July and early August. To learn more just click the links below to watch a short video and read about the webinar. Replays will be available for those who cannot attend live. Unlock the Past Webinar Tuesday 27 July 2021 at 12:00 p.m. CST In this
- [Do You Need a Developmental Editor?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/do-you-need-a-developmental-editor/) - Are you writing your military or personal stories and need a fresh set of eyes on your project? A developmental editor might be just what you need! One of the areas I shine in is seeing what's missing from your stories. I ask the hard questions about the story, offer suggestions on what's missing and
- [Professional Researchers and Empathy](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/professional-researchers-and-empathy/) - The end of 2018 has arrived, although I am not quite sure where this year went. While there were moments it felt as if it dragged on and I would never see the light at the end of the tunnel, most days seemed to fly by. As I sit here in these final hours of the year, I have been journaling a lot about my targets for the early part of 2019. I have been evaluating my business, what it has been, what it can no longer be, and what it must become. Who I must become to create in a new way. I am writing my memoir and a couple of other books at the same time because the world requires hope and inspiration. This is requiring me to be very vulnerable and open. Something that is sometimes difficult.
- [Holocaust History - Fort Breendonk, Belgium](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/holocaust-history-fort-breendonk-belgium/) - Johan and I visited Belgium recently and spent part of a day at Fort Breendonk. The fort was in use during World War I, but our primary interest, and what was contained in most of the fort, was the history of what took place there in World War II. During WWII it was used as a concentration transit camp.
- [Where Can I Find a Service Number for WWII?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/where-can-i-find-a-service-number-for-wwii/) - Do you know where to find the service or serial number for someone who died in WWII and is buried overseas?
- [Holocaust History - Kazerne Dossin Museum](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/holocaust-history-kazerne-dossin-museum/) - On 6 October 2018, Johan and I visited the Kazerne Dossin Museum in Mechelen, Belgium. Originally, when I looked at the museum information, I thought it contained history of the Holocaust, but did not read closely enough to see that the entire museum was not a "war museum" for WWII but specifically a Holocaust Museum. We went early enough, not long after the museum opened, hoping to visit while it was quiet. Having visited other Holocaust sites, camps, and WWII museums, I know I do better going when it is less busy and crowded.
- [The Lessons of Vogelsang](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-lessons-of-vogelsang/) - In October, Johan and I visited Vogelsang, a former Nazi Training Facility and Tourist hot spot/wedding venue during the 1930s and early 1940s. Standing in this place now, looking out over the beautiful fall Eifel National Park, and knowing the history of this place, was hard to wrap my head around.
- [Czech Military Historian Seeks Assistance](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/czech-military-historian-seeks-assistance/) - I am looking for one American soldier who was in Czechoslovakia at the end of WWII. His name was Dan C. Thomas, he was Lieutenant, he was African American. His photo is attached. According to the badges wearing he was member of some Artillery unit and he was a liaison pilot. A liaison aircraft (also called an army cooperation aircraft) is a small, usually unarmed aircraft primarily used by military forces for artillery observation or transporting commanders and messages. Type of aircraft was Piper.
- [Releasing Our Family's Choices & Experiences](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/releasing-our-familys-choices-experiences/) - How often do we acknowledge the pain, shame, guilt, sadness, choices, and experiences we carry from our family members or past lives? Do we acknowledge what we take on for others? Are you ready to let this go?
- [Locating Information on WWI and WWII Missing and Dead](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/locating-information-on-wwi-and-wwii-missing-and-dead/) - How can I find information on my soldier who died in WWI or WWII? What is the best way to reconstruct their service history? I need to hire a wwii researcher to find answers.
- [Seeing the Value of Living History](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/seeing-the-value-of-living-history/) - I spent the weekend in Son, Netherlands at the 101st Airborne commemorations and living history camp for the 74th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden. As with any living history event anywhere in Europe, there are people who love it and people who do not.
- [Book Review - Architects of Death](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-architects-of-death/) - I was sent an Advanced Reader Copy of the book, Architects of Death. The Family Who Engineered the Death Camps, by Karen Bartlett. The book is due to be released in August 2018. Overall the book was very interesting. Being an empath and medium, I did set a barrier around my house and myself before I began reading it and honestly, read most of it outside where the energy could ground into the earth. This is not an easy book to read, although it does NOT get graphic in the description of what happened to the victims of the death camps/concentration camps. For that I was grateful. I just finished reading a book about Japanese POWs and their treatment so a reprieve from such graphic descriptions was good.
- [Can We Stop the Stigma of History?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/can-we-stop-the-stigma-of-history/) - Last weekend I was in Son, Netherlands for the Operation Market Garden (OMG) commemorations and living history for the 101st Airborne. Coming up this weekend in Arnhem, they will be commemorating the British aspect of OMG. As I was in the Airborne re-enactment camp, I spoke to many Dutch people about the stigma of war that still exists in society and families today. I spoke to many about the past, the choices that were made, and how we heal in the present and move forward.
- [A Visit to Livingston County War Museum](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-visit-to-livingston-county-war-museum/) - Johan and I visited the Livingston County War Museum in Pontiac, IL on 11 August 2018. David Estes, son of Dal Estes, for whom the museum was created, invited me to visit when he attended one of my WWII programs in 2017. You know how, You don't know what you don't know? Or you don't
- [Why did they Immigrate?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-did-they-immigrate/) - Have you stopped to consider the deeper choices our families made prior to leaving Europe? What caused them to emigrate? What caused them to settle in America where they did? How did that affect your life? Also consider whether military service affected their choice to emigrate. Once in America, did they join the military by choice or requirement? How did all of this affect who they were, how they functioned in their families, and who you are today?
- [A Walk in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, MO](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/a-walk-in-jefferson-barracks-national-cemetery-st-louis-mo/) - Recently, Johan and I visited the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. We were traveling and he felt it was important to stop there while we were in St. Louis. I had never been there, although I have read through IDPFs (death files) for several group burials from WWII which are there.
- [Book Review - Belly of the Beast (Japanese POW WWII)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-belly-of-the-beast-japanese-pow-wwii/) - War in the Pacific. This is something many people do not talk about and there are fewer groups on Facebook for this part of World War II than what exists for the European Theater of War. For some reason people focus more on the European Theater of War than any other theater. I have conducted research on service members who fought in the Pacific for almost a decade and have helped numerous clients learn more about their family member's history in this theater of war.
- [Travel Gives a Different Perspective of WWII Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/travel-gives-a-different-perspective-of-wwii-research/) - In June 2018 my husband and I took a trip to Germany so I could visit some World War II sites I was researching. We spent a day with Doug Mitchell, who drove us around all along parts of the West Wall, showed us the dragon's teeth, German bunkers, and filled our heads with history. It was a kind of gloomy day which was rather apt for the war theme for the day.
- [74th Anniversary of D-Day Kindle Book Sale](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/74th-anniversary-of-d-day-kindle-book-sale/) - In honor of the 74th anniversary of D-Day we are offering a sale on some of our WWII Kindle books from today June 5 until the morning of June 7. Finding the Answers: Researching Army Service in World War II Part 1 now $3.99 Finding the Answers: Researching World War II Army Service Part 2 now
- [Netherlands Speaking Engagements](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/netherlands-speaking-engagements/) - I am presenting three World War II programs in the Netherlands this month. Saturday, October 24 2015, 13.00 (1:00 p.m.) The Liberators. Reconstructing Army and Air Corps World War II Military Service During 1944 and 1945, thousands of men and women serving in the U.S. Army and Army Air Forces, fought to defeat Germany and
- [Brothers In Arms Book Kickstarter Project](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/brothers-in-arms-book-kickstarter-project/) - Last fall a man named Kevin Callahan contacted me to work on a research project called Brothers In Arms. After discussing his targets, the WWII Research and Writing Center obtained some records and connected him with several of our contacts in Europe to help move his project forward. Today, Kevin has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to produce a coffee table style book documenting the stories of those brothers buried side by side in American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) cemeteries overseas.
- [Military Monday - January/February World War II Speaking Engagements](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-januaryfebruary-speaking-engagements/) - Are you interested in learning how to research World War II service? I have several Chicago-area speaking engagements lined up for the first two months of 2016. Hope to see you at one of them! Tuesday, January 12, 2016, 7:00 p.m. The Day That Lived in Infamy. Navigating World War II Military Records All the
- [Digitize Those Films & Slides](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/digitize-those-films-slides/) - Last month I bit the bullet and signed up for LegacyBox (with their Mother's Day discount offer) so I could get my AVG Flying Tiger Robert Brouk films digitized. I have been sitting with a few films for a couple years and after hearing good things from other genealogists, I decided to give them a
- [Writing War. Veterans Writing Project](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/writing-war-veterans-writing-project/) - Several years ago while looking for military writing and veteran writing resources, I found a website called the Veterans Writing Project. Through that, Ron Capps wrote a book called Writing War. A Guide To Telling Your Own Story. This is a short read with a lot of guidance and examples to help veterans tell their
- [Try it for Free! Healing the Roots Writing Workshop](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/try-it-for-free-healing-the-roots-writing-workshop/) - Inside each of you lives stories ready to be told. Problems we often face are, where do I even begin? What stories do I tell? How do I make them something my family will want to read? How can I find more of the information within the genealogy and military research I’ve already done? How
- [Women’s History Month – Writing about the Women of World War II](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/womens-history-month-writing-about-the-women-of-world-war-ii/) - March is Women’s History Month. A month in which we honor the women in our families, communities, and the world. How are you honoring the women in your family who lived during World War II? It doesn’t matter if one of your female ancestors served in the military or Red Cross. All women participated in
- [Book Review: Emotional Inheritance](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-emotional-inheritance/) - The last few years I have read so many books and studied with many teachers in the areas of inherited trauma, collective trauma, ancestral healing and it never ceases to amaze me how deep we can go with these topics. I read a book Emotional Inheritance. It's a short book, larger print, quick read, but
- [Tips for Writing the Normandy Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/tips-for-writing-the-normandy-story/) - Many people are heading to Normandy to commemorate the D-Day landings right now. Perhaps you are one of those people. Maybe you have a trip planned for another time when it is less crowded and you can more easily take in the sights, sounds, and emotions of the places your family member fought, and possibly
- [U.S. War Dead Reach France From Channel Islands](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/u-s-war-dead-reach-france-from-channel-islands/) - This morning I made a few videos on TikTok about the John Wells WWII collection. Whoever sold his collection years ago divided it up into multiple parts and I obtained the part with a lot of graves registration photos, reports, and other materials. One of the items I mentioned in my video was an article,
- [Are You Ready to Write Your Stories?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-ready-to-write-your-stories/) - Are you ready to write your military stories? Have you been writing and need some guidance or developmental editing? Unsure what might be missing from your research or narrative? I have openings for three (3) new book clients in the month of May. If you are interested in taking your book project to the next
- [Book Review: Nurses in Vietnam](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-nurses-in-vietnam/) - Are you curious about our female Vietnam veterans? I am. I recently finished reading a book, Nurses in Vietnam. The Forgotten Veterans. Edited by Dan Freedman. Associate Editor Jacqueline Rhoads. This book tells the stories of nine Vietnam Army nurses. It becomes clear after two or three stories that the editors must have had a
- [Book Review: The Dead Were Mine](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-the-dead-were-mine/) - I just finished a book called The Dead Were Mine, which is the story of a Vietnam Memorial Activities (Graves Registration /GRREG) man in Vietnam. Having extensively studied the activities of Graves Registration in World War I and World War II, and writing and teaching about this, it was time for me to explore Vietnam
- [Current Military Research Possibilities](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/current-military-research-possibilities/) - Are you ready to start your military research project? The National Archives branches are open and some research is possible. If you are ready to start a project, email me at info@wwiirwc.com and let's set up a free phone consultation to discuss possibilities. What are some things you need to know? When you contact me
- [Book Clubs: Stories of the Lost](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-clubs-stories-of-the-lost/) - Imagine sending your son off to war. Will he return unharmed, unchanged, and whole? How long will he be gone? Will the war last forever? Will he return? Standing in front of you at the railroad station is a young man in uniform. He looks so handsome, so strong, and full of life. You hug
- [Writing Stories of War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/writing-stories-of-war/) - Photographs. Letters. Military documents. Whispered family stories. Artifacts of war. Questions……so many questions and some answers. Your head is spinning and you are unsure where to start writing the stories of your family’s experience in war. Just as researching your soldier or civilian’s war story follows a process, so does the writing. Step 1: Do
- [Book Clubs: The Tiger's Widow](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-clubs-the-tigers-widow/) - Love knows no boundaries of time and space or life and death. It exists forever in our hearts as we remember and honor those who have gone before us. Through those memories we pass life lessons on to the next generation. We teach others there is light after darkness, hope after despair, and love is
- [Military Books](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-books/) - I added a new section to the Research Resources where you can download military books and training guides. More booklets and Graves Registration Service information will be added over time so check back. Can I Help With Your Research & Writing Projects If you need help with your WWI – Vietnam research projects or writing
- [More Resources on My Pinterest](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/more-resources-on-my-pinterest/) - Did you know I have a Pinterest account? For many years I have pinned resources on my boards. If you would like to explore it, please visit Jennifer Holik's board. Can I Help With Your Research & Writing Projects If you need help with your WWI – Vietnam research projects or writing projects, I am
- [Quick Guide to Researching WWI](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/quick-guide-to-researching-wwi/) - In 2012 as I was writing my book Stories of the Lost, I created a Quick Guide to Researching World War I service. Since 2012, a lot has changed with military records access, archive closures (2020-2022 and ongoing), and digitized records. So what can we do today to learn about our World War I ancestor's
- [Bibliography & Writing the Military Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/bibliography-writing-the-military-story/) - I was looking through my old military files and presentation materials and found a bibliography I created when I published my books Stories of the Lost and The Tiger's Widow. When we write the stories of our ancestors, it is not only genealogy and military records that we use to research and create those stories.
- [WWII Photographs on Troop Banners](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-photographs-on-troop-banners/) - I have been researching the service of John H. Long, an I Company 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division man, Killed In Action in 1945. His son recently alerted me to a program in Pittsburgh, PA and surrounding communities. This is the Troop Banner program which honors soldiers, sailors, and Marines from any conflict.
- [From Shock to Understanding](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/from-shock-to-understanding/) - Have you ever discovered things in your genealogy or military research that shocked you into awareness and understanding? Maybe it even helped you release a long-held family pattern that was weighing you down. Have you been forced to hide your gifts, intuition, knowings about your family because you had to fit in? Because the family
- [Writing A Love Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/writing-a-love-story/) - You might be wondering what a love story has to do with World War II research. The answer is simple. The story came out of the research. Only it didn’t. And then, it did. Pick up any writing guide today and it will tell you writing is difficult and you must sit and write every
- [Honoring the WWII Paratroopers of Prague](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-the-wwii-paratroopers-of-prague/) - This is a guest post written by Sharon Odegaard. Prague’s beautiful old town today is what draws so many to visit. It escaped damage during WWII, so what we see strolling along the lanes and in the town square are genuinely historic shops and churches and restaurants, rather than new versions made to look old. People flock to Prague to experience history in its pure form. So many of the cities in Europe suffered from bombing, one of the closest to Prague being lovely Dresden, which lay in ruins after the war. Some cities were rebuilt in the original style, such as Dresden and Nuremberg, and others chose to start over with modern structures of glass and chrome, like Berlin.
- [Dark Tourism in Europe](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/dark-tourism-in-europe/) - A few months ago I read an article in a Holocaust Educator's group about dark tourism. I had never heard of this until I read the article and then realized, I do dark tourism when I travel in Europe. Dark tourism is defined as: Tourism that involves traveling to places associated with death and suffering. There is a great website Dark-Tourism, that explains what dark tourism is, the ethical considerations, health and safety issues, and places for dark tourism, among many other things. I highly recommend you review their main about page.
- [Prague in World War II Tour](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/prague-in-world-war-ii-tour/) - Johan and I got married and went on honeymoon in Prague. Initially I thought we'd do some ancestor hunting for me. As far as I've researched (back into early 1800s), my family came from Bohemia - later Czechoslovakia. Then we decided no work, no war, and no genealogy. We would only be dreamy honeymooners exploring
- [Have you Visited the 101st Airborne Museum in Bastogne, Belgium?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/have-you-visited-the-101st-airborne-museum-in-bastogne-belgium/) - Are you looking for an amazing experience in Bastogne for WWII? Check out the 101st Airborne Museum and make sure you take the time to do the bomb shelter experience.
- [What Do These Codes Mean in This Army Unit History?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/what-do-these-codes-mean-in-this-army-unit-history/) - Learn about code names used in Army unit histories for campaigns, islands, and amphibious assaults.
- [Moulin Le Cygne](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/moulin-le-cygne/) - Looking for a cozy place to stay near the Meuse-Argonne WWI areas of France? Look no further than Moulin Le Cygne.
- [CRASH Airwar Museum Program 25 February 2017](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/crash-airwar-museum-program-25-february-2017/) - Last Saturday, 25 February 2017, I gave my third WWII program on research and writing at the CRASH Airwar Museum near Amsterdam, Netherlands. We had a bit of a glitch as I brought my brand new laptop and didn't realize it only had the HDMI port. The museum didn't have that cord or connection to
- [When You Feel Too Much From Them](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/when-you-feel-too-much-from-them/) - When we do family history or military research, sometimes some of us can feel too much. What do you do when this happens?
- [WWII Education - Tarawa and a Study of Graves Registration Service During WWII](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/tarawa-and-graves-registration/) - Throughout the course of my World War II research the last several years, one of my primary focuses has been the work of the Graves Registration Service (GRS). I focused on this group because so many of the soldiers, sailors, and Marines I research were Killed In Action or never recovered. Many people have no idea about the number of records the men of the GRS created and how valuable they are. These men created one file available to all researchers, for every service man or woman Killed In Action or unrecovered (still MIA.) This file is the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for identified service members or X-File for unidentified service members. You can read more about the IDPF and other records in the Education section of my website.
- [When and Why Do I Need to Hire a WWII Researcher?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/when-and-why-do-i-need-to-hire-a-wwii-researcher/) - There are a lot of people who contact me about helping them find information on their WWII Soldier, Airman, Sailor, or Marine. Most are children of those who died during the war and veterans who are now deceased. I hear all kinds of stories that were passed down through the family, often which contain very little truth today when you look at the military records, and records and photographs the family has, and piece together the service puzzle. It is kind of like the telephone game where someone tells a story and by the time it gets to the 10th person it is nothing resembling the original.
- [When NOT to Hire a Genealogy or Military Record Retrieval Person](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/when-not-to-hire-a-genealogy-or-military-record-retrieval-person/) - First, I would like to define a couple of things so readers understand where I am coming from. Record retriever: Someone who will copy or scan specific records requested by a client, usually based off an 'Add to cart' option of specific, non-flexible record requests. This person may or may not have any idea how to reconstruct military histories. Full service researcher: Someone who obtains various records to reconstruct military service and provides a fully sourced research report with the documents that show military service.
- [Genealogical Information in the WWII IDPF](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/genealogical-information-in-the-wwii-idpf/) - I've written before on the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) in both what documents they contain and how to access them. I have examples of these files under RESEARCH on this website. Today I'd like to talk about the genealogical information you can find within this file. Many genealogists tend to avoid WWI or WWII research because they believe that all the records burned and nothing can be found (that is wrong). They also avoid it because it is too recent and not much is online. For those genealogists with family members who died in service or are still MIA, you are missing out on a lot of information by not doing this research.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 15 October 2015 part 2](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-15-october-2015-part-2/) - Did you catch Part 1 of my day in Luxembourg on 15 October? If not, you should read that first so the rest of the day and the Sauer River crossing makes sense. As I write this post I have to tell you, the guys buried in Luxembourg are planning something else for me. I had not intended to go visit them again in May but it seems I will. A new soldier, who I am fairly certain I must have walked past at the cemetery when I visited other graves near his, has taken up residence in my house. Pvt. Charles P. Becker, KIA 10 January 1945 (a day before my James) and who was part of F Company 328th Infantry Regiment 26th Infantry Division. I'm currently waiting to receive his IDPF and Morning Reports. If I'm lucky, his OMPF also. You'll have to come back to my blog late May to see how that turns out!
- [Are You Wasting Your Money Using a Genealogy Record Retriever?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-wasting-your-money-using-a-genealogy-record-retriever/) - It's quite simple actually. You start with the unit on the discharge paper and then you work backwards through the Morning Reports looking for every instance the soldier appears. So let's say he was F Company 358th Infantry Regiment 90th Division at war's end - which for this example was the death date on 11 January 1945. You start there and go backward. You realize in December 1944 the Morning Report shows this soldier as being transferred into this Company from a different unit.
- [Paratrooper Bernie Tom from D-Day to Death](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/paratrooper-bernie-tom-from-d-day-to-death/) - This week we are honoring Bernie Tom and the anniversary of his death with articles on some of the letters he wrote to his parents and explaining how the details can help researchers understand not only military service of an individual, but also who he was. You can read the first article, Band of Brothers in Letters - Bernie Tom KIA 9 October 1944. You can read the second article, Paratrooper Bernie Tom - Part 2.
- [An Inspiring Woman](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/an-inspiring-woman/) - Today is International Women's History Day. Who are the women in your family that you are remembering or honoring today? How did those women change your life? There is one woman who is very special to me and inspired me to continue moving forward in a time of great change and sadness for me. Her
- [War, Love, and Healing](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/war-love-and-healing/) - I'm often asked when I teach, why did I start researching and writing about World War II? My business began 6 1/2 years ago in genealogy. That was my dream and focus. About 20 years ago I started researching my family's history and my uncle told me about a cousin, Robert Brouk, who was one of the original AVG Flying Tigers. At the time, that meant nothing to me because I didn't know about the Flying Tigers or much about WWII. Then I started researching........
- [Honoring Service - Key Questions Answered by American Researchers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-key-questions-answered-by-american-researchers/) - Yesterday I wrote an article about Key Questions European Researchers Have about soldiers they are researching. Today we are going to look at the same questions, but provide answers American genealogists and researchers can use to locate information. The answers provided in this article are the tip of the iceberg for what is available to researchers. Use it as a starting point to move your research forward. To help European researchers approach WWII research, please pick up a copy of my book Faces of War: Researching Your Adopted Soldier from one of the Dutch Foundations selling it in Europe. This book was written for ALL European researchers to specifically address how they conduct research from Europe.
- [Honoring Service - Key Questions Asked By European Researchers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-key-questions-asked-by-european-researchers/) - In Europe there are many researchers who seek information on the soldier's grave they adopted at one of the American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) Cemeteries. The questions they seek answers to are generally the same. This article focuses on where Europeans can find answers to those questions. Typically, European researchers start with online resources like Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, FindAGrave, and Newspaper databases.
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 7](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-7/) - Prompt 7: Overseas Service. Each battleground was different. The D-Day beaches were different terrain than the Ardennes Forest or North Africa or Japan or the air over Germany. Describe the locations where he or she moved from place to place during the war.
- [What is YOUR World War II Story?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/what-is-your-world-war-ii-story/) - When I lecture in the U.S. and Europe, people always ask me, 'Why did you start researching World War II?' My business did not start out in WWII research, but genealogy. When I was finishing my history degree I took a class in 1996 which required a family history project. Once I started, I was hooked. Being Czech, as far as I had traced in 1998, I was determined to finish my degree, return to Chicago and become a great Chicago Czech researcher. Funny how we make plans and life happens......A year after I started my business in 2010, I began working with an Italian American in Chicago.
- [Book Review - The Butcher's Daughter](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-the-butchers-daughter/) - I recently read a book called The Butcher's Daughter, a memoir, by Florence Grende. Florence is the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Her story though is not of a family who survived the camps, but who escaped to the forests prior to being sent from a ghetto to a camp and the effects that life had on her parents and herself.
- [2017 Airborne Commemoration in Heteren, Netherlands](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/2017-airborne-commemoration-in-heteren-netherlands/) - Last week I attended the Airborne Commemoration in Heteren, Netherlands. This was the second year I attended this commemoration. Heteren is near the area where the Airborne fought on the dikes after Operation Market Garden, in the area they call the "Island." Many soldiers, including Bernard Tom, who I wrote about last week, fought and died on the dikes near Randwijk just up the road.
- [Paratrooper Bernie Tom - Part 2](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/paratrooper-bernie-tom-part-2/) - This week marks the anniversary of PFC Bernie Tom's death on 9 October 1944. After reading three binders of letters from him to his parents and friends, and some from his parents and friends to him, I chose to write a few articles to honor his life and service. Also to explain what we can learn about our soldiers through their words. You can read the first article, Band of Brothers in Letters - Bernie Tom KIA 9 October 1944. All quotes are typed as Bernie wrote them, spelling and punctuation. Bernie arrives overseas early in 1944, first landing in Ireland. the V-Mail to his parents for 19 February 1944 stated, "The Crossing was awful, especially for me. I was sick most of the time. Not so much sea sickness but it was the food. It was the worst I had ever left on my plate. I lost about 10 pounds all together."
- [Experiences in Healing the Past](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/experiences-in-healing-the-past/) - So many names. So many stories. So much pain. More than 20 years ago I began researching my family's history after I had a project in a history class in college. After hearing a few stories, digging into some records, and attending a couple of Czech Genealogy Society conference in Chicago (and being the youngest person in attendance), I was hooked. Years passed and life happened and then the time came to fulfill a dream I'd had since that course - to have my own genealogy business. Seven years ago I started that business. Interestingly, the genealogy clients and work only lasted about three years. The universe and my ancestors had other plans for me. To explore World War I and World War II research. Little did I know when I began that journey, that it would lead me to sad, dark places.
- [Military Researchers, Are You Paying Attention to the Details?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-researchers-are-you-paying-attention-to-the-details/) - I wrote the first article in a new series to provide answers and healing for families of WWII war dead, called, Demanding Answers About WWII War Dead. In this article I explained I was reading a 361 page Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for a Jewish WWII soldier named Harvey.
- [Demanding Answers About WWII War Dead](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/demanding-answers-about-wwii-war-dead/) - I sit in the Netherlands this morning reading the Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) of a Jewish soldier named Harvey. The 361 page IDPF contains interesting information. It is a perfect example of what I always tell people in my books, articles, and programs. The government did not tell families everything when their son or daughter died. Harvey’s file has multiple examples with such incredible documentation by his father, George, it requires several articles to explain the information. My hope by explaining and providing documentation from the file, families of World War II war dead will find some answers, peace, closure, and healing.
- [WWI and WWII Research Coaching Now Available!](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwi-and-wwii-research-coaching-now-available/) - As interest in World War I and World War II American service member research grows, we are now offering Research Coaching Packages. The processes and education you receive in these packages will allow you to research any branch of the military with greater ease. Elite Research Coaching Package We’ve been told all the records burned, but in reality, many records exist to help you tell your World War I and World War II service member’s story. The questions many people ask themselves is, ‘How do I access these records? Now that I have them, what do they mean?’
- [Genealogy and Stories in Military Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/genealogy-and-stories-in-military-records/) - I recently received several new Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPFs) for those buried in or on the Wall of the Missing at North Africa. In addition to this, I received some very interesting client files that contained partially burned Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs). Reviewing these files for two days straight led to so many questions about family, war, research, the stories we hear and tell, and the pain passed down through the generations.
- [Can I Help You Decipher Your Paperwork?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/can-i-help-you-decipher-your-paperwork/) - Sometimes military and family history researchers want to complete research on their own but just need an expert to help create a research plan or help them decipher the military lingo. Do you need help? I can help!
- [Finding Peace in Chichester, UK](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/finding-peace-in-chichester-uk/) - Many research clients have wandered into my life the last seven years. Some create more of a connection than others due to the type of project we work on together. There are clients who want the facts and only the facts. Then there are others who seek to heal things within themselves and their family, often without realizing that is one reason they hired me. When those clients show up, often, a vulnerable exchange takes place between us both. When that happens, we are both affected and both healed, whether we are conscious of it or not. Those exchanges can take us on powerful journeys we might not otherwise have taken. If we choose the journey.
- [Visiting Imperial War Museum Duxford in Cambridgeshire, UK](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/visiting-imperial-war-museum-duxford-in-cambridgeshire-uk/) - On June 5th 2017, the WWII Research and Writing Centre team visited the IWM at Duxford near Cambridge in England. Duxford was an airfield and was used in WWII. It is quite famous (apart from the movie “Battle of Britain” for its collection of military planes, especially WWII vintage.) It doesn’t disappoint. There is ample parking and the entrance is clearly marked. The entrance fee is currently 18 good old British pounds but that is pretty good value for what you get. You enter the complex near the gift shop which I always like. You can already spot some items you may want to pick up later (leather flying helmets, anyone?).
- [Visit to Imperial War Museum, London](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/visit-to-imperial-war-museum-london/) - On June 8th, 2017 my fiancée Jennifer Holik and I visited the Imperial War Museum in London. Jennifer was in London for the first time and I have visited this museum many times before. I think the first time I went must have been 45 years ago.
- [What Are We Creating?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/what-are-we-creating/) - What are we working on now? Here's a quick video to tell you.
- [The Spiral of Healing](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-spiral-of-healing/) - The longer I continue on my spiritual journey, the more I heal, and the more aware I become. Being an empath, I tend to pick up everything from everyone and everywhere. I've been told and read many times, that healing is like a spiral. We start at one spot, one event, one moment in time, and work through and release some pain. This could be from a past life or this life.
- [Jennifer's European Adventures 26 May 2017](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/jennifers-european-adventures-26-may-2017/) - There is so much happening on this trip to Europe that I'm struggling a bit to keep up and document it all. As I write this, we just returned from 10 days in England. It was my first time there and so much happened. More on that in a future post. For now, let's return to Friday, 26 May 2017, when we drove from Amsterdam to Thirimont, Belgium to be in the town where a client's brother was Killed In Action (KIA) on 13 January 1945.
- [Jennifer's European Adventures 22-24 May 2017](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/jennifers-european-adventures-22-24-may-2017/) - The weekend is over and jet lag has subsided. Hooray! Now what is possible for this new week? One benefit of being in business for yourself is the flexibility to work anywhere. Have Wifi and computer? Check. Check. I can work. I spent Monday working on client projects and my new books while in Utrecht.
- [How Many Ways Can You Write A Story?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/how-many-ways-can-you-write-a-story/) - Yesterday we published an article about writing the Stories of the Children and Grandchildren of War. Today we'd like to explore the numerous ways you can write one story. One thing we tell people when they come to us for research or have questions about military service or family stories is, consider the perspective. Stories told by veterans or heard by family members that get passed down, often resemble little of what originally happened once the story is retold through the generations. Or are they accurate? Based on whose perspective? Is it possible two veterans can tell the same story of battle and those stories conflict with each other? Absolutely! We also have to consider what a person is going through when they tell us a story. Also consider their background and experiences, including all the judgments, conclusions, decision, points of view, perceptions, resistance, and other emotions a person feels. All of these things can shape the kind of story we tell or how we perceive what is being said. Confused? I'll give you some examples.
- [WWII Program Saturday at the CRASH '40-'45 Museum](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-program-saturday-at-the-crash-40-45-museum/) - International WWII historian, speaker, and author Jennifer Holik, will be presenting Stories of War at the CRASH Air War and Resistance Museum ’40-’45 on Saturday 25 February at 13.00. Her program will be a combination of WWII research and tips on writing the stories. Admission to the museum is € 3,50 per person and that includes the lecture.
- [Freedom Museum, Groesbeek, The Netherlands](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/freedom-museum-groesbeek-the-netherlands/) - A review of the Freedom Museum, formerly the National Liberation Museum in Groesbeek, the Netherlands. A newly renovated and much more powerful museum than the former.
- [Online Course Review - Healing Conversations](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/online-course-review-healing-conversations/) - I took an online class about supporting grieving people called Healing Conversations. This short course is a must for anyone journeying with a grieving friend or client.
- [Follow Your Soul Path Giveaway](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/follow-your-soul-path-giveaway/) - I know how busy this time of year can be, but I know that you won’t regret taking 30 seconds right now to take advantage of this amazing FREE Black Friday giveaway extravaganza: The Follow Your Soul Path Giveaway! I have joined together with over 15 other amazing women coaches, healers and practitioners to bring
- [Kristin Hannah's Winter Garden](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/kristin-hannahs-winter-garden/) - Historical Fiction can provide a new way to connect to your own family history by exploring the stories of others. Kristin Hannah has some amazing books that have given me many things to question about my own family history. Historical Fiction also introduces me to new historical periods, people, and things that I can explore
- [Honoring Service - Living History in the Netherlands](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-living-history-in-the-netherlands/) - Operation Market Garden Anniversary This weekend I went to Son, Netherlands, to watch my fiancé participate in his 101st Airborne re-enactment group for the anniversary of Operation Market Garden. This was the first time I had seen him participate and I wasn't sure what to expect. I had never been to a re-enactment in the U.S. and while I had seen photos of my fiancé's group, being there live and in person, was a whole different experience.
- [2nd Lt. David Baird Finch - Stories of War Submission](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/2nd-lt-david-baird-finch-stories-of-war-submission/) - My Dad, David Baird Finch was born in Atkinson, Illinois, on June 5, 1912 to James Madison Finch and Kate Nichol Finch. His father was a Congregational Minister, farmer and sometimes county Judge, so that the family moved around a lot, mostly in Nebraska. Dad completed his high school years at Bellwood Nebraska, where he played basketball. He attended one year of high school at Caldwell, Idaho, where his parents retired. He attended Wayne College in Nebraska for a while. He was the youngest of eight children and spoiled by all with a lot of attention and affection. His two oldest brothers served in the Army during World War I. The oldest, Robert was killed in France in the Battle of Belleau Wood 6/6/18. He is buried at the American Cemetery, and the other brother, Durell, received permanent injuries from gas.
- [Book Review - Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-ethical-dilemmas-in-genealogy/) - Discover topics all research professionals should consider when working with clients and even their own research. Ethical Dilemmas in Genealogy is a must-have book for all researchers.
- [WWII Education - Resources to Research Your WWII Soldier's Service](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-resources-to-research-your-wwii-soldiers-service/) - In the month of May we honor and remember those who served during World War II. First on V-E Day, 8 May, and next on Memorial Day, 30 May. Have you researched the service of your World War II Soldier, Airman, Sailor, Marine, or Civilian? If not, why? What's stopping you from learning what your
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 31](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-31/) - Prompt 31: Soldier Stories. As we conclude Military Memories, I have two prompts for you today. 1. I am grateful for the service of my ancestors because …….. and 2. I am grateful for the service of today’s soldiers because ………
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 30](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-30/) - Prompt 30: Remembrance. Today is Memorial Day. How do you honor those in your family who died in military service on this day? Do you have any stories or photographs of Memorial Days from years past? Particularly after the war when families would visit cemeteries more often?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 29](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-29/) - Prompt 29: After The War. Write about life after war. What did your ancestor come home to when his or her service ended? Marriage? A job? Family? College? Did he or she enlist to serve again?
- [Stories from the Children and Grandchildren of War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/stories-from-the-children-and-grandchildren-of-war/) - Every day we hear about another WWII veteran who has died. Some go silently and almost no one notices. Other more "famous" veterans are given a big fanfare after they depart this world. There is another group of individuals who are aging and passing away each day that no one is talking about. The children of veterans and soldiers who were Killed In Action. With those veterans and their children also go their stories. Last year the World War II Research and Writing Center released a book to help families and researchers, put on paper, the stories they heard or know about WWII. Stories from the World War II Battlefield: Volume 3 Writing the Stories of War.
- [Last Chance to Pre-Order Faces of War for CRASH Museum Event](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/last-chance-to-pre-order-faces-of-war-for-crash-museum-event/) - International WWII historian, speaker, and author Jennifer Holik, will be presenting Stories of War at the CRASH Air War and Resistance Museum ’40-’45 on Saturday 25 February at 13.00. Her program will be a combination of WWII research and tips on writing the stories.
- [Military Monday - Doughboy - MIA Website](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-doughboy-mia-website/) - World War I was a different kind of war than World War II. It was a stagnant boundary war for much of the time where small acres of land were fought over again and again. Bodies were buried, only to be hit by artillery and lost again. These are things we forget. The United States World War I Centennial Commission has an extensive website of resources on the U.S. participation in WWI. This morning, another component was added to that, the Doughboy-MIA project.
- [I Hope You Write](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/i-hope-you-write/) - I am a writer. I am a historian. I am a healer. I am many other things, which I captured in my numerous journals, pieces of blank paper, the back of military records, post it notes, and documents on my computer, especially over the last four years. Some of us write because we are in transition in our lives and need help sorting our thoughts and feelings. We write for a place to dump problems. We write to keep track of all we are grateful for. We write ideas for future books. We write when our souls scream out, 'it is time to heal all this negative stuff so you can be lighter and stand in your true power.' We write in times of grief. Whatever the reason, many of us write and whether or not we ever show this side of ourselves to anyone else is up to us.
- [Stories of War Program at the CRASH Museum (Netherlands)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/stories-of-war-program-at-the-crash-museum-netherlands/) - International WWII historian, speaker, and author Jennifer Holik, will be presenting Stories of War at the CRASH Air War and Resistance Museum ’40-’45 on Saturday 25 February at 13.00. Her program will be a combination of WWII research and tips on writing the stories.
- [Military Monday - Are You Wasting Time and Money On Research?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-are-you-wasting-time-and-money/) - Are you wasting Time and Money on World War II research that may not pertain to your soldier? I've spent a lot of time on social media and email recently answering the same/similar questions or commenting on posts to clear up misinformation. A lot of people have been posting that their family member served in a long list of campaigns and in many cases, the only proof they have is a unit history that says so. That doesn't mean your soldier was in that unit the entire time.
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 28](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-28/) - Prompt 28: The Home Front. Did any of your family live in Europe or the Pacific theaters of war during WWII? Did they remain there after the war or emigrate? How did the war affect their decision to stay or go?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 27](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-27/) - Prompt 27: Overseas Service. Engage the senses. As you write a story about your solider, talk about the smell, sights, and tastes of war. What is seen and experienced?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 25](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-25/) - Prompt 25: The Home Front. Think about the clothing, shoe, and hair styles of the war days. How did they change from before the war to after the war? Do you have photographs or stories in your family about how this aspect of their lives changed?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 26](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-26/) - Prompt 26: After The War. How did the WWII era affect your family from then until now? Did someone lose a spouse and remarry? Were there blended families? Did the patriotism and desire to join the military become instilled in every generation that followed?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 24](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-24/) - Prompt 24: Communication. Do you have any letters, diaries, photographs, or post cards from your military ancestor? Write about their service using these items.
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 23](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-23/) - Prompt 23: Propaganda. Think about the propaganda at the time of the war. How did that help or hinder support?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 22](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-22/) - Prompt 22: Military Service. Did your soldier die in service? Do you know that story and have you obtained the records to tell that story? Were any personal effects returned to the family?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 21](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-21/) - Prompt 21: Race and Ethnicity. Is your family Jewish? What was their WWII experience? Do or did they share their stories? How did their experience shape your life? If they left Europe before the war, what happened to their families? What did they endure in the U.S. while the war was fought in Europe? If they remained in Europe – what was their story?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 20](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-20/) - Prompt 20: Holidays and Celebrations. How did your family celebrate holidays, birthdays, and anniversaries during the war years? Items on the home front were rationed and on the battlefield, soldiers were lucky to have a hot meal on a major holiday. Do you have any letters from soldiers that talk about the holidays? Do you have photographs of family holidays at home?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 18](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-18/) - Prompt 18: Communication. Newspapers can add a lot of details to a soldier’s story beyond that of his service. Think about the battles fought, the terrain, the enemy, and the weather. Use newspapers for facts that add depth to a story. Did your soldier fight on D-Day or in the Battle of the Bulge? Perhaps in the Pacific? Locate stories about the weather for major battles in which your soldier fought. Write a scene using the weather to tell a battle story.
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 19](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-19/) - Prompt 19: The Home Front. Did any of your female ancestors lose a husband? How did that affect the family? When we think about the word ‘lose’ consider those men and women that came back from the war changed in some way either mentally or physically. Did any of your family’s soldiers live in a Veterans Hospital after the war? How did that affect the family?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 17](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-17/) - Prompt 17: Communication. During World War I and II, word traveled by mail, telegram, and on the battlefield, telephone. It took weeks before families were notified of wounds, Prisoner of War, Missing in Action or Killed in Action statuses. Today the communication is almost instantaneous because of cell phones and the internet. Write about communication during the war in which your soldier fought and compare that to today’s communication.
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 16](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-16/) - Prompt 16: Overseas Service. Were any of your ancestors taken as a Prisoner of War? What was their experience?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 15](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-15/) - Prompt 15: The Home Front. On the home front, the view was that men should go off to fight. There were some with statuses that prevented them from serving. Did any men in your family not go off to fight and if so, why? What was his part of the war effort if he did not serve in the military?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 14](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-14/) - Prompt 14: Soldier Stories. Have you ever used word play to help you write? Sometimes trying our hand at something different helps grow our writing skills. We have all seen movies about D-Day. Use any or all of these words to tell the story of a D-Day soldier. beach death Motto: 29 Let’s Go! shock guns noise enemy roar and smoke pray courage fear blood stained beaches absolute terror explosion thunderous noise convoy
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 13](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-13/) - Prompt 13: Women in the War. A lot is written about men in World War II but have you considered women were just as powerful as men during WWII? Write a brief piece on how you viewed your female ancestors as powerful during WWII.
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 12](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-12/) - Prompt 12: Overseas Service. Describe the living conditions of your ancestor during their military service. Did he or she sleep in a tent; barracks; bombed out buildings; on the frozen ground? How often did they get a hot meal or a shower?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 10](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-10/) - Prompt 10: The Home Front. What was the sendoff to war like for your ancestor? Was there a big family party or a town parade? Next, discuss the homecoming if he or she survived the war. Finally, if your soldier did not survive the war, what was their homecoming like if their remains were returned?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 11](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-11/) - Prompt 11: The Home Front. Did your family experience rationing during the war? Discuss what items were rationed and how the family was affected.
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 9](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-9/) - Prompt 9: Race and Ethnicity. Consider how ethnicity and race affected people during WWII. For example, during World War II in the United States, Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps and African-Americans were segregated in the armed forces. Did this affect your family? How?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 8](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-8/) - Prompt 8: V-E Day. Today is Victory in Europe (V-E) Day. Do you have any V-E Day stories from your family? Where were your ancestors and what were they doing on V-E Day?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 6](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-6/) - Prompt 6: Military Service. Was your ancestor drafted or did he or she enlist in the military? Where did he or she train? What was the training experience (camp, training, education, treatment, etc.)
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 5](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-5/) - Prompt 5: Women in the War. Did any of your female ancestors join the military during WWII? Examine the reasons why a woman joined the Armed Forces in WWII. What did she contribute?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 4](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-4/) - Prompt 4: The Home Front. Women were primarily expected to run the household, yet some worked in war factories or joined the military. Write about women’s roles during a war. Did your grandmother work as a Rosie the Riveter? Did she work outside the home in another capacity?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 3](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-3/) - Prompt 3: Community Impact. Describe the impact the community where your family lived had on the war effort. How many men and women did they send off to fight and serve? Did the community have a war plant? Who worked there? Did any of your relatives work in a war plant or support the war effort through their job?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 2](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-2/) - Overseas Service. Was your ancestor shipped overseas? To which theater(s) of war? When did they leave and when did they return?
- [WWII Writing - Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 1](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-military-memories-writing-prompt-day-1/) - Prompt 1: The Home Front. On the home front, describe your family’s experience during the war. Who did they send to war and when? What impact did your family have on the entire war effort?
- [Book Launch - World War II Writing](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-launch-world-war-ii-writing/) - Today I'm happy to announce the launch of two new books to help you with your World War II writing! Stories from the World War II Battlefield Volume 3: Writing the Stories of War (paperback) This book contains a short how-to prepare to write the stories and over 500 writing prompts plus a workbook section. and Stories from the World War II Battlefield: World War II Writing Prompts (paperback and Kindle) This book contains over 500 writing prompts.
- [WWII Writing - Uncovering War Trauma](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-writing-uncovering-war-trauma/) - Last month as I finished my book Stories from the World War II Battlefield Volume 3: Writing the Stories of War, I wrote an article about the Trauma of War. Not only was I finishing the book but also reading Gated Grief by Leila Levinson. Gated Grief is about Leila's search for her father's World War II story as a medic who took care of the prisoners in Nordhausen.
- [Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference (FGS) 2016](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-federation-of-genealogical-societies-conference-fgs-2016/) - Day in Infamy ImageI was chosen to give two World War II talks at the 2016 Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) conference in Springfield, IL. Want to start your World War II research today? Pick up a copy of my Stories from the World War II Battlefield books which cover all branches of the military.
- [Why Doesn't My Navy Grandpa's Discharge Show All His Stations/Units/Ships?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-doesnt-my-navy-grandpas-discharge-show-all-his-stations-units-ships/) - I got my grandpa's Navy service file and his discharge paper shows a few places where he was but no ships and I remember him telling me........
- [Learn How To Research Your Adopted Soldier at the CRASH Museum](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/learn-how-to-research-your-adopted-soldier-at-the-crash-museum/) - International WWII historian, speaker, and author Jennifer Holik, will be presenting Stories of War at the CRASH Air War and Resistance Museum ’40-’45 on Saturday 25 February at 13.00. Her program will be a combination of WWII research and tips on writing the stories.
- [New WWII Program! Writing the Stories of War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-wwii-program-writing-world-war-ii-stories/) - On Saturday, 21 May from 2:00-4:00 p.m., I will present a brand new World War II Program, Writing World War II Stories. Have you researched your World War II soldier and need tips on where to go next? Have you organized your materials – digital and paper records? Have you written the story?
- [How Creative Block Affects Us](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/creative-block/) - This is an intro paragraph and can be used to hook folks into reading your article or highlight a specific piece of information. This is an example of a WordPress post, you could edit this to put information about yourself so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many posts as
- [Just a Typical Day at Work](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/office/) - This is an intro paragraph and can be used to hook folks into reading your article or highlight a specific piece of information. This is an example of a WordPress post, you could edit this to put information about yourself so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many posts as
- [The Art of Being Creative](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/creative/) - This is an intro paragraph and can be used to hook folks into reading your article or highlight a specific piece of information. This is an example of a WordPress post, you could edit this to put information about yourself so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many posts as
- [Why Technology Matters](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/technology/) - This is an intro paragraph and can be used to hook folks into reading your article or highlight a specific piece of information. This is an example of a WordPress post, you could edit this to put information about yourself so readers know where you are coming from. You can create as many posts as
- [Navigating Military Records on Fold3](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/navigating-military-records-on-fold3/) - Are you ready to dive into military research on Fold3 or have you explored it and come up almost empty with good results? Did you know there is a strategy to find the gold within those databases? Join me for the second WWII Online program this winter, with my webinar, Navigating Military Records on Fold3.
- [Why Isn't My Naval Family Member on all the Navy Muster Rolls?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-isnt-my-naval-family-member-on-all-the-navy-muster-rolls/) - One question I often get is Why isn't my Naval grandpa on all the Navy Muster Rolls? I have looked and can't find him on any. Learn why you may not find your sailor on the rolls.
- [Troop Carrier Squadron Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/troop-carrier-squadron-records/) - Everyone knows about the Paratroopers who dropped behind enemy lines on D-Day and at Operation Market Garden in Holland. Do you know about the men who transported those paratroopers? They are part of the Troop Carrier Squadrons. These men risked their lives to get our paratroopers into places they needed to be.
- [Think Outside the Box for Military Research & Stories](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/think-outside-the-box-for-military-research-stories/) - I've noticed in the genealogy and military research communities, many people are afraid to look outside the box. They only explore what they've been told is allowed or acceptable to use in their genealogy or military research.
- [WWII European Travel Tips](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-european-travel-tips/) - Are you ready to walk in your service member's footsteps in Europe? Have you done your research to make sure you know the accurate places your service member was? It is not enough to look at a unit on a discharge paper or IDPF (death file) because 95% of the time, that is not the whole story but only the very end.
- [Is It Time To Write Your Memoir? A Free Webinar](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/is-it-time-to-write-your-memoir-a-free-webinar/) - A DearMyrtle WACKYWednesday webinar. Register today for the 3 April 2019 event!
- [Book Review - Sinner and Savior](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-sinner-and-savior/) - One of my best friends, Connie Yen, released her second book, Sinner and Savior. Emma Molloy and the Graham Murder. Intrigue. Scandal. MURDER! Sinner and Savior has it all and more! Connie has done an amazing job taking the life of Emma Molloy, the multitude of court documents, and newspaper articles, and combining them in such a way that makes the reader not want to put this book down. Emma Molloy was a temperance movement speaker and newspaper writer and editor.
- [Cruise Planners - Terri O’Connell, Our Official Travel Partner](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/cruise-planners-terri-oconnell-our-official-travel-partner/) - The World War II Research and Writing Center is excited to announce we have an official travel partner. Cruise Planners – Terri O’Connell. Why do We Have an Official Partner? Roughly half of my research clients in the last three years have chosen to travel in Europe once we complete a research project. While I
- [Press Release - Genealogical Research Guidebook Released to Commemorate World War I Centennial](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/press-release-genealogical-research-guidebook-released-to-commemorate-world-war-i-centennial/) - Publication includes finding aids for US and Canadian service people as well as non-combatants Chicago, IL— May 1, 2018 — What do you really know about your World War I era ancestors? As American military men and women streamed into Europe 100 years ago, it was with the hope their efforts would help win a war to end all other wars. Today, the story of those millions of military veterans as well as their loved ones contributing stateside are largely overlooked by genealogists and family historians. This year, that concept is about to change.
- [Now Offering Coaching and Facilitation for Writing](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/now-offering-coaching-and-facilitation-for-writing/) - I offer one-on-one writing facilitation/coaching. In one hour session blocks we will explore what you are writing, your research, your questions and observations, and looking at the deeper issues that surface. I have the capacity to help people: See where someone is blocked and remove those blocks. See things that are written between the lines - either by the client or those who created the documents with which the client is working. Help clients define and clear the many threads of story and information in their heads to create a writing project plan. Provide editing for a writing project. Help clients refine their writing project from concept to draft to finished product. Help people prepare a book for self-publishing.
- [New Managing Editor at the WWII Research & Writing Center](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-managing-editor-at-the-wwii-research-writing-center/) - I quickly discovered Allie's skills expand far beyond research and report creation. Her ability to change course quickly, create new materials, connect us with the homeschool community, and many other amazing capacities required we look at her job title and duties. Feeling also the energy of massive changes in the business this year, I am aware I will require two people in different positions. I'm happy to announce that Allie Gillies is now the Managing Editor at the WWII Research and Writing Center.
- [Are you Researching the WWII Collaterals?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/are-you-researching-the-wwii-collaterals/) - I say this often in most of my WWII talks but I will say it again. It's vital you search for information on the collaterals. Those people who served with your service member, especially if they were part of a bomb crew or tank crew, or any unit in which they served closely with several others. Why? Because their records may contain details on their crew members, especially if they died in service or are still considered Missing In Action (MIA).
- [New Service! Holistic Healing Facilitation for WWII Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-service-holistic-healing-facilitation-for-wwii-records/) - The World War II Research and Writing Center, where we Find the Answers to your military research questions and family stories, is now offering holistic healing facilitation services. Every client I work with requires something different which makes each project I work on unique. Some clients want the facts and only the facts ma’am. Some arrive with questions that require answers to give them peace and closure. Others arrive with one thing in mind and the energy of requiring more, which they may not be able to put into words. I have the capacity to understand the energy of what is required. When clients are able to receive facilitation to move deeper into the records and information to get the answers they need, I can provide that.
- [Book Review - Things We Couldn't Say](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-things-we-couldnt-say/) - Last month I was at the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference in Springfield, IL and stopped in Prairie Archives, a used bookstore. There I found a few World War II books I had not read, including one called, Things We Couldn't Say, which is set in the Netherlands during World War II. I started reading the book and brought it with me to the Netherlands, where I've been the last two weeks.
- [Pre-Order Available for WWII Travel in Europe](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/pre-order-available-for-wwii-travel-in-europe/) - Finding the Answers: World War II Travel in Europe Congratulations with taking a first step on a journey to learn more about your World War II soldier’s, sailor’s, airman’s, or Marine’s military service and walk in their footsteps in Europe. World War II travel is done for many reasons. There are people who enjoy seeing the major battle sites and hearing history of the more famous units who helped win the war. Veterans still travel to Europe to walk where they fought, meet old friends and make new ones, and attend commemorative events. There are some who unexpectedly end up at a cemetery or battlefield and take an interest in the war. Finally, there are many who travel to heal their souls and find answers or closure to questions they have had about their father or mother’s service. Whatever your reason for World War II travel, I invite you to be open to anything that shows up on your journey.
- [Now Available - WWII Research Quick Guides](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/now-available-wwii-research-quick-guides/) - The World War II Research and Writing Center is pleased to announce the publication of four new World War II Quick Guides, available on the Kindle! Are you ready to start Finding the Answers to your World War II questions? Finding the Answers: Starting World War II Research World War II research is surrounded by stories and myths which often give people the perception they cannot obtain any information about military service. Have you heard, ‘All the records burned!’ Have you read on a website that you must be the next-of-kin to receive information?
- [Visiting the Land of my Ancestors - Part 2 (Prague)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/visiting-the-land-of-my-ancestors-part-2-prague/) - This is day 2 of Visiting the Land of my Ancestors. Part 1 can be read here. Our first full day on honeymoon in Prague. Yesterday we traveled and had an amazing time walking through part of the city. Today we were tired so chose to sleep as late as possible, without missing breakfast at
- [The Witches Scales in Oudewater, Netherlands](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-witches-scales-in-oudewater-netherlands/) - Is She A Witch? On October 5, 2017, I visited the village of Oudewater in the Netherlands. I was going to meet a friend for a girls day and explore somewhere I had not visited in prior trips. Oudewater is home to the Museum De Heksenwaag. The historic place where men and women went in the 16th century, to be weighed to determine if they were a witch!
- [Visiting the Land of my Ancestors - Part 1](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/visiting-the-land-of-my-ancestors-part-1/) - Life is an adventure. Something to be experienced and enjoyed. For many years I didn't feel like there was much of that unless you count raising three boys an adventure, which I often do. Having twins has made most days an experience beyond anything I'd known. Then in 2015 I embarked on a new adventure - traveling to Europe. Since that trip and the choices I made because of the experiences I had, life continues to be ever changing and some days I don't even recognize myself. Who am I today? That is a question I often ask.
- [From Margraten to Mississippi, A Dutch Family's Journey](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/from-margraten-to-mississippi-a-dutch-familys-journey/) - A little history about the American War Cemetery in Margraten, a little village in the South of the Netherlands and our special bond with Mississippi. The use of this cemetery started at the end of 1944. At any moment in 1945 there were about 18.000 American soldiers buried in Margraten. The local community decided to appeal the Dutch people to adopt a grave. That meant that you regularly had to visit the grave, do some prayers for the soldier and put flowers on the grave. On Memorial Day 1946 all the graves were adopted by Dutch people and one of them was my father. He had adopted the grave of the American Staff Sergeant Earl Jenkins from Winona, Mississippi who had been killed in November 1944 in the German Eiffel Mountains. (Hurtgen Forest.)
- [New Program - Planning a WWII Trip to Europe](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-program-planning-a-wwii-trip-to-europe/) - Are you ready to travel through Europe walking in the footsteps of your family's service member? Have you done your research to know exactly where he was? If he was wounded or died, do you know where? Do you need help planning a trip and the steps that come before and after?
- [The Path and Impact of your Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-path-and-impact-of-your-research/) - Exploring our lives and those of our family members is an activity many people engage in today, often as genealogical or military research. Most people tend to stay on one path - that of collecting facts (names, dates, and places.) These are entered in a family tree or notes for a project or book. Usually only that which is easy to obtain, or on the surface, is explored. Changing paths or going deeper into our life and those of our family members is often avoided, as the path is often seen as a dangerous, dark, painful detour in life, that many choose to avoid.
- [New Service Available for Clients](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/new-service-available-for-clients/) - We provide speech writing and speaking services for funerals, memorial programs, commemorations, and other military events. We have presented at the Ninth Infantry Division Association Reunion Memorial Service; 104th Infantry Division Pups Reunion Program; the Tilburg, Netherlands Liberation Ceremony in 2015; and in the Netherlands at Liberation Commemorations. Contact us for information and fees for research, speaking, and writing services. © 2017 World War II Research and Writing Center
- [Journaling to Heal the Past](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/journaling-to-heal-the-past/) - Journaling has been something I have been doing since I was a little girl. Not consistently though until the last few years. My early journals were typical of a girl moving into puberty, Jr. High and High School, with talk of which boy was the cutest, drama with friends and siblings, and my dreams for the future. In High School they became much more. An outlet to describe frustrations in my family life (typical teenager complaints), a safe place to explore the larger world and my gigantic dreams which were too large and out there for most people in my life. I'm sure most people who knew me then, thought I was crazy for having such big dreams and growing up in such a small town.
- [Share Your Soldier's Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/shareyoursoldiersstory/) - The World War II Research and Writing Center receives a lot of messages and emails from people seeking information about a soldier. Some people really just want someone to hear the story they have to tell. Others need assistance in locating a record, identifying people in a photograph, or locating family members. Many have no idea where to begin their search in the U.S. or Europe. And a few have traveled to Europe to walk in their soldier's footsteps, stood in historic places, or are preparing to travel. Everyone has a story.
- [Looking for an American Soldier in Dijon 1944/1945](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/looking-for-an-american-soldier-in-dijon-19441945/) - Hello, I am looking for an American officer, who was in the tanks, in Dijon in the years 44 / January 45, he would have been killing towards the pocket of Colmar.
- [Why Was I Chosen?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/why-was-i-chosen/) - Family. History. Brotherhood. Honor. Duty. Stories. Themes which bring us together. I was thinking about stories and storytelling this afternoon when I pulled up speeches I wrote to give at WWII reunions the last couple of years. There were things I had forgotten I wrote and spoke of, and powerful questions we should be asking
- [Book Review - Orange is the Color of the Day](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-orange-is-the-color-of-the-day/) - So many World War II books, not enough hours in the day to look at them all! Do you ever feel that way? If you are interested in the history of the Airborne in Holland during World War II, the book Orange is the Color of the Day. Pictorial History of the 101st Airborne Division During the Liberation of Holland by Peter Hendrikx and Michel De Trez, is a must have book!
- [WWII Education - Indiana WWII Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines Resource](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-indiana-wwii-soldiers-sailors-and-marines-resource/) - There are so many WWII resources available it is hard to keep up with them all because some are online, some are in various libraries, archives, universities, and other places in the country. One resource I used again this week is the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center's Our Military Heritage section. If you are researching WWII soldiers, sailors, or Marines from the state of Indiana (and looking for photographs!!!) this is the place to start. The Allen County Public Library is a massive genealogical research library. You can find many published family history books there and many WWI and WWII resources. They have done a great job of digitizing materials and adding photographs to their digital archives online.
- [Honoring Service - Engaging Children in WWII Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-engaging-children-in-wwii-research/) - Life in Europe is really different from life in the U.S. Every time I am there, I get to experience new things, visit new places, and become more immersed in how the European people (especially the Dutch!) honor our World War II soldiers. In September and October I had the opportunity to attend two World War II commemorations. The first was on 20 September in Nijmegen at the Waal River Crossing Commemoration. At this event the Airborne Troops who fought in the Nijmegen area and helped liberate the country were honored and remembered. Flags were flown, speeches given (in Dutch primarily), school children from a nearby school attended to read poems they wrote and lay flowers at the monument for the Airborne, Taps was played and wreaths laid.
- [Honoring Service Resource- Mikel Shilling Engineer Combat Battalion Expert](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-resource-mikel-shilling-engineer-combat-battalion-expert/) - I'd like to introduce another WWII research expert, Mikel Shilling. His area of research is Combat Engineer Battalions. When did your interest in WWII begin and what prompted it? Pinpointing the specific start of my interest in WWII is difficult, I guess really that I have always had an interest in WWII. I was adopted
- [McHenry County Genealogical Society Conference Saturday](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/mchenry-county-genealogical-society-conference-saturday/) - This Saturday, 9 July, I will be presenting four World War II programs at the McHenry County Genealogical Society Conference. Hope to see you there! The Day That Lived in Infamy. Navigating World War II Military Records All the records burned! A fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, in 1973, destroyed approximately 80% of the Army, Air Corps, and National Guard records.
- [Will There Be Peace?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/will-there-be-peace/) - Last year there were many channeled writing days. Days where it was all I could do to not cry buckets of tears with the words that were being sent through me so the dead could tell their stories. Be remembered. Find peace. This was written August 2015. There are more sides of this story you have to tell. There is never just one version. You must tell ours and what happened to us. We too wander this land, these graves, this earth. Bodies burned, shattered, broken. Mutilated beyond repair.Last year there were many channeled writing days. Days where it was all I could do to not cry buckets of tears with the words that were being sent through me so the dead could tell their stories. Be remembered. Find peace. This was written August 2015 by those who suffered and spoke through me. There are more sides of this story you have to tell. There is never just one version. You must tell ours and what happened to us. Horrors you cannot imagine.
- [Turning Points](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/turning-points/) - Last summer after my first trip to Europe I did a lot of stream of consciousness writing. My soul was ready to heal a lot of things, many of which I did not understand. The last few days as I prepared to go back to Bastogne and then visit my cousin's grave in Luxembourg, I stumbled upon some writing I did. So much has changed in the last year. A lot has been healed in my soul. Many people have been helped with their World War II soldier research and stories because of the work I've done and people I've had the honor of connecting with that have so graciously shared their expertise.
- [We Are The Forgotten](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/we-are-the-forgotten/) - Last summer I was thinking about my World War II research and trips to Europe where I visited many Allied and German sites and cemeteries. After a friend shared a video of a German cemetery, it seemed a lot of soldiers had much to say. I spent many hours writing over the next few days. A lot of stream of consciousness writing and channeled writing came out of that. This was one piece where the dead were talking.
- [10 Things Americans Should Know About European WWII Re-Enactors](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/10-things-americans-should-know-about-european-wwii-re-enactors/) - Two weeks ago I attended an Operation Market Garden re-enactment event in Son, Netherlands. You can read about it in my article Honoring Service: Living History in the Netherlands. In this article I stressed the importance of living history and how it provides context for our World War II soldier research. Today I'd like to continue that thought with things Americans should know about European WWII re-enactors and living history events.
- [Honoring Service Resources - Missouri History Museum Photographs](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/honoring-service-resources-missouri-history-museum-photographs/) - Newspapers are an incredible resource to find photographs and information about WWII soldiers, sailors, and Marines. When I was at the FGS Conference two weeks ago, I spoke to Dennis Northcott, the Associate Archivist for Reference at the Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center. He told me a little about the WWII holdings at the Library and Research Center. I plan to visit the Museum and Library later this year and provide more information on the holdings.
- [Upcoming Program - Stories of the Lost](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/upcoming-program-stories-of-the-lost/) - I will be presenting, Stories of the Lost, Saturday, November 11, 1:30 p.m. – Note: This program is not suitable for children. This program is being held at the Nordlof Center, 118 N Main St, Rockford, IL, as part of the Rockford Library Programming. What happened to our soldiers, sailors, and Marines who died in World War II? What policies and procedures were, and were not, in place to handle our valiant dead? Who took care of these men and women who were killed? Why and how did some soldiers return to the United States, while others still sleep overseas? Why are some still considered Missing In Action or unrecoverable?
- [Remembering James 11 January 1945](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/remembering-james-11-january-1945/) - 73 years ago today, my cousin James Privoznik was Killed In Action near Bras, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge. Today I think about him, as I do most days, but especially on the anniversary of his death.
- [Program 8 April 2017 - The Day That Lived In Infamy](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/program-8-april-2017-the-day-that-lived-in-infamy/) - On Saturday, April 8, 1:00 p.m., Jennifer Holik will be presenting the program, The Day That Lived in Infamy. Navigating World War II Military Records. All the records burned! A fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, in 1973, destroyed approximately 80% of the Army, Air Corps, and National Guard records. This is not the end of the research possibilities for these soldiers. Many alternative record sources exist to reconstruct service history for these branches. Regardless of service branch, many records exist to tell your soldier, sailor, or Marine’s story. Learn how to research the records of World War II for any branch of the military in this informative program.
- [Recovering The Creative Self](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/recovering-the-creative-self/) - Balance. Creativity. Bringing new ideas to the world. Pain. Balance. Curiosity. Compassion. Healing. Balance. Exploration. Travel. Faith. Inner peace. Balance. Writing. Collapsing all walls, boundaries, and self-limitations. Balance. Power. Possibility. Abundance. Connection.
- [WWII Education - Civilian Individual Deceased Personnel Files (IDPFs)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/civilian-individual-deceased-personnel-files-idpfs/) - Did you know a few civilians are buried in the American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) Cemeteries overseas? While the cemeteries are primarily military personnel, there are a few civilians interred there. These civilians were often family members of service men and women serving overseas. Many are adults, but there are also a few babies and children. Some women in military service overseas gave birth to stillborn babies or lost their babies soon after birth. They were temporarily buried in military cemeteries. Most were repatriated. Baby Katherine Rothwell is buried in Ardennes. Her IDPF is heartbreaking. Several people have researched her story and that of her father.
- [Can You Identify These WWII Photos?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/can-you-identify-these-wwii-photos/) - I have a new client who has a few photographs we are seeking help identifying. His father wrote on the back of one that there was a story behind the bombed out building and that the cathedral (you can see the spire in one photo in the back) was the longest he'd ever seen. We are unsure where this is.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 30 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-30-october-2015/) - There are days you wish you could just stay in bed and hide under the covers all day. Never leave. This was one of those days. I’m a positive person and try to be cheerful but I’m human and some days, I’m really not fun to be around. This day I would have been happy staying in my cozy B&B all da. That evening I was supposed to drive to Goree-Overflakkee to give my final talk of the trip. Only the energy was such I didn’t want to. I felt “off.” Strange.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 29 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-29-october-2015/) - There were many instances on this trip I wished someone was following me with a camera or that I had a driver so I could shoot photographs as the car rolled along country roads. The morning of 29 October was one of these instances as I left the hotel after a beautiful walk in the woods where the trees danced with joy, to make my way back to Ammerzoden. Today, I was determined to find this silver ring.
- [Stories of the Lost Program 29 April 2016](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/stories-of-the-lost-program-29-april-2016/) - On Friday, 29 April at 2:00 p.m., I will be presenting Stories of the Lost. A continuation of “Finishing the Story,” we will explore the records available to tell the stories of those who died in service. We will also discuss those who took care of our Soldier Dead, the Graves Registration Service men. Learn about their job and the reasons it took so long to have our soldiers repatriated and what happened to the personal effects during the course of recovery and repatriation.
- [WWII Education - What Do VA Index Card Codes Mean?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-what-do-va-index-card-codes-mean/) - Sometimes the most difficult part of starting World War I or World War II research is locating vital pieces of information to move a search forward. This is especially important if the Official Military Personnel File burned. Are you looking for information on a service man or woman's service number, unit, enlistment and discharge dates? The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO, has a great resource for WWI and WWII researchers. The VA Index.
- [Upcoming Appearances - World War II Reunions](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/upcoming-appearances-world-war-ii-reunions/) - In August I have the pleasure at speaking at two World War II Reunions. First I will be in Fort Meyers, Florida at the Ninth Infantry Division Association Reunion. Two weeks later I'll be in Alexandria, Virginia at the 80th Infantry Division Reunion.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 27 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-27-october-2015/) - Forgiveness and healing can arrive at the most incredible and unexpected moments. Throughout this trip I knew I was healing and releasing things from medieval past lives. I also knew I had to work through some forgiveness for myself where my soldiers were concerned. And there needed to be the release of my soldiers to move on. We can’t stay stuck to each other forever. I’d had many conversations about this with my friend Mary, who has helped guide me on this spiritual journey. She had said once I had to let them go and forgive myself for not being able to save them all. Little did we know what form that was going to take.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 24 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-24-october-2015/) - I was grateful for the hour drive, alone in the dark, to Amsterdam. It gave me time to clear the anxious energy and settle down. I enjoyed a nice breakfast and made my way to the CRASH ’40-’45 Museum where I was to speak later. There I met two people from the past. Henry and a soldier I took care of in another life during a war.
- [The Day That Lived In Infamy Program 14 May 2016](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-day-that-lived-in-infamy-program-14-may-2016/) - Are you looking for more WWII Education in the Chicago area? On Saturday, 14 May at 1:00 p.m., I will present The Day That Lived in Infamy. Navigating World War II Military Records at the Sandwich Public Library District.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 23 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-23-october-2015/) - Some days are just meant to not be shared with anyone. Days where we must just be present and quiet, not running all over among the masses. Calm days to just process the energy and shifts and prepare for the big things coming. Friday, 23 October was such a day. Not once, but now twice, I made the decision not to go into ‘s-Hertogenbosch to the museum and see the city. I slept in that morning and took my time checking email and having breakfast.
- [The Army Board for Correction of Military Records](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-army-board-for-correction-of-military-records/) - Last week I attended the Federation of Genealogical Societies conference and spoke to many people interested in World War II research. One individual I spoke to, many times throughout the conference, gave me a lot of information about which I was previously unaware. I was also unaware because no one had ever asked me the question for one topic he and I discussed. Did you know there is an official Board which reviews military records if there are potential errors or omissions from Discharge and Separation Papers (WWII) and DD214s? This is The Army Board for Correction of Military Records.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 22 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-22-october-2015/) - Friday, 22 October, I planned to meet my friend Frank, who teaches history and is a historian and author for the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR.) The plan was to meet in Overasselt near Arnhem. I was almost over my cold, and the next day I was going to give my first World War II program in Europe. It was a rainy, foggy day when I set out to meet him at 9:00. The only problem was I, I didn’t double check my itinerary (which had changed so often) to see we were actually meeting at 10:00.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 21 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-21-october-2015/) - So where did I go instead? A friend recommended Heeswijk castle after seeing photos of Ammersoyan castle. Heeswijk was not far away and it was where the 101st Airborne unexpected landed in September 1944. The castle opened at noon and I thought the website said their restaurant at 11, so I headed in that direction intending to have lunch before the tour.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 25 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-25-october-2015/) - Zaltbommel (32)In the Netherlands, daylight savings time came a week earlier than in the U.S. This was good because I got an extra hour to roam around Amsterdam. The anxious energy from the morning however, had returned after I got back to my hotel to sleep. It was a long night of strange dreams and wondering if I was going to get up when I was supposed to. I had plans to meet another friend. When I finally woke up in the morning, I was so NOT myself I had to cancel my plans. The energy had shifted to sad, anxious, uncertainty, and a general feeling of unease. The best thing to do was be alone.
- [WWII Education at the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-at-the-federation-of-genealogical-societies-conference/) - Are you attending the 2016 Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference at the end of August in Springfield, IL? I am presenting two World War II programs unlike anything you've heard before. Session F-340 The Day That Lived in Infamy. Navigating World War II Military Records All the records did not burn! Learn the basics of how to begin researching your World War II military ancestors. We will explore numerous military records, books, photographs, and family stories.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 16 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/traveling-in-their-footsteps-16-october-2015/) - Prior to this trip, I joked with some of my friends that it was good I was traveling alone. No one has the patience to put up with me and my constant itinerary changes. Trip planning began in May, but I allowed for the flow of things. I trusted the universe would connect me with the people I needed to meet and places it needed me to see. Trusted this even if it meant my itinerary changed multiple times a day the last two weeks. Trusted this even though plans changed up to the point I boarded the plane. I listened to my intuition and did what felt was right, even if it meant changing or canceling plans during the trip.
- [Traveling in their Footsteps - 17 October 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/2136-2/) - Have you ever felt the energy crackling and happy, as if you knew the person you were about to meet would change your life? Or perhaps they were some long lost lover or best friend you had not seen in lifetimes? The more our awareness increases and vibration raises in love and light rather than darkness, the more attuned we become to the energies around us. Paying attention to these different energies can prepare us for meetings with new people. I had experiences like this on both my trips to Europe in 2015. An important one for my fall trip was on 17 October.
- [Military Monday - ABMC Education Website](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-abmc-education-website/) - The American Battle Monuments Commission maintains World War I and World War II cemeteries around the world to honor our war dead. I visited several of these in Europe this year, including Luxembourg where my cousin James Privoznik is buried.
- [WWII Education - CRASH '40-'45 Museum Netherlands](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwii-education-crash-40-45-museum-netherlands/) - On Saturday, June 18, 2016 I will be presenting a program at the CRASH '40-45 Museum in Aalsmeerderbrug, Netherlands. I hope to see you there! Saturday, June 18, 13.00 (1:00 p.m.) The Liberators. Reconstructing Army and Air Corps World War II Military Service During 1944 and 1945, thousands of men and women serving in the U.S. Army and Army Air Forces, fought to defeat Germany and liberate Europe. Their stories are those of life and death, hope, friendship, love, memories of those left behind, and dreams of the future.
- [Military Monday - 3rd Army After Action Reports Operations Volume](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-monday-3rd-army-after-action-reports-operations-volume/) - This morning I returned to my usual research room at Pritzker Military Museum and Library in Chicago. I try to be here one day a week to do research and write, because it is a fantastic research library and the staff is amazing. Today I was shown a new acquisition, the After action report: Third US Army, 1 August 1944 - 9 May 1945. Vol I, the operations.
- [Book Review: Aftershock. The Human Toll of War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-aftershock-the-human-toll-of-war/) - Explore a powerful photographic journey through 1945 and the effect of war on our service members.
- [Would you Like to Share Your Story of War?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/would-you-like-to-share-your-story-of-war/) - Throughout the last five years I have focused my life and work on learning how to research and write the stories of World War II, so I could provide education to others who wish to do the same, my work has taken the road never traveled. I created the only books on the market to teach the basics of research, even when the records burned. I'm teaching programs (seven in total now) in the U.S. and Europe to help people learn where the information can be found and how to analyze it and write about it. In August of this year I launched a program, Honoring World War II Service Together, to help bridge the gap between American and European researchers to help preserve more stories of war before they are forgotten. Expanded information about this program will be featured in two national publications in the spring of 2017. I am also bringing the spiritual and healing side of life and war together with this research and education. If you have followed me the last year, you know this is an important part of who I am and what I contribute to the world.
- [Does Your Organization Need a Speaker?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/does-your-organization-need-a-speaker/) - After taking a two year break from public speaking, I'm excited to announce that I am now taking bookings for webinars for organizations, genealogy societies, and other groups. If your organization, does not have to be a genealogy society, is looking for a speaker on military research & writing, genealogy, writing family & personal stories,
- [Book Review: Ajax, The Dutch, The War](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-ajax-the-dutch-the-war/) - A little background on me before I dive into the book review. By 2015 my healing journey & military work allowed me to travel in Europe & create a life both there & in Chicago. I became embedded in Dutch society, life, relationships, healthcare, politics, culture, got a deep dive into grief when I became
- [Book Review: The Things They've Seen](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-review-the-things-theyve-seen/) - I recently discovered an account on Instagram @iwitnesshistory.This account is run by a man named Daniel Burghard, who recently published a book called The Things They've Seen. Reflections on WWII and the Cold War by German Eyewitnesses. This book interested me because I am seeking resources on how Europeans did or did not process the
- [Military Research, Writing, & Perspective](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/military-research-writing-perspective/) - By changing our perspective and jumping out of the genealogy and military research box these communities try to stick us into by "following all their rules", we can dramatically change the information we discover, how we see it, how we write about it, and the way we live our lives.
- [You Are Not Alone - Helping Clients Process Research Findings](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/you-are-not-alone-helping-clients-process-research-findings/) - Family history and military research often provides surprising or shocking results which can create issues for clients. Learn how we are helping our clients with these findings.
- [WWI Travel in France](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/wwi-travel-in-france/) - After spending two days touring the Meuse-Argonne and Verdun WWI areas in France, I had many thoughts and am still processing what I saw. Have you walked in your soldier's footsteps in France?
- [The Power of One](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/the-power-of-one/) - How much power does each of us hold? How can the living and the dead create change?
- [Trench Foot and the 9th Infantry Division](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/trench-foot-and-the-9th-infantry-division/) - Trench foot and cold-related health issues took more men off the line at certain times during November 1944 and February 1945 because proper care was not taken with soldier's feet. The 9th Infantry Division, 60th Infantry Regiment took hold of this dangerous situation early in November 1944. One of their After Action Reports for November 1944 provided Lessons Learned after the month's combat activities. This is what they implemented with their troops.
- [Have You Given Yourself Permission to Research Your WWII Story?](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/have-you-given-yourself-permission-to-research-your-wwii-story/) - In April 2019, I launched a new master class called Your Family's War Journey: A Transformational Master Class. Seven people chose to participate in the class then. In July 2019 I ran a second session of this class, which I expanded by two weeks to give participants more personalized attention and time to discuss the big themes in the book we read and their own research and lives.
- [Book Release - I Bring Dead Guys Home: A Memoir](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/book-release-i-bring-dead-guys-home-a-memoir/) - I never envisioned a life like this.....

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- [Abbreviations and Dictionaries](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/abbreviations-and-glossaries/) - Are you looking for abbreviation and dictionary guides to decipher all the World War II records? You have come to the right place for World War II Education! Aviation Archaeology's Air Force Accident Report and Missing Air Crew Report Abbreviations
- [Our Most Popular Articles](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-resources/educational-articles/) - Explore our most popular getting started research articles on the NPRC 1973 Fire, obtaining the OMPF (service file), and IDPF (Individual Deceased Personnel File). Jennifer has more than a decade and a half studying all military branches for WWI and WWII and reconstructing military service She created the 2-part research strategy to research any veteran
- [Write Your Veteran Story or Book](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/write-your-veteran-story-or-book/) - I offer several resources to help you write and publish your veteran stories and books. First, explore the webinars, books, and other resources available at the Ancestral Souls Wisdom School, my online course website. Next, explore the ways we can work together to publish your veteran book. The WWII Research and Writing Center is the
- [Beginning WWI Research](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-resources/beginning-wwi-research/) - Many of our family members fought in World War I and II, stateside and in Europe. The research of both wars is similar, with records created in World War I which continued or were modified in World War II. Learn about resources to help you write the stories of your World War I relative. You
- [World War II Books Online](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/world-war-ii-books-online/) - These manuals are a compilation of what I have found at multiple websites. Army Nurse Corps Book Army Talks: Combat Medicine Bangor Public Library World War II Histories Battle of Midway Combat Narrative Center of Military History Publications Catalog World War II Online Books Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library Disposition of World
- [Research a Veteran. Write a Story.](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-a-veteran/) - More than 15 years ago, Jennifer Holik developed a 2-part research strategy to accurately reconstruct Army or Army Air Force military service from World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Even if the files burned! Did you know that even if you have a full service file - you are still reconstructing service
- [Navy Resources](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/navy-resources/) - The main set of records for a military service man or woman is the Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). This file can be found at the National Personnel Records Center, in St. Louis, Missouri. NPRC also holds Morning Reports, Payroll Records, Army Air Corps IDPFs, and more.
- [Army, Air Corps, and National Guard Resources](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/army-air-corps-and-national-guard-resources/) - Army, Air Corps, and National Guard Resources for WWII soldier research.
- [State Specific Resources (M-Z)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/state-specific-resources-m-z/) - This is a collection of state specific resources available. This list is by no means complete. Please contact me if you have suggestions on further resources to add. These sites contain a vast number of resources so be sure to spend some time exploring the databases and research guides. The links shown are only, in
- [My Story](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/about-us/) - Discover the team members at the WWII Research and Writing Center.
- [Air Corps - Army Air Force Units](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/air-corps-army-air-force-units/) - Air Force resources for WWII.
- [Army Division and Unit Histories and Groups - Infantry](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/army-division-and-unit-histories-and-groups-infantry/) - Army Division and Unit Histories and Groups - Infantry resources for WWII.
- [WWI Record Examples](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-resources/wwi-record-examples/) - War I and II, stateside and in Europe. The research of both wars is similar, with records created in World War I which continued or were modified in World War II. Learn about resources to help you write the stories of your World War I relative. You can also use my books, Stories from the
- [Research, Teaching & Writing Testimonials](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-testimonials/) - WWII Research testimonials from clients.
- [Current MIA Recovery Information](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/current-mia-recovery-information/) - Learn about current recovery efforts of our World War II Missing.
- [Army Division and Unit Histories and Groups - Cavalry and Combat Engineers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/army-division-and-unit-histories-and-groups-cavalry-and-combat-engineers/) - Army Division and Unit Histories and Groups - Cavalry and Combat Engineers
- [Army Division and Unit Histories and Groups - Anti-Aircraft & Armored](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/army-division-and-unit-histories-and-groups-armored/) - Army Division and Unit Histories and Groups - Anti-Aircraft & Armored
- [Prisoner of War Resources (POW)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/prisoner-of-war-resources-pow/) - Prisoner of War resources for World War II.
- [Grave Adoption Foundations](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/grave-adoption-foundations/) - Several of the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) cemeteries oversee grave adoption or honor a grave programs. Not all cemeteries have these programs. Each of the foundations listed here have a system where they allow Europeans to adopt a grave to honor. This means the adopter brings flowers on special days like the soldier's birthday,
- [Our Books](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-books/) - Discover the only books on the market to help you research WWI, WWII, Korea or Vietnam military service for any branch of the military. For family history research, explore our genealogy curriculum books.
- [Military Books](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-resources/military-books/) - American Graves Registration in World War I Volume 1 American Graves Registration in World War I Volume 2 American Graves Registration in World War I Volume 3 Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Final Disposition of WWII Dead Part 1 Chapters 1-5 Chapters 6-9 Chapters 10-13 Chapters 14 -16 Chapters 17-21 Removal of Wounded from Tanks TM
- [Yuri Beckers](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/yuri-beckers/) - Bio: Yuri Beckers is a Dutch man living in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since a very early age he became interested in World War Two. Since 2002 an interest began in the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest in Germany, and after studying this battle, he became fascinated by the actions and history of the U.S. 9th Infantry
- [Mikel Shilling](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/mikel-shilling/) - Bio: Adopted and raised by a WWII veteran, and being a veteran myself, I really found a passion for preserving the history of the veterans of the Greatest Generation. It started with my father's WWII unit and the more research that I did one thing quickly became clear. When I asked families of my father's
- [Navigating Service Records for the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Merchant Marines (Volume 2)](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-books/navigating-service-records-for-the-navy-coast-guard-marine-corps-and-merchant-marines-volume-2/) - Available in Paperback or Hardcover. “ALL THE RECORDS BURNED!” Have you heard that phrase regarding the status of Army, Air Corps, and National Guard records from World War II? Roughly 80% of these records did burn in a fire in 1973. The Navy, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, and Marine Corps records were unaffected, except for
- [Marine Corps Resources](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/marine-corps-resources/) - World War II Marine Corps Resources and records
- [News Articles](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/news-articles/) - News articles featuring Jennifer Holik and her World War II research and speaking engagements in the U.S. and Europe.
- [WWII Record Examples](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-resources/wwii-record-examples/) - Welcome to the additional resources page for my book series Stories from the World War II Battlefield. Military files can be so lengthy, it is impossible to include everything in a book. I hope the resources here provide additional context and assistance as you work through the books. General Resources NPRC 1973 Fire – Full
- [News](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/news/) - Learn about my latest projects, video clips, interviews and more.
- [The Tiger's Widow](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-books/the-tigers-widow/) - Love knows no boundaries of time and space or life and death. It exists forever in our hearts as we remember and honor those who have gone before us. Through those memories we pass life lessons on to the next generation. We teach others there is light after darkness, hope after despair, and love is
- [Research a Veteran Workbook & Journal](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-books/research-a-veteran-workbook-journal/) - Available in Paperback July 12, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the fire that destroyed thousands of Army and Army Air Force and Air Force Official Military Personnel Files at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. Since then, countless families have been unable to obtain their veteran’s files because they were told, ‘All
- [Research a Veteran](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-services/research-services/) - WWII Research and Writing Center research services. Discover how we work with clients to provide the answers to your WWI, WWII, Korean War, and Vietnam War service member questions.
- [Chakra Clearing & Balancing](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-services/chakra-clearing-balancing/) - Explore the Benefits of a Chakra Clearing The chakras are power centers within our bodies which hold immense power to help us balance our energy fields, bodies and lives. When in balance, clear and open, the chakras can help us manifest our dreams and live a more balanced, joyful life. When the power centers are
- [Hire a Researcher](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/hire-a-researcher/) - As of February 2022, the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) and NARA College Park are still closed. However, there may still be research I can do with online and other sources. If you are interested in a free consult to discuss a possible project and see what we can find while we wait for archives
- [I Bring Dead Guys Home. A Memoir.](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-books/i-bring-dead-guys-home-a-memoir/) - Available in Kindle. Available in Paperback. I never envisioned in my wildest imagination, a life like the one I have. Who creates a life like this on two continents? Who transforms their reality, business, and life, multiple times in only a few years? Who sticks around when the unimaginable happens right after you meet someone?
- [Faces of War: Researching Your Adopted Soldier](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-books/faces-of-war-researching-your-adopted-soldier/) - Book Description: The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) operates and maintains 25 permanent American military cemeteries overseas. In many of the countries in which these cemeteries are located, men and women officially and unofficially, through Adoption Foundation programs, adopt the graves of American service men and women in the ABMC cemeteries.
- [Traveling In Their Footsteps Oct. 2015](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/research-resources/traveling-in-their-footsteps-oct-2015/) - A collection of spiritual and travel articles about my October 2015 trip to Europe.
- [Work with Me](https://wwiiresearchandwritingcenter.com/our-services/) - Listen. Witness. Heal. I am a military research expert, genealogist, and an intuitive healer specializing in inherited & war trauma, and personal & ancestral healing. I created the research strategies and educational materials to help you find the answers to your WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam service member research, even if all the records burned!
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