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Society of Genealogists Beginners Course Module Seven: 20th Century Armed Forces and Merchant Navy

The seventh module of the Society’s Beginners’ Course looks at the armed forces and the Navy in the twentieth century.

Most of us have some military ancestors. This module will help you to understand what records are available, and how you can best use them to discover as much as possible about your military forebears.

A PDF of accompanying student notes can be downloaded here

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Emma Jolly

Emma Jolly

Emma Jolly is a graduate of IHGS and is a member of the professional research body, the Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA). She is a regular contributor to family history publications. Emma has written five books dedicated to different aspects of genealogical research, including My Ancestor was a Woman at War, published by the Society of Genealogists. She is also editor of the Society’s newsletter and website stories

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