WWI

At the beginning of 2018, we started profiling World War I veterans with a Libertyville connection - those who were born in Libertyville, were residents at the time of enlistment, or those that settled in town after the war. We profiled eight of the around 200 veterans that have been identified through newspaper articles, Ancestry.com,…

Back in January I set a genealogy goal for myself: see what I can find out about my ancestor Verner Hedin who served in World War I. As I mentioned in a recent genealogy newsletter, "Procrastination" is my middle name. Exhibit A: Here we are at the end of July and I have done nothing…

Everyone thinks of World War II as the time when the whole country came together and sacrificed to win the war. Believe it or not, World War I had a few "come together and support the war effort" movements, as well. One of them, the Woman's Land Army of America, took place in our own backyard. The Woman's…