Finding Family

After scanning through the different suggested websites, I decided to delve into www.footnote.com or www.fold3.com.  This site was very interesting because it allows for someone to look through different records for family members that served in the military.  Although the usability is not the smoothest, I was able to find both of my grandfathers who served during WWII and my uncle's name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

To me this was awesome because I was able to relate and see my family remembered and documented. Although this site follows along the same lines as Ancestry.com, fold3 is focused around military personnel and their families.  The website houses many digitized military records, non-military censuses, newspapers, diaries, and photos.  It also has a browsing function so you do not have to visit the site with specific names and locations, you can just peruse the different records it has available.  Fold3.com also offers records back to the Revolutionary War and has a collection of non-military records.  For those searching for information on family members that served the military, this is the site to visit. The site allows people to set up online memorials for servicemen and women, allowing them to be remembered on the web.  These aspects may be similar to other ancestry sites, however it offers people the chance for their loved ones to be honored for their military service. 
A couple of downfalls to this site is that some records you have to pay to see, and the search results can be overwhelming if you do not have a lot of information on the person.  However, the site is a gem in a sea of sites and anyone interested in military history would greatly enjoy exploring it.