Learn about Gold Star Mothers and WWI ancestors in an interview with Joyce Mitchell, genealogist with the Johnson County, Kansas, Genealogical Society. In this interview we discuss her award-winning article about the Gold Star Mothers pilgrimages overseas in the 1930s when mothers and widows visited their fallen heroes’ graves as well as my ancestor, Clifford Henley, who died in WWI during the infamous “Lost Battalion” battle in the Argonne Forest in France in 1918. More below...
Joyce Mitchell won 1st Place in the category 2 “Articles” from the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors in the 2018 competition.
This is part of the “footnotes” program on Genealogy TV, episode 37.
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To read the full award winning story Joyce Mitchell wrote for the Johnson County, KS Genealogical Society, go to jcgsks.org/upload/files/2017_...
 National Archives Record Group 92
www.archives.gov/research/gui...
 American Gold Star Mothers Inc.
www.goldstarmoms.com/
 Gold Star Mothers Facebook Page
/ american-gold-star-mot...
 World War I Burial Files including Gold Star Mothers - National Archives
www.archives.gov/st-louis/fre...
Notes from the National Archives page “Papers Relating to Burials of Military and Civilian Service Personnel. This series consists of correspondence, Graves Registration Service forms, headstone applications, and other pertinent information relating to the burials.
This includes events such as Gold Star Mothers' pilgrimage and their itineraries.”
Locating a Record:
catalog.archives.gov/id/595318
• Provide full name of service member
• Service number
• Dates of service
• Date and place of death
 Johnson County Genealogical Society
jcgsks.org/index.php
 Gold Star Family Registry - Searchable Database starting with WWII to present day. www.goldstarfamilyregistry.com/
 Spotlight: The Pilgrimages of Gold Star Mothers and Widows
September 27, 2016 by Beth Fortson
unwritten-record.blogs.archiv...
 Photographic Albums Relating to the Pilgrimages of Gold Star Mothers and Widows, 1930-1933 catalog.archives.gov/id/585286
 The Lost Battalion
prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2...
TIMING
0:00 Intro
0:18 What is a Gold Star Family?
1:29 When were Gold Star Mothers first recognized?
1:55 A Personal Connection - The Lost Battalion
2:46 Intro to Joyce Mitchell Interview
3:39 Where were her articles published?
3:57 Why join a genealogical society?
4:38 Joyce's Research
6:11 Excerpts about Clifford Henley
8:05 Gold Star Mother Historical Photo
9:06 Historical Telegram - Killed in Action notice
11:18 Where to Learn More about Gold Star Mothers
11:57 Outro
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