Event Details
GSBC General Meeting
No OMPF (Official Military Personnel File)? No Problem!
Presentation by Sara Cochran
Monday, 26 January 2026 @ 7pm Eastern
Online via Zoom; Registration required
Free and open to the public; Presentation replay available to GSBC Members
Description
Researching 20th Century veterans is especially difficult as a fire destroyed millions of Official Military Personnel Files in 1973. This presentation will look at other ways to find the stories of the WWI, WII, Korea, and peacetime veterans in our families.
Speaker
Sara Cochran is a full-time professional genealogist with thirty years of research experience. Her research has taken her to nearly every state in the USA and Ireland. She especially enjoys breaking down brick walls, discovering the stories of black sheep ancestors, and helping individuals preserve their photographic legacy.
Sara holds a Boston University Genealogical Research Certificate, a Bachelor’s Degree in Library Science, and is an alum of the ProGen Study Group. She is a member of DAR and other lineage societies, the Association of Professional Genealogists, and the Genealogical Speakers Guild. You can find her online at TheSkeletonWhisperer.com.
Registration link
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XWTWYHJcR7qb2_7BZYIwmA