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U.S. Military Records Research Outline |
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Basic Search Strategies
Step 1. Identify An Ancestor You Wish To Find In Military Records
Step 2. Decide What You Want To Learn
Step 3. Select A Record To Search
Step 4. Find And Search The Record
Records At The Family History Library
Types Of Military Records
Service Records
Pension Records
Bounty Land Warrants
Draft Or Conscription Records
Unit Histories
Census Records
Cemetery Records
National Homes For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
Veterans’ And Lineage Society Records
Biographies
Awards And Decorations
Colonial Wars, 1607 To 1763
Revolutionary War, 1775 To 1783
Service Records
Pension Records And Bounty Land Warrants
Unit Histories
Census Records
Cemetery Records
Veterans’ And Lineage Society Records
Sources For Further Reading
War Of 1812, 1812 To 1815
Service Records
Pension Records
Bounty Land Warrants
Prisoner Of War Records
Cemetery Records
Veterans’ And Lineage Society Records
Sources For Further Reading
Mexican War, 1846 To 1848
Service Records
Records Of Officers
Pension Records
Cemetery Records
Veterans’ And Lineage Society Records
Sources For Further Reading
Civil War, 1861 To 1865
General Reference Sources
Civil War Soldiers System
Union Sources
Confederate Sources
Indian Wars
Service Records
Pension Records
Sources For Further Reading
Spanish-american War, 1898
Service Records
Records Of Officers
Pension Records
Veterans’ And Lineage Society Records
Cemetery Records
Sources For Further Reading
Philippine Insurrection, 1899 To 1902
Service Records
Pension Records
Census Records
World War I, 1917 To 1918
Service Records
Pension Records
Draft Records
Census Records
State Records
Cemetery And Death Records
Sources For Further Reading
World War II, 1941 To 1945
Service Records
Pension Records
Cemetery Records
Draft Records
Unit Histories
Prisoner Of War Records
Sources For Further Reading
Korean War, 1950 To 1953, And Vietnam War, 1964 To 1972
Unit Histories
U.S. Army
Service Records
Pension Records
Sources For Further Reading
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Navy
Service Records
Records Of Officers
Pension Records
Sources For Further Reading
For Further Reading
Computer Numbers For Selected National Archives Microfilm Publications
Comments And Suggestions
Civil War Soldiers System
The National Park Service, the National Archives, the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the Genealogical Society of Utah, and numerous volunteers are working together to make a computerized index to Union and Confederate soldiers. When completed, this index will be available at National Park Service Civil War sites. The database will have 5.5 million names (some names will duplicated because of spelling variations and multiple enlistments). They will also tell whether the soldier was Union or Confederate and will give regiment and rank.
As completed, the National Park Service will be posting the entries on their Internet web site. The address for the site is:
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www.itd.nps.gov/cwss
This site also contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, identifications and descriptions of 384 significant battles, references that identify the sources of the information in the database, and suggestions for where to find additional information. It also includes a search of the 235,000 name “U.S. Colored Troops” database.
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