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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
COMPUTER NUMBERS FOR SELECTED NATIONAL ARCHIVES MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS Following is a list of the National Archives Microfilm Publication Numbers mentioned in this outline. Those currently available at the Family History Library also list their corresponding computer numbers. The National Archives numbers are in bold.
M123 59376
M162 462153
M225 479165
M226 381928
M227 325994
M229 278533
M230 326013
M231 280131
M232 382179
M233 210761
M239 278501
M240 278540
M241 278508
M242 475736
M243 388837
M244 278523
M245 432754
M246 70811
M250 278441
M251 374150
M253 323922
M256 374269
M257 279693
M258 278791
M260 327273
M262 207767
M263 278431
M264 280547
M266 437571
M267 442957
M268 437575
M269 437580
M270 438816
M273 462152
M276 110833
M278 279718
M311 379341
M313 113898
M317 378694
M318 26193
M319 395864
M320 432698
M321 110847
M322 437578
M323 437577
M324 437570
M330 432711
M331 375792
M347 210198
M351 279699
M374 328758
M375 445487
M376 423824
M377 278163
M378 279612
M379 279723
M380 279180
M381 281240
M382 374174
M383 278992
M384 426411
M385 278207
M386 279582
M387 280581
M388 278722
M389 278663
M390 279938
M391 278987
M392 279747
M393 278973
M394 278963
M395 437576
M396 437574
M397 437572
M398 110844
M399 437581
M400 110835
M401 437573
M402 110840
M403 110836
M404 110838
M405 437579
M413 279844
M427 420836
M507 278717
M508 432766
M532 278751
M533 278708
M534 279913
M535 280576
M536 278702
M537 278683
M538 279137
M539 324400
M540 323049
M541 279543
M542 278711
M543 175675
M544 281057
M545 326002
M546 280590
M547 279839
M548 279861
M549 100690
M550 280728
M551 377673
M552 288133
M553 279892
M554 324020
M555 90189
M556 110832
M557 278651
M558 279908
M559 279932
M588 210785
M589 34182
M594 437590
M598 110849
M602 375084
M616 328750
M617 467703
M629 325963
M630 278551
M631 278543
M636 328746
M638 279225
M652 278993
M661 437595
M665 467425
M678 325956
M686 462186
M688 432750
M690 462302
M691 500469
M692 279682
M694 555931
M704 30877
M727 462355
M728 467524
M744 467427
M804 178932
M805 356373
M818 328740
M829 68938
M836 325313
M847 110853
M848 174912
M850 500541
M851 500470
M853 185771
M858 128335
M859 462172
M860 280117
M861 437582
M863 328757
M871 288680
M872 290106
M879 512679
M880 323504
M881 432762
M905 325325
M907 325343
M908 78347
M910 211911
M913 432709
M918 323503
M920 110851
M927 Not at FHL
M929 467368
M991 511651
M998 462175
M1002 396426
M1003 462125
M1015 462362
M1017 122843
M1028 110857
M1062 462369
M1086 110859
M1087 110861
M1105 462162
M1125 462370
M1274 423822
M1290 467348
M1303 747575
M1328 467317
M1391 423823
M1505 511959
M1509 504818
M1747 Not at FHL
M1784 Not at FHL
M1785 Not at FHL
M1786 Not at FHL
M1787 Not at FHL
M1789 Not at FHL
M1801 Not at FHL
M1816 Not at FHL
M1818 Not at FHL
M1819 Not at FHL
M1845 Not at FHL
M1898 Not at FHL
M1960 Not at FHL
M2019 Not at FHL
T288 245945
T289 462116
T316 326186
T317 345826
T318 326152
T456 432747
T718 210398
T623 706386
T718 210398
T912 325318
T1081 706386
T1098 462164
T1099 462166
T1100 432725
T1101 432736
T1102 462253
T1118 110864
T1196 110863
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