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==== Service Records  ====
==== Service Records  ====


*The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served with the 1st New York volunteer engineers are available online. Records for other soldiers from New York are not yet available. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]]. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. They can also be found on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F499078 Family History Library Catalog], starting with the film # 1488560 for the state of New York. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death.<br>
*The [http://go.fold3.com/civilwar_records Compiled Service Records] ($) (Fold3.com) of volunteer Union soldiers who served with the 1st New York volunteer engineers are available online. Records for other soldiers from New York are not yet available. For more information see [[Union Service Records|Union Service Records]]. In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. They can also be found on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F499078 FamilySearch Catalog], starting with the film # 1488560 for the state of New York. The compiled service records consist of an envelope containing card abstracts taken from muster rolls, returns, pay vouchers, and other records. Service records may provide rank, unit, date of enlistment, length of service, age, place of birth, and date of death.<br>


*[[New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] describes the collection with a link to the database.<br>
*[[New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)|New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] describes the collection with a link to the database.<br>
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*A helpful index to New York Civil War soldiers is ''United States, Adjutant General's Office, Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers''. New York, New York. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964; Family History Library films {{FHL|294587|title-id|disp=882057–213}};). Gives regiment, company, and rank. This information can help locate pension records.<br>
*A helpful index to New York Civil War soldiers is ''United States, Adjutant General's Office, Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers''. New York, New York. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1964; Family History Library films {{FHL|294587|title-id|disp=882057–213}};). Gives regiment, company, and rank. This information can help locate pension records.<br>


*The Family History Library has indexes to federal service and pension records of Union Army soldiers. They are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under UNITED STATES - MILITARY RECORDS.
*The Family History Library has indexes to federal service and pension records of Union Army soldiers. They are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog Place Search under UNITED STATES - MILITARY RECORDS.


==== Pension Records  ====
==== Pension Records  ====
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