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[[Image:English Civil War Uniform.jpg|thumb|right|<center>English Civil War Uniform<center>]Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. On occasion, compulsory conscription was enforced and even "press-gangs" were used. | [[Image:English Civil War Uniform.jpg|thumb|right|<center>English Civil War Uniform<center>]]Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. On occasion, compulsory conscription was enforced and even "press-gangs" were used. | ||
You may find evidence that an ancestor served in the military from family records, biographies, census, probates, civil registration, or church records. | You may find evidence that an ancestor served in the military from family records, biographies, census, probates, civil registration, or church records. | ||