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==What can you find in military records?== | ==What can you find in military records?== | ||
Military records provide a variety of information about an individual and could include their birthplace, age at enlistment, occupation, and names of immediate family members. | |||
*'''Service Records:'''<br> Name, unit, residence, date mustered in and out, basic biographical, medical and military information. Locations transferred to throughout term of service. | |||
*'''Draft, Conscription, or Selective Service Records:''' <br> Name, residence, age, occupation, marital status, birth date, birthplace, physical description, and other information. | |||
*'''U.S. Bounty Land Warrants:'''<br> Covers the same information as Service records as well as information pertaining to the Indian Wars. | |||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61864/ '''Victoria, Australia, Battle to Farm Records, 1919-1935'''] farm land granted to soldiers | |||
*'''Pension Records:'''<br> Narration of events during service, birth, marriage and death records, may include family bible pages as well as letters. | |||
==How do you find military records?== | ==How do you find military records?== | ||
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