US Military For Further Reading

Online Genealogy Records[edit | edit source]

Howells, Cyndi. “U.S. - Military.” Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet [Internet site]. Puyallup, Wash.: Available at: www.cyndislist.com/military.htm#General This list has links to other American military genealogical sites including general resources conflicts libraries and archives mailing lists geographical information and maps medals history resources researchers publications military records and societies

Guidebooks and Articles[edit | edit source]

James C. Neagles, U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1994. (FS Library 973 M23nu Discusses military record types created during and after service. It also discusses the holdings of the National Archives, its regional branches, and other government military organizations in and outside the Washington, D.C. area. It also contains a section on the military record holdings of each state in state archives, historical societies, and so on.
Richard S. Johnson ; Debra Johnson Knox, How to locate anyone who is or has been in the military : Armed Forces locator guide 8th ed. Spartanburg, South Carolina : MIE Publishing, c1999 FS Library 973 M27j 1999

' Revolutionary War

James C. Neagles and Lila L. Neagles, Locating your Revolutionary War ancestor : a guide to the military records Logan, Utah : Everton Publishers, c1983 FamilySearch Digital Library

War of 1812

Stuart L. Butler. Genealogical Records of the War of 1812. Prologue 23 (Winter 1991): 420-425. FS Library 973 B2p.
John P. Deeben. From the North Atlantic to the Great Lakes. Researching U.S. Naval Service During the War of 1812. American Ancestors 11 (Summer 2010): 28-31; 44.
Ruth Dixon. Genealogical Fallout from the War of 1812. Prologue 24 (Spring 1992): 973 B2p.
John C. Fredriksen, Resource guide for the War of 1812 S. i.: J.C. Fredriksen, 1979 FS Library 973 M23f
Marie Varrelman Melchiori. War of 1812 records at the National Archives. NGS Magazine 35 (April-June 2009): 24-29.
Claire Prechtel-Kluskens. Researching Volunteer Soldiers of the War of 1812. NGS Magazine 37 # 1 (January-March 2011): 36-41.

Mexican War

Steven R. Butler, How to find your Mexican War veteran ancestor 2nd rev ed. Richardson, Texas : Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, c1994 FS Library 973 M27bu 1994
Craig R. Scott, Researching US Servicemen in the Mexican War NGS Magazine 48 #3 (July-September 2022): 50-55. FS Library 973 D25ngs
James W. Oberly, "Military Bounty Land Warrants of the Mexican War." Prologue, vol. 14 (Spring 1982) p. 25-34.

Civil War

Bertram Hawthorne Groene. Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor. Winston-Salem: North Carolina: John F. Blair, 1995. FS Library 973 D27gb
Stephen McManus; Daniel Thompson; Thomas Churchill. Civil War Research Guide: a guide for researching your Civil War. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2003. FS Library 973 D27mcw
Richard A. Sauers. How to Do Civil War Research. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Combined Pub., 2000. FS Library 973 M27sc
William Dollarhide,Genealogical resources of the Civil War era : online and published military or civilian name lists, 1861-1869, & post-war veteran lists Orting, Washington: Family Roots Pub. Co., 2017 FS Library 973 D2dwi 2017
Brian A. Brown, In the footsteps of the Blue and Gray : a Civil War research handbook Shawnee Mission, Kansas:Two Trails Genealogy Shop, 1996 FS Library 973 D27bab
Nancy Justus Morebeck. Locating Union and Confederate Records: a guide to the most commonly used Civil War records of the National Archives and FamilySearch Library. North Salt Lake, Utah Heritage Quest, 2001. FS Library 973 M23mL
James C. Neagles. Confederate research sources : a guide to archive collections 2nd ed. Ancestry Publishing, c1997 FS Library 973 A3ne 1997
J.H. Segars. In Search of Confederate Ancestors: the guide. Madison, Georgia: Southern Lion Books, 2005. FS Library 973 D27seg 2005

Spanish- American War; Philippine Insurrection

World War I

NGS Magazine (National Genealogical Society)FS Library 973 D25ngs
Tina Beaird. Recreating a World War I Veteran's Service History. 42 #2 (April-June 2017):11-15.
Craig Robert Scott. Tracing the Movements of US Army Units in World War I. 42 #2 (April-June 2017):17-22.
David R. Hardin. Official Military Personnel Files of World War I Veterans. 42 #2 (April-June 2017):23-27.
Kathy Petlewski. World War I and the Hyphenated Americans on the Homefront. 42 #2 (April-June 2017):29-34.
Claire Prechtel Kluskens.Interment of Enemy Aliens During World War I. 42 #2 (April-June 2017):35-39.
Julie Miller. Enemy Alien Registrations during World War I. 44 #2 (April-June 2018):21-28.
John W. Graham.Gold Star Mother Pilgrimages of the 1930s. 44 #2 (April-June 2018):35-39.
Susan Goss Johnson.World War I Statement of Service Cards. 43 #3 (July-September 2017):42-45.
Jonathan R. Casey and Stacie Peterson. The National World War I Museum and Memorial's Edward Jones Research Center. 43 #3 (July-September 2017):46-48.
Theresa Fitzgerald. Auxiliary Records of World War I Veterans. 43 #4 (October-December 2017):50-55.
John P. Deeden. Military Service in the 'War to End all War.37 #2 (April-June 2011): 26-32.
Marian L. Smith. New Means and New Machinery: the Problem of World War I Soldier Naturalization Research. (April/May/June, 2005):23-28.
Tina Beaird. 1918 Pandemic: Fighting Influenza during the Great War. NGS Magazine 44 #4 (October-December): 58-64.
Michael Strauss, Brothers in Arms: Americans in the Canadian Expeditionary Force NGS Magazine 44 # 1 (January-March 2018): 48-53.

Prologue Quarterly Publication of the National Archives FS Library 973 B2p

Knapp, Michael G. “World War I Service Records.” Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives 22. (Fall 1990): 300–2. (FS Library book 973 B2p.)
Knapp, Michael G., and Constance Potter. “Here Rests in Honored Glory: World War I Graves Registration.” Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives 23. (Summer 1991): 190–4. (FS Library book 973 B2p.)
Potter, Constance. "World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages, Part I" Prologue 31(Summer,1999)
Potter, Constance. "World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages, Part II" Prologue 31 (Fall, 1999)
Manning, Mary J. "Being German, Being American" Prologue (Summer, 2014):15-55
Moore, Cara. Women Workers in Wartime. Personnel Records Offer Valuable Insight into Civilian Employees' Lives. Prologue 48 (Fall, 2016): 60-65. FS Library 973 B2p
Yockelson, Mitchell.“They Answered the Call: Military Service in the United States Army during World War I, 1917–1919.”
Yockelson, Mitchell. "Wilson Struggles as he Prepares the Nation for World War I" Prologue 49 ( Spring, 2017)

World War II

Jonathan Gawne. Finding your father's war : a practical guide to researching and understanding service in the World War II US Army. Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania : Casemate, c2006 FS Library 973 M27g
Debra Johnson Knox. World War II military records : a family historian's guide. Spartanburg, South Carolina : MIE Publishing, c2003 FS Library 973 M27kw

National Archives[edit | edit source]

Trevor K. Plante, comp. Military service records at the National Archives revised 2009 Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 2009 FS Library 973 J53r 2009
Timothy P. Mulligan, comp.; Rebecca L. Collier, ed. et.al. World War II: guide to records relating to U.S. military participation. 2 volumes. Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 2008. FS Library 973 J53mt
Rebecca L. Collier, comp., National Archives records relating to the Korean War : reference information paper 103 Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 2003 FamilySearch Digital Library
Tim Wehrkamp, comp. Records relating to American prisoners of war and missing-in-action personnel from the Korean War and during the Cold War Era:Reference information paper; 102 Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1997 FS Library 973 J53w
Charles E. Schamel, comp. Records relating to American prisoners of war and missing in action from the Vietnam War. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 1996. FS Library 973 J53s
Charlotte Palmer Seeley ; revised by Virginia C. Purdy and Robert Gruber, comp. American women and the U.S. armed forces : a guide to the records of military agencies in the National Archives relating to American women Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992. FS Catalog Collection

Additional Sources[edit | edit source]

James T Controvich. United States Army unit and organizational histories, a bibliography. 2 volumes. Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, 2003.FHL 973 M23cj v. 1. Pre-World War I -- v. 2. World War I to present. FS Library 973 M23cj
Horowitz, Lois A. Bibliography of Military Name Lists from Pre–1675 to 1900: A Guide to Genealogical Sources. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990. (FS Library book 973 M23ho A bibliography of published unit histories, payrolls, musters rolls, and name lists found in periodicals and books (excluding local histories). It is arranged by time period, state, and county and is useful for finding names of soldiers from specific localities.
Holt, Dean W. American Military Cemeteries. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Co., 2010. FS Library 973 V3ho 2010
Elizabeth Nishiura, editor ; Margaret Mary Missar, editorial associate. American battle monuments : a guide to military cemeteries and monuments maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, 1989. FS Library 973 V3am
Raphael Thian, comp. Notes Illustrating the Military Geography of the United States, 1813–1880. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1881. Reprint, Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1979. Part I: Military divisions, districts, departments, and reconstruction districts giving date of creation, commanders, and geographical boundaries. Part II: States and territories of the U.S., including the military department or district of which the state or territory was part.
Rose, Christine, Military Bounty Land 1776-1855 San Jose, California: CR Publications, 2011 FS Library 973 M27r
Strait, Newton Allen. Alphabetical List of Battles 1754–1900. Washington, D.C.: (s.n.), 1900. FamilySearch Digital Library In addition to statistical data, this source also contains listings for battles of the Rebellion (Civil War) identifying place, state, and date; a list of battles in the war with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection identifying battle, date, and number of losses; and a list of wars and local disturbances between 1754 and 1848.