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==Online Resources==
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*''See [[United States Military Online Genealogy Records]] for more resources.''
*[https://www.birls.org/ BIRLS - Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem] at US Dept of Veterans Affairs (VA): National Personnel Records Center – index to veterans with files at the VA; includes vital status, service, and beneficiary status
==Background==
The Marine Corps was created in 1775. It was part of the Navy Department from 1834 until 1952, when it became a distinct branch of the military. Records of Marine Corps soldiers and officers are available at the National Archives in Record Group 127 for the years 1798 to 1904.  
The Marine Corps was created in 1775. It was part of the Navy Department from 1834 until 1952, when it became a distinct branch of the military. Records of Marine Corps soldiers and officers are available at the National Archives in Record Group 127 for the years 1798 to 1904.  


== Archives and Libraries ==
Muster rolls of the Marine Corps have been filmed for the years 1789 to 1892 and are available at the Family History Library:  
'''National Personnel Records Center'''
*[https://www.archives.gov/st-louis National Personnel Records Center]
*[https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/ompf-background.html Official Military Personnel Files]
*[https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/archival-programs/military-personnel-archival Official Military Personnel Files Archival]
*[https://www.archives.gov/veterans Veteran's Service Records]
 
''' National Archives '''
*[https://www.archives.gov/research/military/marine-corps Marine Corps Records]
*[https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/127.html Records of the United States Marine Corps RG 127]
*[https://www.archives.gov/research/military/marine-corps/muster-rolls Marine Corps Muster Rolls]


''' National Archives Catalog '''
*[https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=Muster+rolls+of+the+UNited+States+Marine+Corps&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps], 1798–1892. National Archives Microfilm Publication T1118. (FHL 123 films starting with FHL film # 929049.) The records are arranged chronologically; and they give name, rank, enlistment date, date of death or discharge, and name of ship or station.
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7861697 Card Lists of Marine Corps War of 1812 Casualties, 1812–1815] NAID 7861697
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/655645 Carded Medical Records of the Marine Corps, 1821-1884] NAID 655645
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7861708 Card List of Marine Corps Dead Buried Overseas, 1898 - 1918] NAID 7861708 WWI
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299715 Official Military Personnel Files, 1905–1998] NAID 299715
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299715 U.S. Marine Corps. Personnel Management Division. Official Military Personnel Files, 1905-1997. NAID 299715]


''' Unit Histories - Organization Authority Record '''
Check with the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Personnel Records Center] for available service records.  
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10448156  U.S. Marine Corps. 1st Marine Division. 2/1/1941-9/1947]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10448330  U.S. Marine Corps. 1st Marine Division. 9/1947-]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10509796 U.S. Marine Corps. 5th Marine Regiment. 6/8/1917-9/18/1947]
*[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10509797  U.S. Marine Corps. 5th Marine Regiment. 9/1947-]
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=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*{{FSC|36156|item|disp= Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps], 1798–1892. National Archives Microfilm Publication T1118}} The records are arranged chronologically; and they give name, rank, enlistment date, date of death or discharge, and name of ship or station.
*{{FSC|2301286|item|disp=United States, Marine Corps muster rolls, 1893-1940 T977}}


=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''
*{{RecordSearch|1916228|United States, Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937|NAME OF COLLECTION}}


=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
[[United States, Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps (FamilySearch Historical Records)|&nbsp;United States, Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
*''The Marine Corps Reserve : a history'' {{FSDL|969417}}
*''Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II'' {{FSDL|925197}}
*''History of U.S. Marine Corps operations in World War II.'' 5 vols. Washington: Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1958 - 1968 vol. 1 {{FSDL|969411}}; vol. 2 {{FSDL|969412}}; vol. 3 {{FSDL|969413}}; vol. 4 {{FSDL|969414}}; vol. 5 {{FSDL|969415}}


== Marine Divisions ==
=== Marine Divisions ===
*[https://archive.org/details/1stmarinedivisio00unit 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments]
*[https://archive.org/details/1stmarinedivisio00unit 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments]
*[https://archive.org/stream/The2dMarineDivisionAndItsRegiments#page/n1/mode/2up 2d Marine Division and Its Regiments]
*[https://archive.org/stream/The2dMarineDivisionAndItsRegiments#page/n1/mode/2up 2d Marine Division and Its Regiments]
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*[https://archive.org/stream/historyof4thmari00unit#page/n3/mode/2up 4th Marine Division, 1943-1996]
*[https://archive.org/stream/historyof4thmari00unit#page/n3/mode/2up 4th Marine Division, 1943-1996]


== Marine Regiments ==
=== Marine Corps Aviation ===
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe2dMarines  2d Marines]
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe4thMarines1970 4th Marines]
*[https://archive.org/stream/ABriefHistoryOfThe6thMarines#page/n1/mode/2up 6th Marines]
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe8thMarines  8th Marines]
*[https://archive.org/details/TheNinthMarinesABriefHistory  9th Marines]
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe10thMarines 10th Marines]
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe14thMarines 14th Marines]
*[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe25thMarines 25th Marines]
 
== Marine Corps Aviation ==
*[https://archive.org/stream/MarineCorpsAviationTheEarlyYears1912-1940#page/n1/mode/2up Aviation History, 1912-1940]
*[https://archive.org/stream/MarineCorpsAviationTheEarlyYears1912-1940#page/n1/mode/2up Aviation History, 1912-1940]
*[https://archive.org/stream/marinecorpsaircr00unit#page/n0/mode/2up Marine Corps Aircraft 1913-1965]
*[https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofm00unit Marine Corp Aviation History]
*[https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofm00unit Marine Corp Aviation History]
*[https://archive.org/stream/marinecorpsaircr00unit#page/n0/mode/2up Marine Corps Aircraft 1913-1965]
*[https://archive.org/details/marinecorpsaviat00good Marine Corps Aviation in World War II a Chronology]
== World War I ==
*[https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesmari00unit The United States Marines in the World War]
*[https://archive.org/details/listofofficersen19unse Officers and Enlisted Who Lost their Lives]
*[https://archive.org/stream/listofofficersen19unse_0#page/n3/mode/2up Officers and Enlisted Who Lost their Lives Overseas]
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030896454#page/n5/mode/2up Recruiting Instructions, 1914]
== World War II ==
*Gordon L. Rottman.''U.S. Marine Corps World War II order of battle:ground and air units in the Pacific War, 1939-1945.'' Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2002. {{FSC|1804487|item|disp=FS Library 973 M3rg}}
*[https://archive.org/stream/historyofusmarin01usma#page/n5/mode/2up Marine Corps Operations Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, vol. 1]
*[https://archive.org/stream/historyofusmarin02usma#page/n5/mode/2up Marine Corp Operations, vol. 2]
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofusmarin03usma Marine Corps Operations, vol. 3]
== For Further Reading ==
*Ilene Kanfer Murray. '' Twentieth-Century Navy and Marine Corps Records.'' NGS News Magazine 31 #4 (October-December 2005): 45-48.
*[https://archive.org/stream/notessuggestions00doye#page/n1/mode/2up Notes and Suggestions Officers of the Marine Corps,1900]
*[https://archive.org/details/RanksAndGrades1775-1969 United States Marine Corps. Ranks and Grades, 1775-1969]


'''Other Record Types'''  
'''Other Record Types'''  
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The Marine Corps was created in 1775. It was part of the Navy Department from 1834 until 1952, when it became a distinct branch of the military. Records of Marine Corps soldiers and officers are available at the National Archives in Record Group 127 for the years 1798 to 1904.

Muster rolls of the Marine Corps have been filmed for the years 1789 to 1892 and are available at the Family History Library:

  • Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps, 1798–1892. National Archives Microfilm Publication T1118. (FHL 123 films starting with FHL film # 929049.) The records are arranged chronologically; and they give name, rank, enlistment date, date of death or discharge, and name of ship or station.

Check with the National Personnel Records Center for available service records.

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

 United States, Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps (FamilySearch Historical Records)

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