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Guide to locating military records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research. | Guide to locating military records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research. | ||
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==What are | ==What are military records?== | ||
Military records identify millions of individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service | Military records identify millions of individuals who '''served in the military or who were eligible for service'''. You may find evidence that an ancestor served in the military in family traditions, military records, naturalization records, biographies, cemetery records, and records of veterans' organizations. More recent military records usually have more information than older records. | ||
===General Types of Military Records | ==='''General Types of Military Records'''=== | ||
*'''Service Records:''' Service records for militia, volunteer, or regular forces document that an individual served in the military and can provide your ancestor’s unit or organization. | *'''Service Records:''' Service records for militia, volunteer, or regular forces document that an individual served in the military and can provide your ancestor’s unit or organization. | ||
*'''Draft, Conscription, or Selective Service Records''' | *'''Draft, Conscription, or Selective Service Records''' | ||
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*'''Military Burials''' | *'''Military Burials''' | ||
== | ==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. | 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. | *'''Service Records:'''<br> Name, unit, residence, date mustered in and out, basic biographical, medical and military information. Locations transferred to throughout term of service. | ||
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*'''Military Burials:''' Name, years of birth and death, military unit, marriage information | *'''Military Burials:''' Name, years of birth and death, military unit, marriage information | ||
== | ==How do you find military records?== | ||
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|<span style="color:DarkViolet"> ''' Many military records are online. You should consult the Wiki article on military records for each country to understand how to find and search its military records</span> | |||
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===United States Military Online Genealogy Records=== | |||
Links to online military records for the U.S. have been collected and organized into a recommended search strategy in the Wiki article [[United States Military Online Genealogy Records|'''United States Military Online Genealogy Records''']]. | |||
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[[ | ===Online Genealogical Records Pages=== | ||
On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of '''online record collections.''' | |||
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*'''Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at''' [[Online Genealogy Records by Location|'''Online Genealogy Records by Location.''']] | |||
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*Military records collected by FamilySearch, usually digitized and online, are listed in the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch catalog'''.] Enter the name of the country in the "Place Field" and click "Search". A list of record categories will be provided. Select the military records for the time period in which your relative served.. | |||
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Revision as of 22:45, 31 December 2021
Guide to locating military records for ancestry, family history, and genealogy research.
What are military records?[edit | edit source]
Military records identify millions of individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service. You may find evidence that an ancestor served in the military in family traditions, military records, naturalization records, biographies, cemetery records, and records of veterans' organizations. More recent military records usually have more information than older records.
General Types of Military Records[edit | edit source]
- Service Records: Service records for militia, volunteer, or regular forces document that an individual served in the military and can provide your ancestor’s unit or organization.
- Draft, Conscription, or Selective Service Records
- Census Records of Men Eligible for Service
- Bounty Land Warrants: The federal government provided grants of bounty land for those who served in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and Indian wars between 1790 and 1855.
- Pension or Veteran Records: Payments or benefits were given to retired soldiers. However, not every veteran received or applied for a pension.
- Military Burials
What can you find in military records?[edit | edit source]
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:
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:
Name, residence, age, occupation, marital status, birth date, birthplace, physical description, and other information. - Census Records of Men Eligible for Service: Name, age, residence
- U.S. Bounty Land Warrants:
Covers the same information as Service records as well as information pertaining to the Indian Wars. - Victoria, Australia, Battle to Farm Records, 1919-1935 farm land granted to soldiers. Various forms detailing the identities, location, and background of those participating in the program.
- Pension Records:
Narration of events during service, birth, marriage and death records, may include family bible pages as well as letters. Proof of marriage. - Military Burials: Name, years of birth and death, military unit, marriage information
How do you find military records?[edit | edit source]
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Many military records are online. You should consult the Wiki article on military records for each country to understand how to find and search its military records |
United States Military Online Genealogy Records[edit | edit source]
Links to online military records for the U.S. have been collected and organized into a recommended search strategy in the Wiki article United States Military Online Genealogy Records.
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Sidebar Links to Wiki Articles[edit | edit source]
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Online Genealogical Records Pages[edit | edit source]
On the main page for each U.S. State page and country page, a blue button leads to a listing of online record collections.
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main page to link to the Online Genealogy Records page.
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- Also, all the available Online Genealogy Records pages are linked at Online Genealogy Records by Location.
FamilySearch Catalog[edit | edit source]
- Military records collected by FamilySearch, usually digitized and online, are listed in the FamilySearch catalog. Enter the name of the country in the "Place Field" and click "Search". A list of record categories will be provided. Select the military records for the time period in which your relative served..
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