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== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
*''See [[United States Military Online Genealogy Records]] for more resources.'' | |||
[[ | *'''1651-1776''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48433 Virginia Colonial Militia, 1651-1776, Vol. II] ($) | ||
*'''1775-1783''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4282 U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls for Virginia, 1775-1783] ($) | |||
*'''1775-1783''' | *'''1775-1783''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/virginia-revolutionary-war-soldiers-1775-1783-published-1912 Virginia, Revolutionary War Soldiers 1775-1783, published 1912], ($),*[https://archive.org/details/listofrevolution00virg Actual book], images (no charge) | ||
*''' | *'''1776''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48645 Virginia Soldiers of 1776] ($) | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid= | *'''1776''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1009 Virginia Soldiers of 1776, Vol. 1], ($) | ||
*'''1812''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48441 Virginia Militia in the War of 1812, Volume I] ($) | |||
*'''1812''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48442 Virginia Militia in the War of 1812, Volume II] ($) | |||
*'''1830-1875''' {{RecordSearch|2070137|United States Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875}} Images only - [[United States, Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | |||
*'''1876-1947''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=62775 Virginia, U.S., Department of Military Affairs Records, 1876-1947] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1915-1967''' {{RecordSearch|3326851|Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967}}, index - [[Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | |||
*'''1919-1980''' {{RecordSearch|4380168|Virginia, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1919-1980}} at FamilySearch — [[Virginia, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | |||
*'''1940-1945''' {{RecordSearch|2659404|Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945}}, index & images - [[Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] | |||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48434 Virginia Colonial Soldiers] ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48434 Virginia Colonial Soldiers] ($) | ||
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48410/ List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia] ($) | *[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48410/ List of the Colonial Soldiers of Virginia] ($) | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3076 Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War] ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3076 Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War] ($) | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3196 Virginia Navy in the Revolution], ($), index | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3196 Virginia Navy in the Revolution], ($), index | ||
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/military/korean-war/casualty-lists/va-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Home-State-of-Record: Virginia] | *[http://www.archives.gov/research/military/korean-war/casualty-lists/va-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Home-State-of-Record: Virginia] | ||
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/va-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Home-State-of-Record: Virginia] | *[http://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/va-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Home-State-of-Record: Virginia] | ||
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*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48123 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III] (Ancestry) ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48123 The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. III] (Ancestry) ($) | ||
'''Virginia Half Pay and Other Related Revolutionary War Pension Application Files, ca. 1778-1875'''<br> | |||
*{{FSC|48464|item|disp=FS Library Films 1024434-42}} These records relate only to officers from Virginia. They help identify names that might appear in other military records. | *{{FSC|48464|item|disp=FS Library Films 1024434-42}} These records relate only to officers from Virginia. They help identify names that might appear in other military records. | ||
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The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant. | The individual who received a warrant may have claimed the land himself or may have sold his warrant to someone else. See [[United States Land and Property]] and [[United States Military Records]] for more information about the process of obtaining a land grant. | ||
'''Lands Granted in Kentucky (Virginia warrants)'''<br> | |||
Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FSC|241747|title-id|disp=FS Library films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. | Those who surrendered their warrants for land in what is now Kentucky are listed in Virginia Grants, 1782-1792 {{FSC|241747|title-id|disp=FS Library films 272809-17.}} The original grants are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. | ||
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Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FSC|439115|item|disp=FS Library films 272979-80}}. The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants''. 1926. Louisville, Kentucky : Standard Printing Co. Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/526299-old-kentucky-entries-and-deeds-a-complete-index-to-all-of-the-earliest-land-entries-military-warrants-deeds-and-wills-of-the-commonwealth-of-kentucky?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. 1978, c1969 reprint at {{FSC|489197|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}} | Copies of the warrants are found in ''Military Warrants, 1782-1788 ''{{FSC|439115|item|disp=FS Library films 272979-80}}. The original records are at the Kentucky Land Office in Frankfort, Kentucky. These are indexed by Willard Rouse Jillson, ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to All of the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants''. 1926. Louisville, Kentucky : Standard Printing Co. Online at: [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/526299-old-kentucky-entries-and-deeds-a-complete-index-to-all-of-the-earliest-land-entries-military-warrants-deeds-and-wills-of-the-commonwealth-of-kentucky?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]. 1978, c1969 reprint at {{FSC|489197|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6051260; book 976.9 R22j.}} | ||
'''Lands Granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio (Virginia Warrants)'''<br> | |||
An estimated 64 percent of Virginia's bounty land claims were granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The Ohio Land Grant Office (c/o Auditor of State, 88 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215) has some records of these land grants. | An estimated 64 percent of Virginia's bounty land claims were granted in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The Ohio Land Grant Office (c/o Auditor of State, 88 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215) has some records of these land grants. | ||
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The surrendered warrants and related papers were sent to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, and are now at the National Archives in Warrants Surrendered for Land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The National Archives also has an alphabetical index, numerical register, and survey register that can help you find a warrant in this collection. These records are not on microfilm or at the FamilySearch Library. | The surrendered warrants and related papers were sent to the General Land Office in Washington, DC, and are now at the National Archives in Warrants Surrendered for Land in the Virginia Military District of Ohio. The National Archives also has an alphabetical index, numerical register, and survey register that can help you find a warrant in this collection. These records are not on microfilm or at the FamilySearch Library. | ||
'''Lands Granted in the U.S. Military District and Other Public Domain Areas (U.S. Warrants)'''<br> | |||
The records of these land grants are described in [[United States Land and Property]]. | The records of these land grants are described in [[United States Land and Property]]. | ||
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On 16 September 1940, President Roosevelt signed into law the first peacetime Selective Service Act. During WWII, the Selective Service System conducted '''six draft registrations'''; these records are held collectively in two groupings at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO. The registrations are part of Record Group 147 [https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/147.html Records of the Selective Service System.] From December, 1942 to August, 1945 no enlistments were allowed. The Selective Service became the only way men entered the service for the remainder of the war. | On 16 September 1940, President Roosevelt signed into law the first peacetime Selective Service Act. During WWII, the Selective Service System conducted '''six draft registrations'''; these records are held collectively in two groupings at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, MO. The registrations are part of Record Group 147 [https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/147.html Records of the Selective Service System.] From December, 1942 to August, 1945 no enlistments were allowed. The Selective Service became the only way men entered the service for the remainder of the war. | ||
*'''1940-1945''' {{RecordSearch|2659404| Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945}} | *'''1940-1945''' {{RecordSearch|2659404| Virginia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945}} at FamilySearch | ||
''' Fourth Registration''' | ''' Fourth Registration''' | ||
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