Florida Military Records: Difference between revisions

== Online Resources ==

*'''1818-1944''' [https://genealogytrails.com/fla/walton/soldiersbk1.html Soldiers & Sailors, Discharge Records, Book 1], [https://genealogytrails.com/fla/walton/soldiersbk2.html Book 2] at Genealogy Trails<br><br>

*'''1826-1900''' [https://www.floridamemory.com/collections/muster_rolls/ Florida Militia Muster Rolls, 1826-1900] at State Library & Archives of Florida

*'''1836-1842''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5760 Florida War Death List, 1836-42] at Ancestry ($)

*'''1837-1970''' {{RecordSearch|4114268|Florida, Military Discharge Records, ca.1837 - ca.1970}} at FamilySearch; index — [[Florida, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]

*'''1835-1858''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2246 Florida, Compiled Service Records, Florida Indian Wars, 1835-1858] at Ancestry - Index & images ($)

*'''1861-1865''' {{RecordSearch|1932395|Florida, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at FamilySearch — [[Florida Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index and images 

*'''1863-1878''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61568 U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1863-1878] at Ancestry ($) index & images

*[http://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/civilwar_infantry7.html 7th Infantry] at Genealogy Trails

*[http://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/civilwar_infantry8.html 8th Infantry] at Genealogy Trails

*[http://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/civilwar_infantry9.html 9th Infantry] at Genealogy Trails

*[http://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/civilwar_infantry10.html 10th Infantry] at Genealogy Trails

*[http://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/civilwar_infantry11.html 11th Infantry] at Genealogy Trails

*'''1861-1865''' {{RecordSearch|1932369|Florida, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at FamilySearch - [[Florida Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]], Index and images

*'''1861-1865''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1106 U.S., Confederate Service Records, 1861-1865] at Ancestry - index & images ($)

*'''1885-1955''' {{RecordSearch|1913411|Florida, Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1955}} at FamilySearch — [[Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index and images

*'''1888-1938''' {{RecordSearch|2761956|Florida, Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home records, 1888-1938}} at FamilySearch - [[Florida, Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]], index & images

*[https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/civilwar_bios.html Biographies of Florida Confederate Soldiers] at Genealogy Trails

*[https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/fla_soldiers_buried_union.html Confederate Soldiers Buried in Union-controlled Cemeteries] at Genealogy Trails

*Confederate Pension Applications [https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/confedpensions.html A-C], [https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/confedpensions2.html D-G], [https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/confedpensions3.html H-L], [https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/confedpensions4.html M-Q], [https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/confedpensions5.html R-S], [https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/confedpensions6.html T-Z] at Genealogy Trails<br><br>

*[https://genealogytrails.com/fla/military/soldiersgreatwar.html Casualties] at Genealogy Trails - index<br><br>

*'''1940-1945''' {{RecordSearch|2695955|Florida, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945}} at FamilySearch — [[Florida, World War II Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images<br><br>

 

 

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_La_Bah%C3%ADa Fort Defiance ]Presidio La Bahio)  

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Gadsden Fort Gadsden] 1818-21 (Fort Apalachicola)

*Military Service Records of Florida and Louisiana, 1787-1794. Hojas de Servicios Militares de América: Floridas y Luisiana, 1787-1794. {{FSC|238955|item|disp=FS Library film 1156353}} (in Spanish). For a surname index to these records, see ''Catálogo XXII del Archivo de Simancas, Secretaría de Guerra (Siglo XVIII), Hojas de Servicios de América.'' {{FSC|26258|item|disp=FS Catalog book 946 M23e}}.<br>

*{{FSC|2477429|item|disp=Shirley Joiner Thompson, compiled, ''The people of East Florida during the Revolutionary War-War of 1812 period'' [Jacksonville, Florida : s.n.}}, 1982 FS Library 975.9 V2tsj]

*{{FSC|134454|item|disp=edited with an accompanying narrative, by Wilbur Henry Siebert, ''Loyalists in East Florida, 1774 to 1785 : the most important documents pertaining thereto''  2 volumes. DeLand, Florida : Florida State Historical Society, 1929}} FS Library 975.9 B4f no. 9]

*Ayers, Linda. ''Florida. Some Military Land Grants For Soldiers of the War of 1812.'' (Free). ([http://usgwarchives.net/pensions/1812/index.htm The USGenWeb Archives War of 1812 Project] - Pensions, Rosters &amp; Land Grants). Search by county.(Accessed 11 May 2012).  

*''War of 1812 Pensioners Living in Florida and Louisiana in the 1880's : and Others on the Roll Including Some Civil War Pensioners.'' (Wyandotte:Gregath, [199-?]). 38 pages.{{FSC|732328|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.9 A1 no 195}}

*Robarts, William Hugh. ''Mexican War Veterans : A Complete Roster of the Regular and Volunteer Troops in the War Between the United States and Mexico, from 1846-1848…'' Washington, D.C. : Brentano’s, 1887. {{FSC|1854496|item|disp=FS Catalog book 973 M2rwh}} Digital version available at [http://archive.org/details/mexicanwarvetera00roba Internet Archive].<br>

*{{FSC|237727|item|disp=''Record of officers and soldiers killed in battle and died in service during the Florida War'' Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office (United States), 1882.}} St. Augustine National Cemetery

*{{FSC|1230441|item|disp=Ann Josberger McFadden, indexed by. ''Index of Florida militia muster rolls, Seminole Indian Wars, volumes 67 thru 76 : special archives publication of Florida Department of Military Affairs. State Arsenal, St. Francis Barracks, St. Augustine, Florida.'' Miami, Florida : A.J. McFadden, 1998. FS Library975.9 M22m}}

*The [https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System] allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiment for the soldiers. Then you can check the regiment page to determine counties. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor.  

*'''1861-1865''' {{RecordSearch|2145147|United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[United States, Confederate Officers Card Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]  

*'''1885-1955''' {{RecordSearch|1913411|Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications 1885-1955}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]  

The compiled military service records of volunteer soldiers who served in the Florida Infantry are at the National Archives and the FamilySearch Library (FS Library microfilms {{FSC|36143|title-id|disp=1314126-38}}). Published rosters are found in ''Soldiers of Florida in the Seminole Indian Civil and Spanish-American Wars'' (Live Oak, Florida: Democrat Book and Job Print, 1909; FamilySearch Library {{FSC|139933|title-id|disp=book 975.9 M2s; also on microfilm 988193}}).  

*{{RecordSearch|1968530|United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]  

*{{RecordSearch|2513098|United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]  

*{{RecordSearch|3010015|Florida, World War I Navy Card Roster, 1917-1920}} at FamilySearch; index & images — [[Florida, World War I Navy card roster - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]  

'''Draft Registration'''

 

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|2695955|Florida, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945}}

*{{FSC|538094|item|disp=Florida state militia, state troops and national guard, 1870-1918}} at FamilySearch  

*{{FSC|1018333|item|disp=Robert Hawk. ''Florida's Army: militia/state troops/national guard, 1565-1985.''Englewood, Florida : Pineapple Press, c1986. FS Library 975.9 M2hr}}

*{{FSC|539963|item|disp=''Annual militia returns, 1875-1912.''}} Includes general and staff officer's

*{{FSC|538080|item|disp=''Commissions and oaths of state militia officers. (1846-1874 & 1917-1920)''}}