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-''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]] &gt; &nbsp;[[United States Military Records|Military Records&nbsp;]] &gt; &nbsp;[[U.S. Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]]''
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+| link1=[[United States Genealogy|United States]]
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+| link5=[[U.S. Marine Corps|U.S. Marine Corps]]
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+{{US-military-sidebar}}
-The Marine Corps was created in 1798. 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.
+==Online Resources==
+<table><tr><td>
+*''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
-Muster rolls of the Marine Corps have been filmed for the years 1789 to 1892 and are available at the Family History Library:
+==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.
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=36156&disp=Muster+rolls+of+the+United+States+Marine++ 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.
+== Archives and Libraries ==
+'''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]
-Check with the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Personnel Records Center] for available 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]
-[[Category:United_States]] [[Category:United_States_Military]]
+''' National Archives Catalog '''
+*[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 '''
+*[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-]
+<td><tr><table>
+=== 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 ===
+*{{RecordSearch|1916228|United States, Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937|NAME OF COLLECTION}}
+=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===
+*''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 ==
+*[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/The3dMarineDivisionAndItsRegiments#page/n1/mode/2up 3d Marine Division and Its Regiments]
+*[https://archive.org/stream/historyof4thmari00unit#page/n3/mode/2up 4th Marine Division, 1943-1996]
+== Marine Regiments ==
+*[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/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'''
+*[[United States Military Aircraft Accidents|Aircraft Accidents]]
+*[[US Military Awards and Decorations|Awards]]
+*[[US Military Biographies|Biographies]]
+*[[US Military Bounty Land Warrants|Bounty&nbsp;Land&nbsp;Warrants]]
+*[[US Military Casualty Records|Casualty&nbsp;Records]]
+*[[US Military Prisoner of War Records|Prisoner&nbsp;of&nbsp;War&nbsp;Records]]
+*[[US Military Old Soldiers Home Records|Soldiers&nbsp;Home&nbsp;Records]]
+*[[US Military Unit Histories|Unit&nbsp;Histories]]
+{{U.S. Military}}
+[[Category:United States Military Records]]