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| ==Online Resources==
| | 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. |
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| *''See [[United States Military Online Genealogy Records]] for more resources.''
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| *[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
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| ==Background==
| | Muster rolls of the Marine Corps have been filmed for the years 1789 to 1892 and are available at the Family History Library: |
| 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.
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| == Archives and Libraries ==
| | *[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. |
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| *[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]
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| *[https://www.archives.gov/st-louis/archival-programs/military-personnel-archival Official Military Personnel Files Archival]
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| *[https://www.archives.gov/veterans Veteran's Service Records]
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| ''' National Archives '''
| | Check with the [http://www.archives.gov/ National Personnel Records Center] for available service records. |
| *[https://www.archives.gov/research/military/marine-corps Marine Corps Records]
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| *[https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/127.html Records of the United States Marine Corps RG 127]
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| *[https://www.archives.gov/research/military/marine-corps/muster-rolls Marine Corps Muster Rolls]
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| ''' National Archives Catalog ''' | | '''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:''' |
| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7861697 Card Lists of Marine Corps War of 1812 Casualties, 1812–1815] NAID 7861697
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| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/655645 Carded Medical Records of the Marine Corps, 1821-1884] NAID 655645
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| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7861708 Card List of Marine Corps Dead Buried Overseas, 1898 - 1918] NAID 7861708 WWI
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| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299715 Official Military Personnel Files, 1905–1998] NAID 299715
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| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299715 U.S. Marine Corps. Personnel Management Division. Official Military Personnel Files, 1905-1997. NAID 299715]
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| ''' Unit Histories - Organization Authority Record '''
| | [[United_States,_Muster_Rolls_of_the_United_States_Marine_Corps_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)| United States, Muster Rolls of the United States Marine Corps (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] |
| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10448156 U.S. Marine Corps. 1st Marine Division. 2/1/1941-9/1947]
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| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10448330 U.S. Marine Corps. 1st Marine Division. 9/1947-]
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| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10509796 U.S. Marine Corps. 5th Marine Regiment. 6/8/1917-9/18/1947]
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| *[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10509797 U.S. Marine Corps. 5th Marine Regiment. 9/1947-]
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| === FamilySearch Catalog ===
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| *{{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.
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| *{{FSC|2301286|item|disp=United States, Marine Corps muster rolls, 1893-1940 T977}}
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| === FamilySearch Historical Records ===
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| *{{RecordSearch|1916228|United States, Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937|NAME OF COLLECTION}}
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| === FamilySearch Digital Library ===
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| *''The Marine Corps Reserve : a history'' {{FSDL|969417}}
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| *''Marine Corps Women's Reserve in World War II'' {{FSDL|925197}}
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| *''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}}
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| == Marine Divisions ==
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| *[https://archive.org/details/1stmarinedivisio00unit 1st Marine Division and Its Regiments]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/The2dMarineDivisionAndItsRegiments#page/n1/mode/2up 2d Marine Division and Its Regiments]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/The3dMarineDivisionAndItsRegiments#page/n1/mode/2up 3d Marine Division and Its Regiments]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/historyof4thmari00unit#page/n3/mode/2up 4th Marine Division, 1943-1996]
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| == Marine Regiments ==
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| *[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe2dMarines 2d Marines]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe4thMarines1970 4th Marines]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/ABriefHistoryOfThe6thMarines#page/n1/mode/2up 6th Marines]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe8thMarines 8th Marines]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/TheNinthMarinesABriefHistory 9th Marines]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe10thMarines 10th Marines]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe14thMarines 14th Marines]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/ABriefHistoryOfThe25thMarines 25th Marines]
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| == Marine Corps Aviation ==
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/MarineCorpsAviationTheEarlyYears1912-1940#page/n1/mode/2up Aviation History, 1912-1940]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/briefhistoryofm00unit Marine Corp Aviation History]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/marinecorpsaircr00unit#page/n0/mode/2up Marine Corps Aircraft 1913-1965]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/marinecorpsaviat00good Marine Corps Aviation in World War II a Chronology]
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| == World War I ==
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| *[https://archive.org/details/unitedstatesmari00unit The United States Marines in the World War]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/listofofficersen19unse Officers and Enlisted Who Lost their Lives]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/listofofficersen19unse_0#page/n3/mode/2up Officers and Enlisted Who Lost their Lives Overseas]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924030896454#page/n5/mode/2up Recruiting Instructions, 1914]
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| == World War II ==
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| *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}}
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/historyofusmarin01usma#page/n5/mode/2up Marine Corps Operations Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, vol. 1]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/historyofusmarin02usma#page/n5/mode/2up Marine Corp Operations, vol. 2]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/historyofusmarin03usma Marine Corps Operations, vol. 3]
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| == For Further Reading ==
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| *Ilene Kanfer Murray. '' Twentieth-Century Navy and Marine Corps Records.'' NGS News Magazine 31 #4 (October-December 2005): 45-48.
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/notessuggestions00doye#page/n1/mode/2up Notes and Suggestions Officers of the Marine Corps,1900]
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| *[https://archive.org/details/RanksAndGrades1775-1969 United States Marine Corps. Ranks and Grades, 1775-1969]
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| '''Other Record Types'''
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| *[[United States Military Aircraft Accidents|Aircraft Accidents]]
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| *[[US Military Awards and Decorations|Awards]]
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| *[[US Military Biographies|Biographies]]
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| *[[US Military Bounty Land Warrants|Bounty Land Warrants]]
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| *[[US Military Casualty Records|Casualty Records]]
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| *[[US Military Prisoner of War Records|Prisoner of War Records]]
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| *[[US Military Old Soldiers Home Records|Soldiers Home Records]]
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| *[[US Military Unit Histories|Unit Histories]]
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