U.S. Navy: Difference between revisions

*Histories of ships, biographies, and much more are housed avialable from the [http://www.history.navy.mil/research_and_collections.html Naval History and Heritage Command] in Washington, DC.

Of particular value to the researcher are the following:  

To find specific microfilm numbers for the above two sources, look in the Locality search of the Family History Library Catalog under:  

*US Submarine Service Records: Dedicated to all men lost while serving in the [http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/ U.S. Submarine Force].

*[https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=abstracts+of+Servive+of+Naval+Officers&placeName=Abstracts+of+Service+of+Service+of+Naval+Officers&author_givenName=&author_surname= Abstracts of Service of Naval Officers ](“Records of Officers”), 1798–1803. National Archives Microfilm Publication M330. (FHL films 1445969–87.) Alphabetically arranged by the first letter of the surname, then date of appointment. Entries list name, rank, date of naval assignments, and where assigned.  

*[https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&collectionId=&fed=false&page=1&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=abstracts+of+Servive+of+Naval+Officers&placeName=Abstracts+of+Service+of+Service+of+Naval+Officers&author_givenName=&author_surname= Index to Officers’ Jackets, 1913–1925] (Officers Directory). National Archives Microfilm Publication T1102. (FHL films 1578411–12.) Location registers for personnel files. They are arranged by file number; name, rank, classification, location of files (as of 1948), and file number.

*[https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=Case+Files+of+Disapproved+Pension+Application+of+Widows&placeName=&author_givenName=&author_surname= Case Files of Disapproved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows Originals), 1861–1910.] National Archives Microfilm Publication M1274. (FHL fiche 6333626–802.) These records are arranged by application number. Use the index below to get the application number. To find specific microfilm numbers, look in the Locality search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

*[https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=&placeName=Mititary+Records+Pension+Indexes&author_givenName=&author_surname= Lists of Navy Veterans for Whom There are Navy Widows’ and Other Dependents’ Disapproved Pension Files] (Navy Widows’ Originals, 1861–1910). National Archives Microfilm Publication M1391. (FHL fiche 6333805–19.) An alphabetical index to veterans and more pension files for sailors and officers of the Navy who were involved in the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, and later conflicts. To find specific microfilm numbers, look in the Locality search of the Family History Library Catalog under:

'''Old War Index to Pension Files, 1815-1926'''  

*The "[[Old War Index to Pension Files, 1815-1926]]" (NARA T316) includes pensioners of the U.S. Navy. The records are available online. They relate mainly to pensions based on death or disability incurred in service between the years of 1816-1861 and cover regular army, navy and volunteer soldiers.

*Bacon, Lee D. “[https://familysearch.org/search/search/index/catalog-search#searchType=catalog&filtered=true&fed=false&collectionId=&catSearchType=title&searchCriteria=&placeName=Naval+Records+in+the+National+Archives&author_givenName=&author_surname= Civil War and Later Navy Personnel Records at the National Archives, 1864–1924.” ]Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives 27. (Summer 1995): 178–82. (FHL 973 B2p.)  

*[[United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous (FamilySearch Historical Records)|United States Naval Enlistments Rendezvous (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]  

*[[United States Navy Widows' Certificates (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]

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