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'''Unit Histories'''. An important inventory for finding Civil War military histories in Minnesota is: | '''Unit Histories'''. An important inventory for finding Civil War military histories in Minnesota is: | ||
'''Civil War Unit Histories'''<nowiki>: </nowiki>''The Union—Midwest and West''. (Part 4.) Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1993. (FHL book 973 M2cwu pt.4.) The library has the large microfiche collection described in this guide. Use the library catalog to find individual items. This may include correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and regimental histories published before 1920. The guide shows the unit name, counties where it was raised, author, title, publication information, number of pages, and source repository. This guide also includes an author index and a major engagements index. | '''Civil War Unit Histories'''<nowiki>:</nowiki>''The Union—Midwest and West''. (Part 4.) Bethesda, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1993. (FHL book 973 M2cwu pt.4.) The library has the large microfiche collection described in this guide. Use the library catalog to find individual items. This may include correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and regimental histories published before 1920. The guide shows the unit name, counties where it was raised, author, title, publication information, number of pages, and source repository. This guide also includes an author index and a major engagements index. | ||
'''Soldiers Home Records'''. Records of the state operated soldiers home in Minneapolis are found in the Minnesota State Historical Society Library. They include resident admission and discharge records, history of residents’ military service, and clinical records. | '''Soldiers Home Records'''. Records of the state operated soldiers home in Minneapolis are found in the Minnesota State Historical Society Library. They include resident admission and discharge records, history of residents’ military service, and clinical records. | ||
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'''Haller’s Army'''. During World War I, the Polish Army in France, commonly called Haller’s Army, recruited about 20,000 soldiers from among Poles living in the United States. Two forms that contain genealogical information were filled out by the recruits. Form A contains each volunteer’s name, address, marital status, number of children, how his family would be supported if he was accepted into service, whether volunteer was an American citizen, his age, physical description, signature, recruiting station, and the date. Form C contains additional information such as the volunteer’s birth date and place, the addresses of his closest relative in America and of his closest relative in Poland, his previous military service, and remarks. All volumes of the collection are available through: | '''Haller’s Army'''. During World War I, the Polish Army in France, commonly called Haller’s Army, recruited about 20,000 soldiers from among Poles living in the United States. Two forms that contain genealogical information were filled out by the recruits. Form A contains each volunteer’s name, address, marital status, number of children, how his family would be supported if he was accepted into service, whether volunteer was an American citizen, his age, physical description, signature, recruiting station, and the date. Form C contains additional information such as the volunteer’s birth date and place, the addresses of his closest relative in America and of his closest relative in Poland, his previous military service, and remarks. All volumes of the collection are available through: | ||
PGS of America<br | PGS of America<br>ATTN: Haller’s Army Request<br>984N. Milwaukee Avenue<br>Chicago, IL 60622 <br>Internet: [http://www.pgsa.org/haller.htm www.pgsa.org/haller.htm] | ||
A name index is on the Internet at: | A name index is on the Internet at: | ||
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A microfilm copy of the Form A records only is: | A microfilm copy of the Form A records only is: | ||
''United States (with Some from Ontario, Canada) Recruits for the Polish Army in France, 1917–1919''<nowiki>: States Represented most Frequently are New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Connecticut, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Nebraska & Kansas (for Complete Breakdown See Film Inventory). Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995. (On 11 FHL films beginning with 1993525.) The forms are in Polish, but at the beginning of each film is a blank form printed in English. The records are not organized by locality, and Minnesota recruits are represented on almost every film. There is, however, an alphabetical list of volunteers for each item.</nowiki> | ''United States (with Some from Ontario, Canada) Recruits for the Polish Army in France, 1917–1919''<nowiki>: States Represented most Frequently are New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Connecticut, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Delaware, Nebraska &amp; Kansas (for Complete Breakdown See Film Inventory). Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995. (On 11 FHL films beginning with 1993525.) The forms are in Polish, but at the beginning of each film is a blank form printed in English. The records are not organized by locality, and Minnesota recruits are represented on almost every film. There is, however, an alphabetical list of volunteers for each item.</nowiki> | ||
=== World War II (1941–1945) === | === World War II (1941–1945) === | ||
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MINNESOTA, [COUNTY] – MILITARY RECORDS | MINNESOTA, [COUNTY] – MILITARY RECORDS | ||
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