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{{India-sidebar}}Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. A compulsory draft was seldom used except by the militia. | {{India-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb | ||
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Military records are potentially of great genealogical value and may provide information not found in any other source. These records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the military. Military service (other than the militia) was usually a lifetime career. Officers came from the upper classes; soldiers usually came from the poor. A compulsory draft was seldom used except by the militia. | |||
You may find evidence that an ancestor served in the military from family records, biographies, census, probates, civil registration, or church records. | You may find evidence that an ancestor served in the military from family records, biographies, census, probates, civil registration, or church records. | ||