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United States, Indexes to Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During Indian Wars and Disturbance - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
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When you have located your ancestor’s service record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. | When you have located your ancestor’s service record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. | ||
=== I Found | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Use the information in the index to obtain a copy of the soldier's full military record from the National Archives. | *Use the information in the index to obtain a copy of the soldier's full military record from the National Archives. | ||
*Use the soldier's name and location of the military unit to find the soldier’s family in census, church, and land records. | *Use the soldier's name and location of the military unit to find the soldier’s family in census, church, and land records. | ||