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Military records identify individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service. Most young men were required to serve in or register for military service in Poland. Evidence that an ancestor actually served may be found in biographies or family, census, probate, civil registration, or church records. | Military records identify individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service. Most young men were required to serve in or register for military service in Poland. Evidence that an ancestor actually served may be found in biographies or family, census, probate, civil registration, or church records. | ||
Military records of Poland exist as early as the 1500s. After the partitions, each area of Poland had its own distinctive system of keeping military records pertaining to the Austrian, Russian, or Prussian government. The | Military records of Poland exist as early as the 1500s. After the partitions, each area of Poland had its own distinctive system of keeping military records pertaining to the Austrian, Russian, or Prussian government. The FamilySearch Library has very little in the way of military records from the Russian and Prussian territories but does have records from the former Austrian areas. | ||
Military records include muster rolls, conscription lists, and draft registers. For officers these records provide information about soldiers’ military careers, such as promotions, places served, pensions, and conduct. In addition, these records usually include information about age, birthplace, residence, occupation, physical description, and family members. For regular soldiers, however, the information provided is not nearly so detailed. | Military records include muster rolls, conscription lists, and draft registers. For officers these records provide information about soldiers’ military careers, such as promotions, places served, pensions, and conduct. In addition, these records usually include information about age, birthplace, residence, occupation, physical description, and family members. For regular soldiers, however, the information provided is not nearly so detailed. | ||
The records available at the | The records available at the FamilySearch Library were acquired from the War Archives (Kriegsarchiv) in Vienna. They include records for soldiers from Galicia, which is now the southern part of Poland. | ||
Muster rolls and foundation books are personnel files on all Austrian soldiers. They provide names, birthplaces and dates, religions, personal descriptions, dates of induction, and remarks. The archive in Vienna has these records through 1869, and these are the only records that have been microfilmed. The records are arranged by regiment or unit and time period. | Muster rolls and foundation books are personnel files on all Austrian soldiers. They provide names, birthplaces and dates, religions, personal descriptions, dates of induction, and remarks. The archive in Vienna has these records through 1869, and these are the only records that have been microfilmed. The records are arranged by regiment or unit and time period. | ||
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