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The Family History Library has many military records, but these are only a small part of the military records available. You may want to hire a researcher to search military records that are not available at the Family History Library. | The Family History Library has many military records, but these are only a small part of the military records available. You may want to hire a researcher to search military records that are not available at the Family History Library. | ||
=== | ===Pre-1914 Records=== | ||
Pre-1914 military records are kept in the Public Record Office, Kew and are divided into army and navy records. | Pre-1914 military records are kept in the Public Record Office, Kew and are divided into army and navy records. | ||
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For more information on military records at the Public Record Office, see the Bevan and Duncan or Kew Lists handbooks listed at the end of this section. | For more information on military records at the Public Record Office, see the Bevan and Duncan or Kew Lists handbooks listed at the end of this section. | ||
=== | ===Strategies for Using Army and Navy Records=== | ||
It is difficult to locate information about your ancestor in military records without knowing the unit (ship or regiment) in which your ancestor served. If you do not know the ship or regiment already, you may find that information in other records, such as census, church, or family records. | It is difficult to locate information about your ancestor in military records without knowing the unit (ship or regiment) in which your ancestor served. If you do not know the ship or regiment already, you may find that information in other records, such as census, church, or family records. | ||
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GREAT BRITAIN - MILITARY HISTORY | GREAT BRITAIN - MILITARY HISTORY | ||
=== | ===Records at the Family History Library=== | ||
The Family History Library's British military record holdings are more fully described in the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../england/england-miscellaneous/Chile Research Ouline.pdf England Research Outline]. The library's military records are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under combinations of the following localities and subject headings: | The Family History Library's British military record holdings are more fully described in the [http://www.familysearchwiki.org/../england/england-miscellaneous/Chile Research Ouline.pdf England Research Outline]. The library's military records are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under combinations of the following localities and subject headings: | ||
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MILITARY HISTORY - NAVY | MILITARY HISTORY - NAVY | ||
=== | ===Handbooks for Military Records=== | ||
Bevan, Amanda, and Andrea Duncan.''Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office''. 4th ed. London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1990. (FHL book Ref 942 A5p no. 19 1990.) | Bevan, Amanda, and Andrea Duncan.''Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office''. 4th ed. London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1990. (FHL book Ref 942 A5p no. 19 1990.) | ||
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=== Web Sites === | === Web Sites === | ||
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/MilitaryRecords.html | |||
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/MilitaryRecords.html | *http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/intro/servicerecords/servicerecords.htm | ||
*http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/allireland/military.htm | |||
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/galleries/roots/intro/servicerecords/servicerecords.htm | |||
http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/allireland/military.htm | |||
[[Category:Ireland]] | [[Category:Ireland]] | ||