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=== National Graves Registration Database === | === National Graves Registration Database === | ||
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, [http://www.suvcwdb.org/home/index.php National Graves Registration Database] | Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, [http://www.suvcwdb.org/home/index.php National Graves Registration Database] can be searched by name and the search can be narrowed by unit, state of service, cemetery name, town, county or state of burial. Information that may be given for a person includes birth and death dates, age, unit, rank, enlistment and discharge dates, and name and address of cemetery, The database has both Union and Confederate soldiers' information and contains over 4 million names. | ||
=== Nationwide Gravesite Locator === | === Nationwide Gravesite Locator === | ||
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The record collection "Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941" (NARA M1916) contains over 290,000 applications for headstones for U.S. military veterans. Most of the applications are for U.S. military veterans who died during 1925–41, but there are also applications for veterans who died before 1925. Most of the veterans served in the Civil War or later, however, some served in earlier conflicts. In 1906 and 1929 the U.S. government passed laws allowing for headstones for deceased Confederate soldiers as well as Union soldiers. Those applications are included in this collection. Records generally contain the name of the veteran, enlistment and discharge dates, rank, company, regiment, name and location of cemetery, and date of death.<ref> United States. National Archives and Records Service. ''Pamphlet Describing M1916: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941''. Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration, 2005.</ref> | The record collection "Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941" (NARA M1916) contains over 290,000 applications for headstones for U.S. military veterans. Most of the applications are for U.S. military veterans who died during 1925–41, but there are also applications for veterans who died before 1925. Most of the veterans served in the Civil War or later, however, some served in earlier conflicts. In 1906 and 1929 the U.S. government passed laws allowing for headstones for deceased Confederate soldiers as well as Union soldiers. Those applications are included in this collection. Records generally contain the name of the veteran, enlistment and discharge dates, rank, company, regiment, name and location of cemetery, and date of death.<ref> United States. National Archives and Records Service. ''Pamphlet Describing M1916: Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1941''. Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration, 2005.</ref> | ||
:''Note: This collection contains both Confederate and Union records''. | |||
'''Online''' | '''Online''' | ||