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''[[Ireland]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ireland_Military_Records|Military Records]]'' | ''[[Ireland]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Ireland_Military_Records|Military Records]]'' | ||
[[Image:Ireland Military Tank.jpg|right|220x195px]]Military records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the armed forces. From 1660 to 1922, the Irish were part of the British armed services. Consequently, pre-1922 records for Irish military personnel are mostly British. | [[Image:Ireland Military Tank.jpg|right|220x195px]] | ||
Military records identify individuals who served or were eligible to serve in the armed forces. From 1660 to 1922, the Irish were part of the British armed services. Consequently, pre-1922 records for Irish military personnel are mostly British. | |||
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The regular army and the navy constituted the major branches of the British military. Militia (part-time units for local defense), fencibles (full-time units for local defense), yeomanry (volunteer calvary units), territorial armies (units raised outside the British Isles for foreign service), coast guard (units that patrol British shores), and royal marines (troop units on ships) were also armed forces. Each of these services kept its own records. | The regular army and the navy constituted the major branches of the British military. Militia (part-time units for local defense), fencibles (full-time units for local defense), yeomanry (volunteer calvary units), territorial armies (units raised outside the British Isles for foreign service), coast guard (units that patrol British shores), and royal marines (troop units on ships) were also armed forces. Each of these services kept its own records. | ||
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Officer in Charge,<br>Military Archives,<br>Cathal Brugha Barracks,<br>Rathmines,<br>Dublin 6. Republic of Ireland | Officer in Charge,<br>Military Archives,<br>Cathal Brugha Barracks,<br>Rathmines,<br>Dublin 6. Republic of Ireland | ||
Internet | Internet: http://www.military.ie/info-centre/military-archives | ||
The Archives also hold many Easter Rising and War of Independence records from the Irish Volunteers, the Irish Citizen Army, the Irish Republican Army and Cumann na mBan. Most of these relate to applications for pensions (sometimes by dependants). | |||
=== Types of Military Records === | === Types of Military Records === | ||
Before you can use navy records or pre-1872 army records, you must determine the specific ship or regiment in which your ancestor served. "Strategies for Using Army and Navy Records" below will help you accomplish that. Once you know your ancestor's ship or regiment, several types of military records may help you learn about your ancestor's age, birthplace, and military career. A few of these record types are described below. Others are described in the [[ | Before you can use navy records or pre-1872 army records, you must determine the specific ship or regiment in which your ancestor served. "Strategies for Using Army and Navy Records" below will help you accomplish that. Once you know your ancestor's ship or regiment, several types of military records may help you learn about your ancestor's age, birthplace, and military career. A few of these record types are described below. Others are described in the [[British Military Records]] article. As you search these records, be cautious in accepting the accuracy of the information you find. To enlist, underage boys may have lied about their name, age, and sometimes birthplace. | ||
'''Muster Rolls'''. Muster rolls usually list individuals assigned to a ship or regiment on a given day, their ages (on joining), the date and place they joined, and possibly other information, such as their birthplaces (in sea musters since 1770) and dependents (in later army musters). Army musters exist for the years 1760-1878, navy musters for 1667-1878. Musters are held at the Public Record Office, Kew at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm. National Archives. ] '''Chaplain's Returns and Regimental Registers'''. Chaplain's returns (1760-1971) list the baptisms, marriages, and burials of soldiers and their family members performed abroad by military chaplains. Regimental registers (1790-1924) contain birth, marriage, and death records by regiment for families of officers and enlisted men. Birth and baptism records are indexed. Chaplain's returns and regimental registers are available only by correspondence with the General Register Office. | '''Muster Rolls'''. Muster rolls usually list individuals assigned to a ship or regiment on a given day, their ages (on joining), the date and place they joined, and possibly other information, such as their birthplaces (in sea musters since 1770) and dependents (in later army musters). Army musters exist for the years 1760-1878, navy musters for 1667-1878. Musters are held at the Public Record Office, Kew at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm. National Archives. ] '''Chaplain's Returns and Regimental Registers'''. Chaplain's returns (1760-1971) list the baptisms, marriages, and burials of soldiers and their family members performed abroad by military chaplains. Regimental registers (1790-1924) contain birth, marriage, and death records by regiment for families of officers and enlisted men. Birth and baptism records are indexed. Chaplain's returns and regimental registers are available only by correspondence with the General Register Office. | ||
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'''Army Officers.''' You can usually find records for army officers in the Army List. If your ancestor does not appear in the Army List for the right time period, consult the card index to officers which is available only at the Public Record Office, Kew. You may write the Public Record Office, Kew with the information you do know to obtain information from this card index. | '''Army Officers.''' You can usually find records for army officers in the Army List. If your ancestor does not appear in the Army List for the right time period, consult the card index to officers which is available only at the Public Record Office, Kew. You may write the Public Record Office, Kew with the information you do know to obtain information from this card index. | ||
If your officer ancestor was living during 1828 or 1829, check the indexed returns of service (see the [[ | If your officer ancestor was living during 1828 or 1829, check the indexed returns of service (see the [[British Military Records]] article). | ||
Generally, there are separate records for staff officers, medical officers (surgeons), Commissariat officers, chaplains, Board of Ordnance officers (artillerymen, engineers, sappers, miners, artificers, and others), and other officers. Board of Ordnance officers may be included in the Army List, even though they kept their own records until 1855. All these officer records are held at the Public Record Office, Kew. | Generally, there are separate records for staff officers, medical officers (surgeons), Commissariat officers, chaplains, Board of Ordnance officers (artillerymen, engineers, sappers, miners, artificers, and others), and other officers. Board of Ordnance officers may be included in the Army List, even though they kept their own records until 1855. All these officer records are held at the Public Record Office, Kew. | ||
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=== Records at the Family History Library === | === Records at the Family History Library === | ||
The Family History Library's British military record holdings are more fully described in the [[ | The Family History Library's British military record holdings are more fully described in the [[British Military Records]] article. The library's military records are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under combinations of the following localities and subject headings: | ||
LOCALITIES | LOCALITIES | ||
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Bevan, Amanda, and Andrea Duncan.''Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office''. 4th ed. London, England: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library {{FHL|942 A5p |disp=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. (Family History Library {{FHL|942 A5p |disp=book Ref 942 A5p no. 19 1990}}.) | ||
[[ | [[British Military Records]]. Salt Lake City, Utah: Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1991. (Wiki article) | ||
:NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated here, as time permits. | :NOTE: All of the information from the original research outline has been imported into this Wiki site and is being updated here, as time permits. | ||