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=== 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 [http://www. | 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 [http://www.familysearch.org/../england/england-miscellaneous/Chile Research Ouline.pdf England Research Outline]. 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. | '''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. | ||
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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 [http://www. | If your officer ancestor was living during 1828 or 1829, check the indexed returns of service (see the [http://www.familysearch.org/../england/england-miscellaneous/Chile Research Ouline.pdf England Research Outline]). | ||
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 [http://www. | The Family History Library's British military record holdings are more fully described in the [http://www.familysearch.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: | ||
LOCALITIES | LOCALITIES | ||