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=== Military Records of Genealogical Value === | === Military Records of Genealogical Value === | ||
Research use: | Research use: Useful for following movements of young men, military regiment assignment and substitute for missing civil registers. | ||
Content: | Content: Birth registers and lists of 17-21 year old males, their parents, residence, physical descriptions, current status such as exempt, moved away, deceased, etc.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: France,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1984-1998.</ref> | ||
Military censuses or conscription records may help determine where a person was from. They are not indexed. They are compiled year by year and listed alphabetically in each locality for men who are age 19 and 20. The towns are grouped in cantons and districts. Each department has several districts. Because of this, a search of conscription records can be time consuming. You will need your relative's birth year and birth department before hiring somebody to search conscription records in departmental archives. | Military censuses or conscription records may help determine where a person was from. They are not indexed. They are compiled year by year and listed alphabetically in each locality for men who are age 19 and 20. The towns are grouped in cantons and districts. Each department has several districts. Because of this, a search of conscription records can be time consuming. You will need your relative's birth year and birth department before hiring somebody to search conscription records in departmental archives. | ||
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*Dupuy, R. Earnest, and Trevor N. Dupuy. ''Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present''. (Revised Edition) London, England and Sidney, Australia: Jane's Publishing, 1980. (Family History Library book {{FHL|355.033 D929e|disp=355.033 D929e}}; not on microfilm.) Text in English. | *Dupuy, R. Earnest, and Trevor N. Dupuy. ''Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present''. (Revised Edition) London, England and Sidney, Australia: Jane's Publishing, 1980. (Family History Library book {{FHL|355.033 D929e|disp=355.033 D929e}}; not on microfilm.) Text in English. | ||
Percentage in Family History Library: 2%.<ref name="profile"/> | |||
Additional military histories are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under: | Additional military histories are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||