Indiana Military Records: Difference between revisions

==Online Resources==

*'''1885-1949''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20357/indiana-national-guard?s=275764761 Indiana National Guard] at MyHeritage — index($)

*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-20305/indiana-civil-war-muster-rolls?s=275764761 Indiana, Civil War Muster Rolls] at MyHeritage - index ($)

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=29744 Surname index to Roster of soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution buried in Indiana, vol. I & II] ($)

*[http://www.genealogycenter.info/military/revolution/viewpage_insar1908.php?realpage=235&display=047 Indiana Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Register for Nineteen Hundred and Eight with Roll of Members and Their Revolutionary Ancestors and Other Information of Interest to the Society]

*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058650805;view=1up;seq=3 Revolutionary soldiers buried in Indiana; 300 names not listed in the roster of soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution buried in Indiana], e-book

*[https://sites.google.com/site/indianamilitaryrecords/civil-war INGenWeb Indiana Military Records] Roster of Enlisted Men.

*[http://www.indianahistory.org/our-collections/digital-image-collections/military-digital Indiana Historical Society Civil War].

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4305 Indiana Spanish American War Records] ($)

*[http://www.memoriallibrary.com/IN/SA/ Record of Indiana Volunteers in the Spanish American War].

*[https://www.statelib.lib.in.us/wwii/wwii_search.asp Indiana State Library WWII Servicemen Database].

*[http://www.archives.gov/research/military/korean-war/casualty-lists/in-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Indiana], index.

*[http://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/in-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Indiana]

Military records identify millions of individuals who served in the military or who were eligible for service. Evidence that an ancestor actually served may be found in family traditions, census records, naturalization records, biographies, cemetery records, and records of veterans’ organizations. Military records can give birth dates, marriage dates, death dates, spouse’s and children’s names, and localities of residence throughout the life of the family.  

*O’Byrne, Estella C. ''Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana''. 1938. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. (FS Library book {{FSC|116619|title-id|disp=977.2 M2o 1968}}; film {{FSC|116619|title-id|disp=873911 item 1}}). '''Online at:''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48306/ Ancestry] ($).  Shows birth, marriage, and death information for 1,394 soldiers and patriots. The spouse and children are usually listed. For a soldier index including wives and children see:

*O’Byrne, Estella C. ''Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana''. Brookville, Indiana: Indiana D.A.R., 1966. (FS Library book {{FSC|116619|title-id|disp=977.2 M2o}} vol.2; film {{FSC|116619|title-id|disp=1035773 item 7}}). This is a supplement to O’Byrne’s book mentioned above and includes information concerning 350 soldiers whose names are not given in volume one. It also provides additional information on about 130 soldiers who are listed in volume one.

*Miller, Marion H. ''Source Book for Patriots Buried in Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Society D.A.R., 1990''. (FS Library book 977.2 M2m) This lists about 400 additional soldiers not listed in the two books above and gives the name of the soldier, his spouse and children, with birth, marriage, death, and service information.

''Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892–1926''. See the [[United States Indian Wars, 1780s-1890s|U.S. Military Records]] Wiki article for the full citation.

==Mexican War (1846-1848)==

:*{{RecordSearch|1979390|United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926}} (FamilySearch) - [[United States, Mexican War Pension Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]] Free digital copy. ([[United States, Index to Mexican War Pension Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection.]])<br>

The Indiana State Archives and the FamilySearch Library have the following card index:  

*Material and records for the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home.

*Camp Morton Collection - Camp Morton was a Civil War prison for captured Confederate soldiers. The Indiana State Archives has a small collection of letters from prisoners to Gov. Morton asking for release.

Records of the 28th United States Colored Troops, the unit in which the majority of Indiana's African American soldiers served, are available at the subscription website [http://www.fold3.com Fold3.com].<br>  

''Record of Indiana Volunteers in the Spanish-American War, 1898–1899.'' Indianapolis, Indiana: W. B. Burford, 1900. (FS Library film {{FSC|828796|title-id|disp=1033588}} item 3), [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000776605 Hathitrust], [http://books.google.com/books?id=JnYtAAAAYAAJ Google Books], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4305 Ancestry] ($). This book contains the names of soldiers, with their rank, residence, date of enlistment in 1898, and remarks, such as date mustered out or date of death. Pages 363–64 list those who died in 1898 during or following the war. The book is not indexed, but is arranged by regiment, then company, and then sometimes alphabetically by name.  

The Indiana State Archives has Spanish-American War volunteer records.  

*''World War I Armed Forces Enrollment, U.S. Navy, Indiana, 1917–1918''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1992. (On five FS Library films beginning with {{FSC|686049|title-id|disp=1831961}}.) The file cards include name, service number, place enlisted, date enlisted, age at entrance, service history, rank, discharge date and place, and home address.

Nurses Enrollment Cards:  

*United States. Selective Service System. ''Indiana, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918''. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1987-1988. (On 115 FS Library films, beginning with {{FSC|378717|title-id|disp=1439777.)}} Also available at:<br>

See [[United States World War I Draft Records|WWI Draft Records]] for more information.  

*Roster of 139th Field Artillery in World War I (1917-1918) ($) [http://www.indgensoc.org Indiana Genealogical Society])

*'''1917-1940''' {{RecordSearch|2968245|United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940}} at FamilySearch — index - [[ARTICLETITLE|How to Use this Collection]]

==World War II (1941–1945)==

On April 27, 1942, the Selective Service conducted the fourth of six draft registrations related to WWII. The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the “Old Man’s Registration” or the “Old Man’s Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. Since there is overlap in the WWI and WWII Selective Service registration, men born in the years 1877 to 1900 may have registered twice and have both WWII and WWI draft records.  

*{{RecordSearch|1861144|United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942}} (images with partial index) (FamilySearch) - free - [[United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]

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== Militia - National Guard ==

== Veteran Enrollments ==

== Burial Records ==

==Other Military Resources==

*Veterans at Soldiers Home, Marion, Indiana (1890) (free, [http://www.indgensoc.org Indiana Genealogical Society])