Military records

Why are military records important to family history?

How to find military records? Family Search Wiki https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Military_Online_Genealogy _Records Family Search Catalog 12,428 collection results for “military” Ancestry.com https://search.ancestry.com/search/category.aspx?cat=39 1,286 collections Fold3 FHC Premium website 65 collections

Family Search Wiki https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Military_Online_Genealogy_Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783 U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications Index U.S., Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783 U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Muster Rolls and Other Records of Service of Maryland Troops in the American Revolution, 1775-1783 U.S., Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872 Indian Wars, dates vary U.S., Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 War of 1812, 1812-1815 U.S., War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815 United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910

Mexican War, 1846-1848 Mormon Battalion Civil War, 1861-1865 U.S., Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848 U.S., Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926 Mormon Battalion United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923 Civil War, 1861-1865 General Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865 United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934 United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 United States Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865 U.S., Civil War Roll of Honor, 1861-1865

Civil War, 1861-1865 Union Soldiers U.S., Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files U.S., Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 U.S., General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 United States Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866 U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 United States Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865 United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903 United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866 United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866 United States, Freedmen's Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872 United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Assistant Commissioner, 1865-1872 United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Commissioner, 1865-1872 United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872 United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890

Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate Soldiers U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 U.S. Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 United States Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867 United States Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865 United States Civil War Records of Confederate Nonregiment Soldiers, 1861-1865 United States Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 United States Civil War Unfiled Papers of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 United States, Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865

Spanish-American War, 1898 World War I, 1917-1918 U.S. Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898 World War I, 1917-1918 American Soldiers of World War I U.S., Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 U.S., WWI Troop Transport Ships, 1918-1919 World War II, 1941-1945 U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945 World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 Never Forgotten, Taiwan POW List

Korean War, 1950-1953 United States American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, 1950-1953 United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957 United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953 United States Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954 Vietnam, 1964-1972 United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998 United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003

The easy way Family Search Ancestry.com From the Person page in Family Tree, click on “Search Records” - Family Search “Collections” tab, select desired collections Left-hand search, “Restrict records by:” - Type, select “Military” Ancestry.com From the Person page in Family Tree, click on “Search Records” – Ancestry Under “All Categories” on the left, select “Military”

World War 1

World War 1 Nicknames: First World War, Great War, War to End All Wars Duration: 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 Cause: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria on 28 June 1914 Participating Countries Allies: Russia, France, United Kingdom; Italy, Japan, United States Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary; Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria Casualities Military: 9,911,000 Civilian: 7,700,000 Total: 17,611,000

World War 1 Records United States Records United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 24,000,000 people recorded 3 separate registrations: June 5, 1917, covering men ages 21–31 June 5, 1918, covering men who had turned 21 during that year September 12, 1918, covering men ages 18–45

World War 1 Records United States Records (continued) United States, YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917–1919 United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798–1937 Various State Collections Louisiana, World War I Service Records, 1917-1920 Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919 North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 Texas World War I Records,1917-1920 California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918 The majority of the official military personnel files (OMPFs) for World War I were destroyed during a fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis in 1973

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World War 1 Records United Kingdom Records United Kingdom World War I Service Records 1914-1920. These are the service files of soldiers who were discharged from the British army between 1914 and 1920. United Kingdom World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records 1917-1920. This interesting record batch covers 7,000 women. United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913 This collection includes Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records from 1760- 1913. The records contain information on men pensioned out of the British Army.

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1918 Flu Pandemic Nickname: Spanish Flu Duration: January 1918 to December 1920 Cause: H1N1 influenza virus Casualities: 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 3-6 times more fatalities than WWI killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS killed in 24 years Killed more people in a year than the Black Death killed in a century

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