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Researching Military Records Online -- Genealogy Links Michael “Mags” Shaw – [email protected]
Note: Some of these links are to third party pay for information/service sites. I am in no way advocating you must use them, nor am I recommending them above other sites. I myself have membership in some of these organizations, and know they are beneficial, but certainly they are not the only sources either. Additionally, be sure to check with the local LDS History Centers in your Stake. It often times has links/memberships to these organizations.
US Federal Records -- http://www.searchforancestors.com/military.html US War Records: Pre-Revolutionary War – records kept in states: http://www.searchforancestors.com/statearchives.html
Revolutionary War, 1775 – 1783: http://colonialancestors.com/revolutionary/soldiers.htm http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/ http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/?kbid=9070&m=13 http://www.historycentral.com/wars.html (all wars)
Indian Wars, 1780’s – 1800 https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/United_States_Indian_Wars,_1780-s-1890-s http://www.kshs.org/p/military-records-indian-wars/11193 http://www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/resource/NA/namidatl.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/indian.htm
War of 1812, 1812 – 1815 http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/1812/index.htm http://www.militaryindexes.com/warof1812/index.html http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/1812/ http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/Warof1812.html http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1991/winter/war-of-1812.html http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/2010/05/25/FGSPlansWarOf1812Pensi onRecordsDigitizationProject.aspx http://genealogy.about.com/od/1812/War_of_1812.htm
Mexican War, 1846 – 1848 http://www.militaryindexes.com/mexicanwar/index.html http://www.dmwv.org/mwvets/indexes.htm http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/mexican/index.htm
Civil War, 1861 – 1865 http://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/civil-war-genealogy-resources/ http://www.militaryindexes.com/civilwar/
Spanish-American War, 1898 http://www.militaryindexes.com/spanishamericanwar/index.html http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/spanish/index.htm
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Philippine Insurrection, 1899 – 1902 http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/ http://www.genealogy-quest.com/military/philippine-insurrection/1899-Dec- 11.html https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Philippine_Insurrection,_1899_to_1902
World War I, 1917-1918 http://www.militaryindexes.com/worldwarone/ http://www.genealogybranches.com/worldwaronedraftcards.html
World War II, 1941 – 1945 http://www.militaryindexes.com/worldwartwo/ http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/ww2/index.htm
Korean War, 1950 – 1953 http://www.militaryindexes.com/koreanwar/index.html http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/korea/index.htm
Vietnam War, 1965 – 1973 http://www.militaryindexes.com/vietnamwar/index.html http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/vietnam.php
Gulf War, 1991 http://boards.ancestry.com/topics.Military.gulfwar/mb.ashx
Pension Index: For Civil War and Spanish-American War – (General Index: 1861 – 1934) : http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4654&cj=1&sid=military&o_xid=0000703 401&o_lid=0000703401 General Index to Pension Files at NARA: http://www.archives.gov/research/military/pension-genealogy/1861-1934.html
Civil War – Soldiers & Sailors System: This is a National Park Service site. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Soldiers Sailors Regiments Cemeteries Battles Prisoners Medals of Honor National Parks
National Archives and Records Administration: http://www.archives.gov/ Veterans’ Service Records Nation’s History Records – documents, photos and records (Note: NARA charges fees for retrieved records if requesting hard copy.)
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Photo Galleries: http://genealogy.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=genealogy&cdn=parenting&tm=29&gps= 99_379_1013_778&f=10&tt=14&bt=0&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.civil-war.net/ Includes: Civil War Battle Maps – Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, Shiloh and Andersonville Prison. Documents – Gettysburg Address, Timeline of Events leading to Civil War, Women and the Civil War, Virginia Military Institute Archives. Research Pages – Union Troops and Deaths, Gettysburg Report, 1860 Census, Constitution of the CSA, Constitution of the US, Declarations of Secession. Images – Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant.
Online Military Indexes & Records: http://www.militaryindexes.com/index.html Revolutionary War World War One War of 1812 World War Two Mexican War Korean War (Conflict) Civil War Records Vietnam War Spanish American War
The Olive Tree Genealogy: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/ U.S.A. Military Genealogy King Philip’s War 1675 Seminole Wars 1835-1842 King William’s War 1689 U.S.- Mexican War 1846-1848 Queen Anne’s War 1702 Seminole Wars 1855-1858 Father Rasle’s War 1724-1726 Civil War 1861-1865 French-Indian Wars 1754-1763 Fenian Raids 1857 American Revolution 1777-1783 Spanish American War 1898 War of 1812 Boxer Rebellion 1900-1901 Seminole Wars 1917-1818 WW I 1917-1918 Black Hawk War 1831-1832 WW II
Ancestry.com: www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com is a for fee database Cyndi’s List: http://www.cyndislist.com/military.htm
Women in the Revolution: http://colonialancestors.com/revolutionary/women.htm http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets.html
Military Records – Pay site (Fold3.com): http://www.fold3.com/documents/?type=titles&start=0&sort=updated&xid=1124?type=titl es&start=0&sort=updated&xid=1124
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Canada Library and Archives Canada -- http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html Military and Peacekeeping: Canadian Historical Association Booklets Courts-martial of the First World War Faces of War (Database) NWMP – Personnel Records, 1973-1904 Second World War Service Files – Canadian Armed Forces War Dead Soldiers of the First World War – Canadian Expeditionary Force Soldiers of the South African War (1899-1902) Photographs: Canadian Nurses
The Olive Tree Genealogy: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/ Canadian Military Genealogy French-Indian Wars 1754-1763 Red River Rebellion 1870-1877 American Revolution 1777-1783 Nile Wxpedition 1884-1885 War of 1812 NorthWest Rebellion 1884-1885 Rebellion of 1837 South African (Boer) War 1899-1902 Fenian Raids 1857 WW I 1914-1918
UK Loyalist Muster Rolls -- http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/musters/mustlist.htm (Note: Loyalists are defined as any inhabitant of North America, from Newfoundland to Nicaragua inclusive, who served in a military capacity for the British, or provided services of a military nature or other beneficial services to the Crown.)
Regiments: Adams’ Corps of Royalists 1st Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers British Legion 2nd Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers Butler’s Rangers 3rd Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers Bucks County Light Dragoons 4th Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers Emmerick’s Chasseurs 6th Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers Georgia Light Dragoons (Provincial) Newfoundland Regiment Governor Wentworth’s Volunteers North Carolina Independent Company Guides and Pioneers North Carolina Volunteers King’s American Dragoons Nova Scotia Militia King’s Royal Regiment of New York, Queen’s American Rangers Loyal American Association South Carolina Militia Loyal New Englanders Volunteers of Ireland New Hampshire Volunteers Volunteers of New England New York Volunteers West Florida Royal Foresters
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Free Online Databases: While these are not all military, they are free. They can be found at the following link: http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=13368 which is part of Fold3 (formerly Footnote.com).
American Milestone Documents – View images of original documents representing some of the most historic milestones in United States history – 100% complete – 69 images Amistad – Federal court records – NARA M1753. Court records pertaining to the claims of salvage for the Spanish schooner “Amistad,” seized in 1839 by the US Navy – 100% complete – 746 images Amistad – Supreme Court records – NARA M2012. This Supreme Court case deals with issues of salvage of the “Amistad,” a ship carrying slaves seized by the US Navy in 1839 – 100% complete – 1,025 images Anti-Slavery Manuscripts Collection – Letters and related documents from those involved in the anti-slavery movement in Massachusetts, dated approximately 1830-1870 – 100% complete – 4,509 images Apollo Missions – Illustrations and photos documenting the Apollo missions of the 1960s – 100% complete – 6,743 images Brady Civil War Photos – NARA T252. Brady coordinated a team of photographers to document the Civil War, resulting in over 5,600 portraits, landscapes, and battle scenes – 100% complete – 6,479 images Civil Rights FBI Case Files – Select case files from the FBI relating to deaths in the 1960s – 100% complete – 2756 images Civil War Maps – Maps, charts, and atlases depicting battles, troop positions and movements, engagements, and fortifications during the Civil War, 1861-1865 – 66% complete as of August 17, 2011 – 1,599 images Constitutional Convention Records – NARA M866. Journals of proceedings, early drafts, and other papers relating to the formation of the US Constitution – 100% complete – 346 images Continental Congress – Papers – NARA M247. The correspondence, journals, committee reports, and records of the Continental Congress (1774-1789) – 100% complete – 171,519 images Continental Congress – Misc – NARA M332. When the records of the Papers of the Continental Congress were first arranged in 1834, these documents were not included – 100% complete – 6,939 images Custer’s Court Martial – NARA T1103. This 352-page publication contains documents relating to the 1867 court martial of George Armstrong Custer at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas – 100% complete – 339 images Deseret Iron Company Account Book (UT) – Ledger book listing employee accounts, division of labor, and payroll for Iron Mission pioneers in Iron County, Utah, 1854-67 – 100% complete – 551 images Foreign Letters of the Continental Congress – NARA M61. Copies of letters sent from the U.S. Department of State and The Continental Congress to ministers and consuls abroad – 100% complete – 474 images George Washington Correspondence – NARA M570. Copies of letters sent by President Washington to secretaries of state John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, and others – 100% complete – 1030 images Gorrell’s History – AEF Air Service – NARA M990. Historical narratives, reports, photographs, and other records that document administrative, technical, and tactical activities of the Air Service in the American Expeditionary Forces – 98% complete – 76,291 images as of August 17, 2011 Japanese Air Target Analyses – NARA M1653. WWII Japanese air target analyses, objectives, and aerial photographs, 1942-45, from the records of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey – 100% complete – 7,853 images 6
Lincoln Assassination Papers – NARA M599. Reports, correspondence, and testimony of persons connected with the Lincoln assassination trial. Read this collection of papers, reports, exhibits, and newspapers to learn more about the trial of John Wilkes Booth and others implicated in the assassination – 100% complete – 12,004 images Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona Memorial – The USS Arizona Memorial is the most lasting reminder of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It is a solemn tribute to the 1,177 men who perished with the ship. Explore the names on the wall and leave a story or photograph about any of the servicemen killed aboard the Arizona or during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pennsylvania Archives – The Pennsylvania State Archives published 10 series of historical records (138 volumes) covering the initial colonial settlement through the 1880s. -The collection includes detailed records naming those who were involved in military, tax, marriage, and land records, as well as Dutch and Swedish Settlement on the Delaware (1614-1682); The French and Indian War (1754–1763); the Braddock Expedition (1755); Early Pennsylvania settlements, and Colonial history from 1664 to 1780; Boundary Disputes with: Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia; The Revolutionary War (1775–1783); The Battle of Long Island (1776); Sandusky Expedition (1782); The Whiskey Rebellion (1794); The Establishment of Presque Isle (1794); The War of 1812-1814; and the War with Mexico, 1845-1848 – 99% complete as of August 17, 2011 – 117,831 Images Pentagon Papers – Originally leaked in 1971 to the New York Times and other papers by Daniel Ellsberg, a contributor to the top-secret Vietnam Study Task Force, the “Pentagon Papers” created controversy within the government by showing that the Johnson Administration had consistently lied to Congress regarding the U.S policy in Vietnam. Now, for the first time, the full 7,000-page report is available online. – 100% Complete – 8,292 images Photos – Coolidge – NARA M867. About 400 captioned photographs taken before, during, and after the presidency of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States – 100% complete – 506 images Photos – Eisenhower – NARA M868. About 500 captioned photographs taken before and during the presidency of Dwight D Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States – 100% complete – 593 images Photos – Fine Arts Commission, Series G – NARA M1148. General Photographs of the Fine Arts Commission (Series G), ca. 1650-1950 – 100% complete – 6,862 images Photos – Franklin D Roosevelt – NARA M865. About 650 captioned photographs taken before and during the presidency of Franklin D Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States – 100% complete – 1,245 images Photos – Native Americans (Rinehart) – Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Frank A. Rinehart’s 1898 Native American photographs is unique in their quality and dignity – 100% complete – 113 images Photos – Truman – NARA M835. About 1,000 captioned photographs taken before, during, and after the presidency of Harry S Truman, 33rd president of the United States – 100% complete – 1,517 images Photos – Vietnam War Army – Photos of activities in Vietnam in which the U.S. Army was engaged, including combat scenes, defoliation, military ceremonies, combat scenes, vehicles and equipment, medical care, and interactions with Vietnamese civilians. Most photos are color, taken from slides and negatives. In nearly all cases, captions or descriptions are included on card files after each photo. – 96% complete as of August 17, 2011- 37,606 images Photos – Vietnam War Marine Corps – U.S. Defense Department photos of activities in Vietnam. Included are scenes of broad combat operations, vehicles and equipment, medical care, and interactions with Vietnamese civilians. Most photos are color, many are black & white, taken from slides and negatives. Captions are included in most cases – 99% complete as of August 17, 2011- 5,127 images 7
Photos – Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W) – These captioned, black & white photographs include scenes from combat and evacuation operations; and personalities such as President Ngo Dinh Diem, US presidents Johnson and Nixon, and personalities such as Walter Cronkite, Martha Raye, and Bob Hope. There are views of interactions between Marine Corps personnel and Vietnamese civilians. Also in this series are photos of Operation Homecoming, the return of American Marine prisoners of war to the United States – 99% complete as of August 17, 2011 – 14,819 images Photos – WW II Japanese – NARA M1733. Photographs of Japanese Soldiers and of Allied Prisoners of War, 1942-1945 – Nearly fifty black and white photos recovered from the Japanese after World War II comprise this collection. Each includes a typed cover page, followed by a page with the description in Japanese, then the photo. They include images as diverse as flamethrowers, surrendering US soldiers, Japanese generals, and bicycle units entering a city – 100% complete – 135 images Project Blue Book – UFO Investigations – NARA T1206. Records and case files relating to investigations of sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) – 100% complete – 129,658 images Ratified Amendments to the US Constitution – NARA M1518. These records from sixteen rolls of NARA microfilm relate to each constitutional amendment as ratified by state legislatures – 100% complete – 9,932 images South Carolina Estate Inventories and Bills of Sale, 1732-1872 – South Carolina court records relating to estate and personal assets – 64% complete as of August 17, 2011 – 22,037 images Spaceport News – “Spaceport News” is a biweekly publication for employees and contractors of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida – 100% complete – 272 images Town Records – Goffstown NH – Published annual reports for the town of Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, selected years 1890-1900 – 100% complete – 942 images Town Records – Hancock NH – Handwritten records for the town of Hancock, NH; also includes church records and Records of the Union Association of Ministers, 1812-1839 – 100% complete – 7,436 images Town Records – South Boston, VA – Minute books for the City of South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia, for the years 1905-1925 and 1949-1999 – 100% complete – 8,021 records Vietnam Service Awards – Recommendations for awarding Presidential Unit Citations (PUC), Valorous Unit Awards (VUA), and the Meritorious Unit Commendations (MUC) – 76% complete as of August 17, 2011 – 66,613 images Vietnam Veterans Memorial – Every-name searchable image of The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the “Wall,” in Washington, DC. – Over 58,000 names War of 1812 Pension Files The War of 1812 pension files resulted from a man’s service during the war, 1812-1815. They were granted to the veteran, his widow, or his heirs – 1% complete as of August 22, 2011 – recently updated Woodstock – Images relating to the Aquarian Exposition, the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, in Bethel, NY, include documents, photos, and newspaper accounts – 99% complete as of August 22, 2011 – 420 images. WWII US Air Force Photos – This series of photos documents an important era in US military aviation history, especially activities of the US Air Force during World War II – 88% complete as of August 22, 2011 – 88,912
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Online Military History Books: http://openlibrary.org – Search “military history”
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