Military Records Links for Genealogists
GeneaLinks
Military Page
Databases
American
Battle Monuments Commission
The Commission maintains a listing of those interred at the American military
cemeteries overseas and those Missing in Action from World War I, World War II,
Korea and Vietnam
Andersonville
Prisoner Searchable Database
Database
of Illinois Civil War Veterans
This searchable database of
Illinois Civil War Veterans indexes the first eight volumes of the nine volume
publication, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois.
MHI's
Photograph Database
This database is a catalog of American Civil War (ACW) photographs
Records
National
Personnel Records Center - Military Personnel Records
The repository of millions of military personnel, health, and medical
records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services during the 20th
century. NPRC (MPR) also stores medical treatment records of retirees from all
services, as well as records for dependent and other persons treated at Naval
medical facilities. Information from the records is made available upon written
request (with signature and date) to the extent allowed by law Includes
instructions and downloadable for obtaining records.
The
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
The official repository for records of military personnel who have been
discharged from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard.
Oregon
State Archives Military Records
The records of the Military Department held by the Oregon State Archives
consist of correspondence, reports, public relations releases, claim files,
minutes, bonds, election returns, maps, photographs, enlistment and service
records, plans, orders, medical case records, legal case records, muster rolls,
rosters, logs, and applications. The Archives Division has records of the
Military Department dating from 1847 until 1986.
American Revolution
AmericanRevolution.org
Everything about the period 1775 - 1783. An excellent site!
Colonial
Ancestors
Information about Colonial Ancestors, including military information.
American
Revolutionary War Soldiers & Their Descendants
These
pages contain the email and/or URL addresses of descendants or persons
who can give you some background on the revolutionary soldier that is
listed with each email address
The
On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies
The
most comprehensive resource on the internet for history and genealogy
of the Loyalists of the American Revolution - those residents of
British North America who chose to remain loyal to the British Crown
during the American War for Independence. Hundreds and hundreds
of transcribed documents, and more...
North
Carolina Loyalists during the American Revolution
Includes
rosters, pension lists, lists of those who had land confiscated, and much more.
Officers
who took the Oath of Allegiance at Valley Forge in 1778
Women
of the Revolution Women who played a role in the American Revolutionary War.
Internet
Listing of Hessian Soldiers of the Revolution
German soldiers in the American Revolutionary War
DEUX-PONTS
GERMANS Unsung
Heroes of the American Revolution
Germans helped
win - and lose - the Battle of Yorktown, one of the key sites of the
American Revolutionary War. Surprised? Don't be. The unlucky Hessians,
then in British pay, are quite familiar, but the Zweibruckeners, in
French pay, are not. Blame it on the name: the Royal Deux-Ponts
infantry is hardly the obvious place to look for German soldiers.
American
Revolution in Georgia
By the beginning of the 1770's Georgia
was the least populated of the 13 American colonies. Of the 50,000
inhabitants, half were slaves, and almost all of it's citizens were
clustered near the coast. As events to the north began to lead to war
with Britain, Georgia, for the most part, continued with business as
usual
American Civil War
The
American Civil War Home Page
The American Civil War Homepage gathers together in one place hypertext
links to the most useful identified electronic files about the American Civil
War (1861-1865).
The
American Civil War
A young Hoosier, Absalom Ross, joins the 70th Indiana Volunteers in 1862. This
page contains information about Absalom's life in southern Indiana. Included are
cemetery indices (Crawford, Morgan County, Indiana) and brief biographies of
other people who lived in the vicinity of Paragon, Morgan County, Indiana.
Geographic location: Southern Indiana
Civil
War Women
On-line Archival Collections from Special Collections Library, Duke
University Includes online images and text from the collections.
1883 Pensioners Online
250+ links to Pensioners on the Roll websites
The United States Civil War
Center
A wealth of information, including 2,700 links
American
Civil War Resources
Special Collections Department University Libraries, Virginia Tech
Andersonville
National Historic Site
National Park Service's site for the Andersonville National
Historic Site including a database of prisoners.
Pennsylvania
Civil War Volunteers
Selected rosters of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, Berks, Lebanon, Carbon, Lancaster, Dauphin,
Cumberland, York, Centre, Susquehanna and Cumberland Counties
Tennessee
in the Civil War
The purpose of this page is to create a
virtual central repository for information about Tennessee in the
American Civil War
First Tennessee and Alabama Independent Vidette Cavalry
Photos and biographies of southern men from Alabama and Tennessee who served with the
Union Army during the Civil War in the First Tennessee and Alabama Independent Vidette
Cavalry.
Southern
Claims Commission
This index lists Tennesseans
who filed claims with the Southern Claims Commission from 1871 to
1873. These 3,929 Tennesseans claimed their property had been taken by
United States military personnel for use in the Civil War.
62nd
TENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY - COMPANY I - CSA
Company I
was formed in Cocke Co Tenn 8 Oct 1862 under the command of Lt. Gen.
John C. Pemberton; Major William R. Smith. Some men captured at Big
Black River, Mississippi in May 1863. Some men captured and paroled at
Vicksburg, MS on 4 July 1863. Contribution of ancestors vitals
welcome.
Korean War
Korean War
Project
Providing a service to Korean War veterans, families, researchers, and students of
military history.
Other Military Information
King
Philips' War
Makes available what is the best source of
genealogical information on the war, Soldiers in King Philip's War by
George Madison Bodge. I have put nine chapters online but the book
consist of 29 chapters, two appendix's and a index so it will be a
while before it is all available
VIRGINIA
STATE RECORDS
Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican
War, and Civil War.
THE
WAR OF 1812
Extracted from AMERICAN MILITARY
HISTORY ARMY HISTORICAL SERIES OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY
UNITED STATES ARMY
Anzac Research
A site dedicated to the Anzacs of World War One. Search the
database of peoples interests, and list your own interest in
Battalions, soldiers, photographs etc.
Pearl
Harbor Casualties List
This is a comprehensive list of
the names of all civilians and military personnel killed in the attack
on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941
The Virtual Wall
The Virtual Wall was developed for those who have never been to the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. We have tried to
make this experience be as close to real life as possible and still be
feasible over the internet.
Wars and
Conflicts of the United States Navy
A wealth of information about the US Navy in all conflicts from the Revolutionary War
through Desert Storm
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