Within this course there is discussion of the various types of records created by military service, such as service records, muster rolls, pension records, and draft registration. The content of the records and their usefulness for genealogy and immigration research is described. Records of conflicts of the United States and colonial America from the early colonial wars of the seventeenth century to the Second World War are included. The Army, Navy, and other branches of service are detailed. History of military action in America as it relates to records is also included.
Course Content
Module 1
Introduction
• U. S Military Campaigns, Conflicts and Wars
Getting Prepared
• The Family Stories
• Timelines
• Other Sources for Identification of Military Service
Census Records
• 1840 census--National Archives micropublication M704 (580 rolls)
• 1910 National Archives micropublication T624 (1784 rolls)
• 1930 census -- National Archives micropublication T626 (2667 rolls)
Local Records
Printed Sources
Additional Internet Resources
Additional Printed Sources
Module 2
Repositories & Internet Tools For Researching Military Records
• The Resources
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• Record Groups (RG)
• Inventory and Preliminary Inventory (PI)
• Select List
• Descriptive Pamphlet (DP)
• "M" numbers
• "T" numbers
• The NARA on the Internet
• Archival Research Catalog (ARC)
• Access to Archival Database System (AAD)
• Archive Library Information Center or ALIC
• OnLine Public Access Catalog
• OnLine Microfilm Publications Catalog
• Publications
• Online Publications
• Military Records at the National Archives
• National Archive Building in Washington DC
• National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, Missouri
• Accessing the Records
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Family History Library (FHL)
• State Archives and Libraries
• Listing of State & Territories Archives
• Regional Archives System
• Resources
• Online resources at the National Archives
• Online pictures from the National Archives
Module 3
The Military Service Records
• Revolutionary War Through Mexican War
• Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
• Compiled Service Records
• Beginning your Research
• National Archives & Records Administration
State Records Related to Revolutionary War Military Service
• Alabama
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Georgia
• Indiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Volunteer Soldiers Who Served From 1784 to 1811
War of 1812- (June 1812-January 1815)
National Archive microfilmed records
Ancestry.com has an index online to the Compiled Service Records of the War of 1812
• Alabama
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Vermont
• Virginia
Mexican War (1846-48)
State sources that can be useful in researching the Mexican War
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Michigan
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
• Utah
Module 4
Civil War To Present
• The Civil War 1861-1865
• Battery"
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)
• Confederate service records 1861-65
• Union Forces
• States During the Years 1861,'62, '63, '64, and '65
• Artillery, Company E.
• Veteran Reserve Corp
• United States Colored Troops
• Confederate forces
• State Records
• Regular Army
• Naval and Marine Corp Records
Glossary Of Terms
Records Groups and Titles
Module 5
Pension and Bounty Land Records
Bounty Land Warrants
• Revolutionary War
• Other Sources
• War of 1812
• War of 1812 Bounty Land
• War of 1812 Pensions
• Other Sources
• Mexican War
Pensions for Civil War and morev
Confederate Pensions
• Virginia
• Texas
• Florida
• South Carolina
• Alabama
• Tennessee
• Arkansas
Module 6
Military Societies and Lineage Societies
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• Mexican War
• Civil War
rganizations not associated with a specific war
• Cemetery Records
• Company and Regimental Histories
• World War One Draft Registration
• California
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