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Use Military Records to Enhance Your Genealogy Research
Are you running into dead ends with your genealogy research? Military records may be the help you need!
Not only can military records provide you with priceless information about veterans, but you can also find out valuable information about other members of the family as well.
If your know that your ancestors spent time in the Revolutionary War, the Mexican War, early Indian Wars or the War of 1812, it may be worth your while to search the bounty land warrant application files. This will give you information on wartime service between the years 1775 and 1855. Often in these documents, you will find pension files that will provide you with a considerable amount of quality information.
Compiled service records can also help you with your genealogical research. These records will give you information about the veteran's mustered in and out dates, their unit, rank, medical information, military information as well as basic biographical information.
You can get military service records from the National Personnel Records Center or the National Archives. Be aware, however that many of the personnel discharge records from 1912 through 1964 were destroyed in the fire of 1973.
Also in the National Archives, you will find records of pension payments to many veterans as well as their heirs and widows and initial pension applications. You will typically get the most information for pension application files. These files will tell you about the events that took place during a particular veteran's service, birth records, marriage and death certificates, family Bible pages, affidavits, family letters and much, much more.
WHERE DO YOU START?
There is no easy way to begin your search through military records for your genealogy project. The path you take with your research will depend greatly on the branch of the military in which the veteran served as well as the dates of service and the conflict at the time. Also important is whether they served in a volunteer unit or regular service as well as whether they served as enlisted personnel or as an officer. It will also make a difference if a pension application was filed.
The ideal place to begin your military record research is on the Internet. You will find a lot of valuable resources online that provide military records. The more information you have such as name, date of birth or social security number, the better luck you will have with your search on the Internet for your ancestors' military records.
Find Information Fast!
A quick search of the military database will help you find anyone you wish. Search through military records to find all the information you cannot get from anywhere else on your ancestors' families, friends, service time and much, much more.
Search Medical Records
Find current information like email and home addresses
Find information on a veteran's spouse
Search pension records
You can find all this information and more right in the privacy of your home. The best part is the confidentiality that you are able to enjoy. No one ever has to know you were researching anyone.
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