Kentucky, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains military discharge records for the following counties in Kentucky. Most of the discharges are for the twentieth century. More records may be added as they become available. Counties represented in the records are: • 6

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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 * Analyze the entry to see if it provides additional clues to find other records of the person or their family

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try searching by surname only
 * The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
 * Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Kentucky.
 * Step-by-Step Kentucky Research, 1880-Present
 * Kentucky Record Finder
 * Kentucky Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Kentucky Research, 1880-Present

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Kentucky, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918
 * Kentucky, World War II draft registration cards, 1940-1947
 * compiled by Military Records and Research Library, Department of Military Affairs ; edited by Julia D. Rather and Jeffrey Michael Duff. Register of Vietnam War casualties from Kentucky. Frankfort, Kentucky : Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, c1988 FHL 976.9 M28k

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
 * Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950
 * Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
 * United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
 * United States. Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
 * United States, Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946.

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