US Military For Further Reading

United States Military Records  For Further Reading

For more information on U.S. military records, see the following:

Online Genealogy Records
'''Howells, Cyndi. “U.S. - Military.” Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet [Internet site].''' Puyallup, Wash.: Available at: www.cyndislist.com/military.htm#General This list has links to other American military genealogical sites including general resources conflicts libraries and archives mailing lists geographical information and maps medals history resources researchers publications military records and societies

Guidebooks

 * James C. Neagles, U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1994. (FHL 973 M23nu; computer number 732893.) Discusses military record types created during and after service. It also discusses the holdings of the National Archives, its regional branches, and other government military organizations in and outside the Washington, D.C. area. It also contains a section on the military record holdings of each state in state archives, historical societies, and so on.


 * Richard S. Johnson ; Debra Johnson Knox, How to locate anyone who is or has been in the military : Armed Forces locator guide 8th ed. Spartanburg, South Carolina : MIE Publishing, c1999 FHL 973 M27j 1999


 * James C. Neagles and Lila L. Neagles, Locating your Revolutionary War ancestor : a guide to the military records Logan, Utah : Everton Publishers, c1983
 * Steven R. Butler, How to find your Mexican War veteran ancestor 2nd rev ed. Richardson, Texas : Descendants of Mexican War Veterans, c1994 FHL 973 M27bu 1994
 * James C. Neagles. Confederate research sources : a guide to archive collections 2nd ed. Ancestry Publishing, c1997 FHL 973 A3ne 1997
 * Nancy Justus Morebeck. Locating Union and Confederate Records: a guide to the most commonly used Civil War records of the National Archives and Family History Library. North Salt Lake, Utah Heritage Quest, 2001. FHL 973 M23mL
 * Bertram Hawthorne Groene. Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor. Winston-Salem:North Carolina: John F. Blair, 1995. FHL 973 D27gb
 * Stephen McManus; Daniel Thompson; Thomas Churchill. Civil War Research Guide: a guide for researching your Civil War. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2003. FHL 973 D27mcw
 * Richard A. Sauers.  How to Do Civil War Research. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Combined Pub., 2000. FHL 973 M27sc
 * J.H. Segars. In Search of Confederate Ancestors: the guide. Madison, Georgia: Southern Lion Books, 2005. FHL 973 D27seg 2005
 * Jonathan Gawne. Finding your father's war : a practical guide to researching and understanding service in the World War II US Army. Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania : Casemate, c2006 FHL 973 M27g
 * Debra Johnson Knox. World War II military records : a family historian's guide.Spartanburg, South Carolina : MIE Publishing, c2003 FHL 973 M27kw

National Archives

 * compiled by Trevor K. Plante, compiled. Military service records at the National Archives revised 2009 Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 2009 FHL 973 J53r 2009
 * Timothy P. Mulligan, comp.; Rebecca L. Collier, ed. et.al.  World War II: guide to records relating to U.S. military participation. 2 volumes. Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 2008. FHL 973 J53mt

Additional Sources

 * James T Controvich. United States Army unit and organizational histories, a bibliography. 2 volumes. Lanham, Maryland : Scarecrow Press, 2003.FHL 973 M23cj v. 1. Pre-World War I -- v. 2. World War I to present.


 * Horowitz, Lois A. Bibliography of Military Name Lists from Pre–1675 to 1900: A Guide to Genealogical Sources. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1990. (FHL book 973 M23ho; computer number 594866.) A bibliography of published unit histories, payrolls, musters rolls, and name lists found in periodicals and books (excluding local histories). It is arranged by time period, state, and county and is useful for finding names of soldiers from specific localities.


 * Dean W. Holt. American military Cemeteries. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Co., 2010. FHL 973 V3ho 2010


 * Elizabeth Nishiura, editor ; Margaret Mary Missar, editorial associate. American battle monuments : a guide to military cemeteries and monuments maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Detroit, Michigan : Omnigraphics, 1989. FHL 973 V3am


 * Newton Allen Strait, Alphabetical List of Battles 1754–1900. Washington, D.C.: (s.n.), 1900. (FHL film 1688403; computer number 546508.) In addition to statistical data, this source also contains listings for battles of the Rebellion (Civil War) identifying place, state, and date; a list of battles in the war with Spain and the Philippine Insurrection identifying battle, date, and number of losses; and a list of wars and local disturbances between 1754 and 1848.


 * Raphael Thian, comp. Notes Illustrating the Military Geography of the United States, 1813–1880. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1881. Reprint, Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 1979. Part I: Military divisions, districts, departments, and reconstruction districts giving date of creation, commanders, and geographical boundaries. Part II: States and territories of the U.S., including the military department or district of which the state or territory was part.