Ohio, Military Discharge Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains military discharge records for various counties in the state of Ohio ranging approximately from 1834 to 2004. More records may be added as they become available. Counties represented in the records are: • 9

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

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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Ohio.
 * Ohio Guided Research
 * Ohio Record Finder
 * Ohio Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research
 * Ohio Genealogy
 * Ohio Military Records

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Ohio, WWII draft registration cards, 1940-1946.
 * Ohio Selective Service System registration cards World War II : fourth registration
 * Ohio, World War I 83rd Division Returning Soldier data cards, 1917-1920
 * Ohio, World War I military service index, 1916-1920
 * Ohio, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918.
 * World War I - Marine Corps service cards, state of Ohio
 * World War I - Navy service cards, state of Ohio
 * World War I - out of state service cards, state of Ohio
 * World War I - service cards of the state of Ohio

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919.
 * Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918
 * Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920. 83rd Division
 * Ohio Soldier Home Records, 1888-1919.
 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Ohio. AGO.The official roster of Ohio soldiers, sailors, and marines in the World War, 1917-1918. 22 volumes. Columbus, Ohio : F.J. Heer Print. Co, 1926-1929.
 * Ohio Roster Commission. Official roster of the soldiers of the state of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866. 12 volumes. Akron, Ohio : Werner Co., 1886-1895.

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