Florida, World War I Navy card roster - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes index and images of a card roster of Floridians that served in the United States Navy during the First World War.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
This record may contain the following information:
 * Name
 * Age
 * Home address
 * Rank
 * Date of entrance
 * Discharge date and place

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * If they served in the Navy

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
Whenever possible, view the original records to verify the information and to find additional information that might not be reported.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Search for vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death
 * Use the information to find additional family members in census records
 * Search for the service or pension record of the soldier
 * Search for a regimental history about the soldier

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

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching in a nearby locality
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names, or even initials

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of Florida.
 * US Military Basic Search Strategies
 * Beginning United States World War I Research
 * Florida Guided Research
 * Florida Record Finder
 * Florida Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Florida Research, 1880-Present
 * Beginning Research in United States Military Records

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

FamilySearch Catalog

 * World War I Navy card roster, 1917-1920 (Florida)
 * Florida, World War I Selective Service System draft registration cards, 1917-1918
 * Florida, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, deaths, 1917-1919

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
 * United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
 * United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
 * United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918
 * United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Willis Rowland Skillman. The A.E.F : who they were, what they did, how they did it. Philadelphia : G.W. Jacobs, ©1920.
 * Hermine Scholz ; with accompanying chapter by Richard J. Sommers,  World War I manuscripts : the World War I survey Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania : U.S. Army Military History Institute, 1986

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