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MILITARY RECORDS
Military records, especially military pension records, can be an excellent
place to find genealogical information. Through them, you can
often find information such as birthplace, age at enlistment, occupation, and names of immediate family members. Most records for
veterans of the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy are available through the National Archives or the National
Personnel Records Center. To find what branch of the service someone served in, try looking in obituaries, family histories and biographies,
death records, cemeteries and cemetery records.
Wars that our ancestors and relatives may have fought in:
MAJOR WARS OF THE COLONIAL PERIOD:
King William’s War (War of the League of Augsburg): 1689 to 1697
Queen Anne’s War (War of the Spanish Succession): 1702 to 1713
King George’s War (War of Austrian Succession): 1744 to 1748
French and Indian (Seven Years) War: 1754 to 1763
MAJOR WARS OF THE NATIONAL PERIOD:
Revolutionary War: 1775 to 1783
War of 1812: 1812 to 1815
Indian Wars: 1780s to 1890s
Mexican War: 1846 to 1848
United States Civil War: 1861 to 1865
Spanish-American War: 1898 to 1899
Boer War in South Africa: 1898-1900
Philippine Insurrection: 1899 to 1902
World War I (The Great War): 1914 to 1918
World War II: 1939 to 1945
Korean War: 1950 to 1953
Vietnam War: 1961 to 1975
Note: Check out some of the BOYDs who served in the military in
many of the above wars on this website:
Military Records
NOTE:
Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary
source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts
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TO RESEARCHERS
When
you use this site, please keep in mind the difference between
primary and secondary sources and the importance of checking those
sources. Accept nothing without further checking. It is our hope
that through this collection of data from many sources, you will
find a piece of the puzzle that you are working on and that may
lead you to other discoveries.
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