US Military Records

appropriate state archives.<br><br> 1 To get the Service Record for a Revolutionary War soldier from the National Archives, you need to know: 1.NAME _________________________________________________ 2.COLONY __________________________ 3.UNIT OR REGIMENT ___________________________________ If you have this information go to step Or continue to search. 2 Page 1 of 2 Next check for Pension Records and Bounty Land Warrants 1.Use the cGenealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files d at the Family History Center call number 973 M28g by Virgil White (4 volumes) 2 U.S. Military Records Mesa Arizona Regional Family History Center Revision: E, 14 February 2007 Quick Start Worksheet 2.Check Ancestry .com pension register http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4691 3.Now go to the National Archives to order records http://www.archives.gov/research/order/orderonline.html To find state and local military records that have been filmed, check the Family History Library Catalog 3use PLACE search by state and then MILITARY RECORDS http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Now check Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) " You can request a free look up of an ancestor on-line by completing the request at http://dar.org/natsociety/pi_lookup.cfm If your ancestor is found, they will notify you of cost to copy information and lineage papers (descendents pedigree).<br><br> The search may take up to 3 months. " The Patriot Index is also in the Mesa Regional Family History Center. The books are in section 973 C42da in cReference Table Area d on the west wall.<br><br> If yourancestor has not been found, they may have fought for the British. Search for cLoyalists d 1.Check Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6134 2.Check Family History Library Catalog 3Do keyword search for LOYALIST http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=k eywordsearch&columns=*,0,0 3.What did I learn? ________________________________________________________________ Search the Internet (Lineage organizations, Unit websites, histories, etc).<br><br> Use www.google.com or another good search engine. What did I learn? ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ Make a plan -What are my next steps?<br><br> 1.___________________________________________________________ 2.___________________________________________________________ 3.___________________________________________________________ 4.___________________________________________________________ 3 4 5 7 Page 2 of 2 6

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