Researching Your Military Ancestors

From The American Revolution through WWII

A listing of great sources on the Internet

 

General History Sites

http://www.fortklock.com/Contents.htm - This is the Fort Klock Society – with the most remarkable group of on-line materials available on the American Revolutionary War period.

http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html - Need a map... A rare map??  Take a look at the University of Georgia’s Hargett Rare Map collection for wonderful maps of the colonial period.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/civil_war_maps/ - A combined effort to digitize the maps associated with the US Civil War.  A remarkable resource.

 

American Revolution

1812

 

Mexican-American War

  • http://www.dmwv.org  Descendants of Mexican War Veterans – has a great overview of the War, as well research guide, and guide to both printed and on-line rosters.  True PORTAL SITE!

 

Civil War

  • http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/info.htm - Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System – 6.3 million records used to create this amazing database.
  • http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm - Civil War Index – great site to access other sites with information
  • http://www.suvcw.orgSons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Ok I am biased, as a Camp organizer, past Camp Commander, and member, this is my favorite lineage society – and the only one I can qualify to be a member of!  J  For male descendants of a Union Veteran – and yes Washington has a camp! 
  • http://www.duvcw.orgDaughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War – for the women descendants.  A great organization with a state organization consisting of five chapters (tents).
  • http://www.scv.org – for our Confederate male cousins, the Sons of Confederate Veterans is a society with a state presence.  Yes, the SUVCW and the SCV have worked together!
  • http://www.hqudc.org – United Daughters of the Confederacy is a society for women descendants of Confederate veterans.  They have an active chapter in Washington centered in Seattle.

 

Spanish American War

 

WWI

·        http://www.worldwar1.com/ - This is the old TRENCHES site – rich in information on The Great War

·        www.ancestry.com – WWI Draft Registration Cards – 26m registered.  Many state archives have a similar set of information

 

WWII

  • http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ Select WWII and then you can research the 9m+ enlistment records; POW records; etc.  Summary of documents – but good data