U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal & State Sources, Colonial America to the Present
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From the earliest days of the United States, millions of Americans have served their country in the military. Indeed, most families have seen one or more members serve in America's armed forces. For this reason, genealogists and others wisely look to military records for information needed to enhance their research. Enlistment forms, muster rolls, pension applications . . . records created as a result of individuals' military service are extremely valuable because they often contain detailed personal information about their subjects—date and place of birth, places of residence, names and addresses of loved ones, and more. The researcher's dilemma is in knowing what records are available and how to find them among the overwhelming abundance of military records. James Neagles' U.S. Military Records is the answer to this dilemma. U.S. Military Records describes the records that are available and where they can be found. Gathered in this volume is source information for the National Archives and its adjuncts; historical institutions and archives of the armed forces; the Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Administration); state archives, libraries and historical organizations; and such patriotic organizations as the Daughters of the American Revolution. Extensive bibliographic listings of published sources for the United States in general and published sources for each state are also included.
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Book details
- Author
- James Neagles
- Imprint
- Ancestry.com, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Reference › Genealogy & Heraldry
History › Military › United States - Topics
- genealogy · United States military · federal records · state records · American history · military history
- ISBN-13
- 9780916489557
About the author
JAMES C. NEAGLES was a genealogical author and historian who spent thirty years in corrections before retiring as Staff Director and Hearing Examiner with the United States Parole Commission in Washington, D.C., in 1979. His books include The Library of Congress: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research, Confederate Research Sources: A Guide to Archive Collections, and Summer Soldiers: A Survey and Index of Revolutionary War Courts-Martial.
Following his retirement, Neagles served as a classroom instructor and worked as a genealogical researcher in the Washington, D.C., area.
Neagles was based in Waldorf, Maryland. He died on September 24, 2004, at age 85.