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Finding the military heroes in your familySeptember 27, 2016

Ancestry.com

SeriesSlide2

Please note, this presentation focuses on Ancestry.com

Library Edition

. Ancestry.com is accessible on any computer in the library. You cannot log-in to a personal account using this edition.

At the Library

At Home

How to Begin

Limited access on free site. You will need to create a log-in and a password. A full-access account costs money, but allows you to create a digital family tree, add notes to records, among other things.

There are two computers in the

Reference Room

dedicated to Genealogy. These are located on the second floor.

Ancestry.com

is free at the library

.Slide3

To start, go to the Salem Public Library main page.

Hover over the “Digital Library” tab on the purple menu bar. Then click Online Resources.

Scroll down to Genealogy and click Ancestry.Slide4

Types of Records

Census Records

1790 (oldest available) to 1940 (most recent available)

Immigration Records

Passenger arrival records

Military Records

Draft registrationsVital Records/Indexesmarriages, births, deaths

Newspapers, directories, court records, & moreSlide5

Finding Your Military Heroes

Identify all of your family members who served

Were they eligible?Civil War Example: men born between mid-to-late 1820’s and 1840’s would have been between 16 and 35.

Find out what kinds of records are available

Understand indexes vs. actual records

Explore different records with real examplesSlide6

Indentifying Your AncestorsFamily StoriesAsk members of your family what they know

Beware of embellishments

PhotographsMemorabilia

Need to see some examples?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_badges_of_the_United_States

Need help identifying? Go online:

Rootschat.com

/forumAmericanwarlibrary.com/unknown.htmSlide7

Identifying Your AncestorsCemetery plots

Obituaries

CorrespondenceSlide8

Beginning Your SearchLearn as much about the person as you can. You’ll need details to identify the person in the military records.

Name

Estimated birth dateResidence at the time of enlistment/draftCreate a timeline or chronologySlide9

Clues in the CensusThe

1840 US Census

asked for the names and ages of Revolutionary War pensioners.The

1890 US Census included a schedule of Civil War veterans and widows. The records of Kentucky (partial) through Wyoming and the District of Columbia survived.The

1910 US Census asked whether the person was a survivor of the Union or Confederate army or navy. (UA=Union Army; CA=Confederate Army; UN=Union Navy; CN=Confederate Navy)

The 1930 US Census asked whether a veteran of the US military or naval forces mobilized for any war or expedition, and specified what conflict

Some state censuses also include military information. Slide10

1890 Veterans ScheduleSlide11

1890 Veterans ScheduleSlide12

Finding What’s Available on Ancestry.com

Card Catalog

Use the filters to

narrow down your search to just

military records, and also by location and time period

To find records on a specific branch, type “Navy,” “Marines,”

or “Air Force” etc. into the Title or Keyword search boxes.Slide13

Finding What’s Available…cont.Military Pages

To search only for military records, hover over the “Search” tab on the main page and select Military from the dropdown menu.Slide14

Military Search PageSlide15

Index vs. RecordSometimes, you will find Indexes

, not Records

An index will tell you what is in the collection and give you the volume/page number of the record you are looking for.It will not allow you to see any of the actual records.However, you can follow up on Ancestry’s Source Information to obtain the actual record.

For every Index, Ancestry.com will include the following information:About the Index

Source Information (including where to purchase copies of originals)Related Data CollectionsSlide16

Indexes vs. Actual RecordsWhen you look at an Index,

Ancestry.com

will give you:A detailed description about what’s included (or excluded) from the group of records

Where in the collection you can find the records that interest you Slide17

Indexes vs. Actual Records cont.

Here’s the pension file for a William H. Dennis. This file won’t give you too much info, but we find:

Widow’s name

Regiment in which he served Dates for which pension was filed, and from which state.

Keep the certificate number for the futureSlide18

www.

archives.gov/research/military/index.htmlSlide19

Civil War Pension Record (Purchased)

Company/regiment information

Specific dates (birth, death, enrollment, discharge)

Physical details (height, hair color, etc.)

Muster rolls

Affidavits/marriage records

Hospital recordsWidow’s information

Child’s information

Family correspondenceSlide20

National Personnel Record Center (NPRC)Slide21

Compiled Military Service Records

Compiled Military Service Records (CMSR)

. Envelope with card abstracts payroll; muster rolls; rank rolls; inspection, provision and clothing returns; receipts for pay and bounty; accounts for subsistence, pay, rations, clothing, and ordnance; and correspondence. Slide22

Exploring Records: Muster RollsMuster rolls typically include the Marine’s name, name of the ship or post, rank, date of enlistment or reenlistment, and where applicable, discharge, death, injury, illness, desertion and apprehension and court-martial material.Slide23

Exploring Records: Draft Registration Cards

“Babe” Ruth, World War II Draft Registration, 1942Slide24

Draft Registrations - Limitations

Only 1 of 7 drafts publicly available

“Old Man’s Draft” – Men born between April 28, 1877 and February 16, 1897

Be sure to page forward to second pageU.S. WWII Army Enlistment records, 1938-1946 also available

Not available:

Alabama

FloridaGeorgiaKentuckyMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth Carolina

TennesseeSlide25

WWI Civilian Draft Registration

More than 24 million men, born between 1872 and 1900, registered for the WWI draft.

Rodolfo

Guglielmi

(aka Rudolph Valentino)

in the WWI Draft RegistrationsSlide26

U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914Slide27

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938

On March 3

rd, 1865, legislation was passed to “incorporate a National Military and Naval Asylum for the relief of the totally disabled officers and men of the

volunteer forces of the United States.”Ancestry.com has records for these branches:

Bath Branch, Bath, New York, est. 1929

Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Hot Springs, South Dakota, est. 1907

Central Branch, Dayton, Ohio, est. 1867Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois, est. 1898Eastern Branch, Togus, Maine, est. 1866

Marion Branch

, Marion, Indiana

, est. 1888

Mountain Branch

, Johnson City, Tennessee

, est. 1903

Northwestern Branch

, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

, est. 1867

Pacific Branch

, Los Angeles, California

, est. 1888

Roseburg Branch

, Roseburg, Oregon

, est. 1894

Southern Branch

, Hampton, Virginia

, est. 1870

Western Branch

, Leavenworth, Kansas

, est. 1885Slide28

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938Slide29

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938Slide30

U.S. Civil War Soldiers Slide31

Creating a TimelineAmerican Civil War Regiment collectionSearch for the regiment or use keywords

Example: “11

th Cavalry Regiment, Kansas”Gives day-by-day account of conflicts/locations from October 31, 1862 through July 26, 1865.

Lists a history of the regiment and describes the actions and missions of the regiment.“It had now been in service nine months, had lost over 300 men, and was reduced below the minimum standard of an infantry regiment. Soon after its arrival at Kansas City the regiment was mounted, changed from infantry to cavalry, and given authority to recruit two new companies. It was not until the following spring that the old companies were recruited to the cavalry maximum and the new companies, L and M, fully recruited. During this time the regiment was occupied in the arduous and thankless border service at scattered points by detachments and often engaged with the enemy's bushwhackers…

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American Civil War Battle SummariesSearch regiment name to see a list of battles and descriptions.

Ex: Searched “11

th cavalry Kansas”Dead Man's Fork, Dak. Ter.,June 17, 1865.

Detachments of 11th and 16th Kansas, 11th Ohio and 2nd California Cavalry.While this command was in pursuit of a band of outlaw Indians

it was attacked by a large number of red men. The soldiers were at their breakfast at Dead Man's fork when the alarm was given and had no time to saddle and mount.

The attack was repulsed with little difficulty, but the horses

in the meantime had become frightened and broken away in the direction of the Indians, who surrounded about 100 of them and drove them into the mountains.The casualties in the fight were 2 soldiers wounded and 4 Indians killed.Slide33

Finding the StoriesU.S. Civil War Photos, 1860-1865

Washington, District of Columbia. Officers of 3d Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery at Fort Stevens

, Aug 1865Slide34

Other SourcesNewspaper accounts

Military historiesSlide35

Beyond Ancestry.com : State Archives

Colonial Period

, 1643-1774

Muster rolls, billeting accounts

Revolutionary Period, 1775-1787Muster rolls, receipts, correspondence, journals, pension records

Shays’ Rebellion, 1766-1787Letters, orders, warrants

War of 1812, 1812-1815Letters, petitions, company rollsCivil War, 1861-1865Clothing and descriptive rollsSpanish-American War, 1889