Thursday, March 5, 2009

Military Records Online



This is a comparison of a few of the military records available at Ancestry.com and Footnote.com. See the websites for a complete listing of all the military records available.

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is a computerized database containing very basic facts about 6.3 million servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War. Other information includes histories of regiments and links to descriptions of 384 significant battles of the war.

Sample of State Military records and indexes:

Virginia Military Records

Illinois Military Databases

Missouri Military Records


No comments: