Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Additional Miliary Records Online

1840 Census of Pensioners, Revolutionary or Military Service
www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/census/1840


World War II Army Enlistment Records
aad.archives.gov/aad/title-list.jsp: Select All Series, then scroll down and click the database name.


Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

www.itd.nps.gov/cwss

Revolutionary War Era Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files
www.heritagequestonline.com: Available free through subscribing libraries.

Military Research Room: 1820 Pension List
www.lineages.com/infocenter/databases/1820pension.cfm

Valley Forge Muster Roll Project
valleyforgemusterroll.org

Research Guidance for Military Records

Research in Military Records
www.archives.gov/veterans/research/genealogy.html

US Military Records Research Outline
www.familysearch.org/eng/search/rg/frameset_rhelps.asp: Click on Sorted by Subject, then on M. Scroll down to Military Records, item number 34118.

Printable Maps

NationalAtlas.gov
This is a very useful collection of printable maps. You can view the maps and print pdf copies.

U.S. Census Bureau Maps
Printable maps of each state with county boundaries, and also maps for each county.

Reference and Outline Maps are available for the United States and each individual state. You can choose maps showing boundaries, geology, transportation or water. For each state there are four types of maps: reference, county, county with selected cities and towns, and rivers and lakes. These simple maps can be used to mark locations where your ancestors lived and track migration.

This site also contains maps for:
Congressional Districts
Federal Lands and Indian Reservations
Precipitation
Presidential Elections 1789 to 2000
Satellite View
Territorial Acquisitions of the United States
Time Zones