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From: "Thomas J. Reed" <>
Subject: Re: Military Record
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 12:00:30 -0400
References: <20010329133814.5960.qmail@web617.mail.yahoo.com> <000501c0b956$eb427120$31ef868b@default> <005c01c0ba08$73bacaa0$66cefbcf@barryg>


Barry:

The U.S. National Archives & Records Administration (Washington, D.C.) holds the
original military service records for Army, Navy and Marine veterans of the
Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Seminole War, Mexican War, Indian Wars and the
Civil War (War Between the States). Only a handful of records for U.S. Colored
Troops units in the Civil War are available online from NARA. Plans are afoot
to transfer more records to the NARA website, but i suspect the Bush
Administration will not budget money to fund the project, although I might be
wrong.
Prior to World War I, no one in the military had an official service number. All
Civil War veterans' records are indexed on microfilm at NARA in Washington.
Union veterans' pension records are also at NARA Washington and are indexed as
well.
Since I had two Irish-American ancestors who served in the Union Army during the
U.S. Civil War, I have done a great deal of work with these records (I have also
worked in civil war history research since 1977 or thereabouts).
Any other questions about NARA and its records holdings?
Prof. Thomas J. Reed
Box 7474
Widener University School of Law
Wilmington, DE 19803
USA

Barry wrote:

> Hi Maggie,
>
> The Military and Pension records mentioned were for United States Civil War.
> I don't know if military records are available online or not.
> I did find the information below on Ancestry.com. No mention is made of a
> requirement for service numbers. The National Archives and Record
> Administration site is at http://www.nara.gov/research/ordering/milordr.html
> where I think you can order forms.
> *************************************************************
> Search Results
>
> Database: U.S. Military Records
> Combined Matches: 91
> Next Hits
>
> With sufficient identifying information, researchers may request a search of
> the registers of enlistments or the compiled military service records. The
> minimum information required for a search is 1) the soldier's full name, 2)
> the war in which he or she served or period of service, and 3) the state
> from which he or she served. For the Civil War, you must also indicate
> whether he served in the Union or Confederate forces. A separate copy of the
> form must be used for military service, pension, and bounty-land warrant
> applications. Requests for information about individuals who served in the
> military before World War I should be submitted on NATF form 80 (Order for
> Copies of Veterans Records). Write to the National Archives and Records
> Administration, General Reference Branch, Washington, D.C. 20408 to obtain
> copies of NATF form 80.
>
> .............................................
> .............................................
> .............................................
> It is possible to obtain copies of unrestricted military records by mail for
> a fee, although the process may take several months. Requests for records
> housed at the National Archives should be made on National Archives Trust
> Fund (NATF) form 80 (figure 50), which is available free of charge from the
> General Reference Branch (NNRG-P), National Archives and Records
> Administration, Seventh and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20408.
> (A similar form for records of service in World War I and subsequent is
> available from the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
> See chapter 5).
> *****************************************************************
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maggie KEELY HEFFERNAN" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:09 PM
> Subject: Re: CORBETT & KENNEDY - need advice
>
> > Good Morning Listers from Coffs Harbour, Down Under.
> >
> > I have just rejoined the group after an absence of 1 year. Interested in
> the information given re Army & Pension Records, does this apply to records
> in USA or Ireland. If USA I would be interested in knowing the web sites.
> > I have been looking for my American relatives for many years, although the
> family originally came from Co. Meath, one of the sons supposedly was in the
> U.S. Navy based in Chicago in 1913.
> >
> > I did write to the relevant authorities about 10 years ago, but unless I
> had a service number they couldn't help me. This cousin was known as John
> Joe and the surname could have been McDonnell or McDonald and other known
> variants. John Joe and his sister grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas.
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a list of American servicemen on any website?
> >
> > tia
> >
> > bfn
> >
> > Maggie
> > M Keely Heffernan in Coffs Harbour, NSW, AUSTRALIA
> > researching: BUCKLEY, HEFFERNAN, HERRICK, MALONE, SEYMOUR, TIERNEY from
> Tip. IRE, LORDEN/LORDON from Cork, IRE; CURTIS, FINNIGAN, KEELY,
> SMITH/SMYTH from Meath, IRE; CLARK from Sry. ENG, HILL from Lanc. ENG.
> HARMON from Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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