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Genealogical Data and Research Guides

Assistance in using NARA's records for your research for all US wars.

Military Records

  • War of 1812
    • War of 1812 Records


  • Mexican War
    • Mexican War Soldiers and Veterans Buried in Mexico

  • Civil War: Union
    • Civil War Records
    • Civil War Draft Records
    • Civil War Soldiers and Veterans Buried in Mexico
    • Civil War Union Court-Martial Case Files
    • Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers from Pennsylvania (August Sungrist through Isaac Sweeney)
    • Civil War and Later Navy Personnel Records
    • National Museum of Civil War Medicine Online Exhibit Hall
    • Wagonmasters Serving the Union During the Civil War

  • Civil War: Confederate
    • Civil War Records
    • Civil War and Later Navy Personnel Records
    • Researching Confederate Marines in the Civil War
    • Confederate Medical Personnel
    • Confederate Pension Records

  • Spanish American War
    • Documenting U.S. Naval Activities
    • Spanish-American War Records
    • Spanish-American War: Compiled Military Service Records for 1,235 "Rough Riders"
    • Spanish-American War Soldiers and Veterans Buried in Mexico

  • Philippine Insurrection
    • U.S. Army Service During the Philippine Insurrection

  • Boxer Rebellion
    • U.S. Marines in the Boxer Rebellion

  • World War I
    • World War I Dead Buried in American Battle Monument Commission Cemeteries, Missing in Action, or Buried or Lost at Sea
    • World War I Draft Registration Cards
    • World War I Records
    • World War I Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimages

  • World War II
    • World War II Dead Buried in American Battle Monument Commission Cemeteries, Missing in Action, or Buried or Lost at Sea
    • World War II Draft Registration: Ohio men born between April 28, 1877 and February 16, 1897, whose surnames began with "Aa" and "Ab"
    • World War II Casualty Lists

  • Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict
    • Korean War Dead
    • State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) and the Vietnam Conflict (1957- )




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