CANADIAN MILITARY RECORDS
Canadian Genealogy and History Links - Military
Polish Combatant’s Association of Canada
UNITED STATES 21st CENTURY MILITARY RECORDS
National Personnel Records Center (Military Records)
NARA
Military Records Facility
9700 Page Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63132
Form 180 (Request Pertaining to Military Records) non-genealogical requests.
Form R6-7231 for genealogical requests.
The government does nothing without a form! Write for it first!
To order forms write to
National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Or, you can download it from this site...
Standard Form 180 - Request Pertaining to Military Records
You may need to add an Adobe Acrobat .PDF Reader, a link is provided to download it.
USIGS Military Collection Links
WWI
Birth Info in WWI Civilian Draft Registrations - Alabama through Montana
Completed county abstractions.
Birth Info in WWI Civilian Draft Registrations - Nebraska through Wyoming
Completed county abstractions.
Draft Ages
•June 5, 1917. All men between the ages of 21 and 31 years of age were required to register.
•June 5, 1918. All men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1917 were required to register. A supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918, at which time men who had reached age 21 between June 5, 1918 and August 24, 1918 were required to register.
•September 12, 1918. Provided for registration of all men between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This was the third and final World War I registration.
Missouri WW I Service Cards Database
WWI Civilian Draft Registrations-US
A partial list. Go to the website, and click on Military Records. Type in the name you are researching. Sometimes it's best to only type in the last name. Many names are misspelled, and this gives you a wider scope. On the next page all the different databases for US military records will appear. WWI Civilian Draft Registrations is at the bottom of the page. It should be a free database. For others there is a charge.
WWI Document Archive
WWI Draft Registration Cards
OTHER MILITARY INFORMATION
Anyone researching the Polish military part of their family that came under British command during WWII, should write to the address listed below. Ask for the Polish and British written records.
The Ministry of Defense
Army Records Center, POLISH SECTION
Bourne Avenue Hayes
Middlesex,England UA3 1RF
PHONE 0181-573-3831 FAX 0181-569-2751
They will not give provide any information "without consent of next of kin." They will provide the names and birth years of next of kin, the maiden name of wife, and birth dates.
American Battle Monuments Commission - WWI Death Database
A database and cemetery listing for those interred overseas.
American Battle Monuments Commission - WWII Death Database
A database and cemetery listing for those interred overseas.
Blindauer’s Tribute to All Purple Heart Recipients
Contains a database of Purple Heart recipients that can be searched, and to which you can add your family member’s information.
Buffalonians in the Polish Army
Listings from the book “Buffalo and Erie County in the World War 1914-1919” compiled by Daniel J. Sweeney, Editor. This is a massive surnames listing.
Documents in Military History
Hillsdale College’s collection of primary sources for military history. The collection is currently focused primarily on European military history before the twentieth century, but will incorporate the American and non-Western military heritages, as well as contemporary warfare.
FamilyTreeMaker’s Researching Through Military Records
FAQ Regarding Military Records Requests
Hillsdale College - Documents in Military History
Primarily focuses on European military history. They will be adding American and Non-Western military heritages, and contemporary warfare.
How to Obtain Military Pension Files from the VA
How to Obtain Records from the Selective Service System
List of Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries
Master Index of Army Records
List of army records and repositories.
Military Records Requests
U. S. Department of Defense
Military Service Records - A Select Catalog of NARA Microfilm Publications
NARA’s Korean War Casualties
Alphabetically by Last Name. If you find a relative, please see http://www.nara.gov/nara/electronic/kcas.html for information on how to obtain records and costs involved.
Pearl Harbor Civilian and Military Casualties
Comprehensive list of the names of all civilians and military personnel killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941.
Polish Army Veteran’s Association of America
SWAP (Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej w Ameryce) - Polish Army Veteran's Association (of America) or PAVA. Persons who fought in Polish units in the First World War, the 1918-21 War and the Second World War who live or lived outside Poland (USA, Canada and France especially) were often members of this Association. Haller's (Blue) Army is closely associated with SWAP because American Veterans who fought under Haller returned to the USA after the war and formed SWAP in 1922.
Their National address is:
Polish Army Veteran's Association of America
National Headquarters,
119 East 15th Street,
New York, NY USA
10003-2392
Soviet Archives Exhibit
US Army Medal of Honor Citations
Full text listing.
US Military Research Outline
Veteran/Military Web Sites
World War I (1914-1918)
World War I - Trenches on the Web
This website is an evolving process, new material is added regularly.
World War II (1939-1945)
WWW-VL History Index-
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