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A dictionary of all officers who have been commissioned, in the Army of the United States Ancestry

A personal name index to Orton's Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867 FamilySearch Library

Addresses delivered before the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1913 LDS Genealogy

Addresses delivered before the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1913 Internet Archive

Addresses delivered before the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1917 LDS Genealogy

Addresses delivered before the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 1917 Internet Archive

American Civil War General Officers Ancestry

American Civil War Regiments Ancestry

American Soldiers of World War I Ancestry

Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1812-1855 Fold3

California Selective Service System registration cards [World War II] : fourth registration FamilySearch Library

California State Roster, 1899 Government And Military Records Ancestry

California State Roster, 1909 Government And Military Records Ancestry

California State Roster, 1911 Government And Military Records Ancestry

California conquered : war and peace on the Pacific, 1846-1850 FamilySearch Library

California state militia index to muster rolls, 1851-1866 FamilySearch Library

California volunteers in the "Spanish-American war of 1898" Internet Archive

California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918 Family Search

California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918 Family Search

California, Military Discharge Records, 1856-1965 Family Search

California, Military Registers, 1858-1923 Ancestry

California, WWI Soldier Photographs, 1917-1918 Ancestry

California, WWI Soldier Service Cards and Photos, 1917-1918 Ancestry

California, World War I Death Announcements, 1918-1921 Ancestry

California, World War I Soldier Citations, 1918-1921 Ancestry

California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945 Family Search

Civil War "Widows' Pensions", 1861-1910 Fold3

Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Ancestry

Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry

Civil War Service Records, Union, California Fold3

Civil War Soldiers Database National Park Service

Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index 1860-1900 Fold3

Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index 1860-1934 Fold3

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, 1941-1975 Fold3

Digested Summary and Alphabetical List of Private Claims, Which Have Been Presented to the House of Representatives (before 1850) (included in My GPC Library subscription) Genealogical.com

Disapproved Pension Applications of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Survivors' Originals"), 1861-1910 Fold3

Disapproved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans ("Navy Widows' Originals"), 1861-1910 Fold3

Distinguished Conduct Medal Citations 1914-1920 MyHeritage

Early California and Nogales, Arizona lists of expeditionary members, soldiers and residents, 1752, 1775, 1781-1837 : material emphasizes Santa Barbara, Calif. FamilySearch Library

Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864 Fold3

Final statements of deceased soldiers of the U.S. Infantry, 1862-1899 Fold3

Headstones Provided For Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903 Ancestry

History of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of California : list of officers and members, proceedings of the first General Court at Los Angeles, March 7, 1896 Genealogy Gophers

History, Department of California, 1938-1954, Auxiliary, United Spanish War Veterans FamilySearch Library

Index to Civil War Service Records, Union, California Fold3

Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 Fold3

Index to Rendezvous Reports (Navy), Armed Guard Personnel, 1917-1920 Fold3

Index to Rendezvous Reports (Navy), Before and After the Civil War, 1846-1861, 1865-1884 Fold3

Index to Rendezvous Reports, Naval Auxiliary Service, 1917-1918 Fold3

Index to Union Civil War Services Records for Those Who Served in the Veteran Reserve Corps Fold3

Indian War Service Records Index, 1815-1858 Fold3

Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II Ancestry

Korean Casualty, National Military Personnel Records Archives.com

Korean Conflict Casualty Records Archives.com

Korean War Casualties Fold3

Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 Ancestry

Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 MyHeritage

Korean War Data File of American Prisoners of War Archives.com

Korean War Prisoners of War, 1950-1954 Ancestry

List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900 Fold3

Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-2013 Fold3

Mexican War Service Records Index 1846-1848 Fold3

Military Department. Militia Companies Records, 1849-1880 Archive Grid

Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War Archives.com

Military Yearbooks, 1900-2000 Fold3

Missing Air Crew Reports (MACRs) of the U.S. Army Air Forces, 1942-1947 Fold3

Nationwide Gravesite Locator (burial locations of veterans) National Cemetery Administration

Naval Enlistment Weekly Returns 1855-1891 Fold3

Naval Pensioners of the United States Ancestry

Naval Records of Officers from 1775-1910 Fold3

Navy Casualty Reports, 1776-1941 Fold3

Navy Courts Martial Records, 1799-1867 Fold3

Navy Survivors' Certificates, 1861-1910 Fold3

Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910 Fold3

Navy and Marine Corps Officer Registers Fold3

Officers of the Continental and U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-1900 Ancestry

Official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865 Ancestry

Record of Eighty-Sixth Company California Military Reserve Ancestry

Record of The Services of The Seventh Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops : From 1863 To 1866 Ancestry

Records of California Men In the War of the Rebellion, 1861 To 1867 MyHeritage

Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867 BYU Family History Archives

Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867 FamilySearch Library

Records of Naval Officers, 1798-1893 Fold3

Records of Naval Officers, 1829-1924 Fold3

Register of officers of the National Guard of California March, 1896 Open Library

Register of the California Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1902 LDS Genealogy

Register of the California Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1902 Internet Archive

Register of the California Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1907 LDS Genealogy

Register of the California Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1907 Internet Archive

Register of the commissioned and warrant officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps : January 1, 1930 Ancestry

Register of the commissioned and warrant officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps : January 1, 1931 Ancestry

Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914 Fold3

Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812 - 1934 Ancestry

Returns From Regular Army Regiments, 1821-1916 Ancestry

Returns From U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916 (World Archives Project) Ancestry

Returns from Regular Army Coast Artillery Corps Companies, 1901-1916 Fold3

Roster and chronological list of First One Thousand Members, Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1923 LDS Genealogy

Roster and chronological list of First One Thousand Members, Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, 1923 Internet Archive

Sons of the Revolution, Roll of membership and ancestors, 1898 LDS Genealogy

Sons of the Revolution, Roll of membership and ancestors, 1898 Internet Archive

Southeast Asia Combat Area Casualties Archives.com

Spanish American War Service Records Fold3

Spanish American War: Field, Staff And Band Spanish War US Gen Web Archives

U.S. Army Casualties 1961-1981 MyHeritage

U.S. Army Casualty Records Archives.com

U.S. Army Indian Campaign Service Records Index, 1815-1858 Ancestry

U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981 Ancestry

U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 Ancestry

U.S. Casualties From Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts, Oct 2001 - Mar 2009 Ancestry

U.S. Civil War Jewish-American Veterans, 1861-1865 Ancestry

U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles Ancestry

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Ancestry

U.S. Civil War, The Unpublished Roll of Honor (List of Soldiers Buried in U.S.) Ancestry

U.S. Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1861-1865 Ancestry

U.S. Index to General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904 Ancestry

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 Ancestry

U.S. Military Burial Registers, 1768-1921 Ancestry

U.S. Military Records, 1925: Official National Guard Register Ancestry

U.S. Military and Naval Academy Registers, 1805-1908 Ancestry

U.S. Naval Deaths, World War I Ancestry

U.S. Navy Cruise Books, 1918-2009 Fold3

U.S. Navy Cruise Books, 1950-1988 Ancestry

U.S. Navy Muster Rolls, 1949-1963 Ancestry

U.S. Navy Pensions Index, 1861-1910 Ancestry

U.S. Navy Support Books, 1901-1902, 1917-2010 Ancestry

U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 Ancestry

U.S. Returns from Regular Army Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916 Ancestry

U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945 Ancestry

U.S. Veterans Burial Sites, 1775-2013 MyHeritage

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 Ancestry

U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 Fold3

U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 Ancestry

U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954 Ancestry

U.S. WWII Military Personnel Missing In Action or Lost At Sea, 1941-1946 Ancestry

U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants, 1789-1858 Ancestry

U.S. World War I Burial Cards Fold3

U.S. World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930 Ancestry

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment MyHeritage

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Ancestry

U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Ancestry

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 Fold3

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Fold3

U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976 Ancestry

U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 Ancestry

U.S., Buffalo Soldiers, Returns From Regular Army Cavalry Regiments, 1866-1916 Ancestry

U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960 Ancestry

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Ancestry

U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Ancestry

U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 Ancestry

U.S., Civil War and Later Wars Index to Remarried Widow Pension Applications, 1860-1934 Ancestry

U.S., Confederate Army Casualty Lists and Reports, 1861-1865 Ancestry

U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 Ancestry

U.S., Final Accountability Rosters of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1942-1946 Ancestry

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 Ancestry

U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 Ancestry

U.S., Index to General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904 Ancestry

U.S., Jewish Welfare Board, War Correspondence, 1917-1954 Ancestry

U.S., Marine Corps Casualty Indexes, 1940-1958 Ancestry

U.S., Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 Ancestry

U.S., Naval Hospital Tickets and Case Papers, 1825-1889 Ancestry

U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941 Ancestry

U.S., Navy and Marine Corps Registries, 1814-1992 Ancestry

U.S., Navy and Marines Awards and Decorations, 1942-1994 Ancestry

U.S., Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865 Ancestry

U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 Ancestry

U.S., Residents Serving in the British Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919 Ancestry

U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 Ancestry

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry

U.S., Spanish American War Volunteers, 1898 Ancestry

U.S., The Pension Roll of 1835 Ancestry

U.S., Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866 Ancestry

U.S., Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866 Ancestry

U.S., Union Provost Marshals' Papers, 1861-1867 Ancestry

U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 Ancestry

U.S., World War I Soldier Naturalizations, 1918 Ancestry

U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948 Ancestry

US Army Military Registers, 1798-1969 Fold3

US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists Fold3

US Navy Support Books Fold3

US Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards 1907-1933 Fold3

US World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 MyHeritage

US, African American Civil War Sailor Index, 1861-1865 Ancestry

US, Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 Ancestry

United States Army Morning Reports 1912-1939 Fold3

United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981 Family Search

United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998 Family Search

United States Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866 Family Search

United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865 Family Search

United States Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934 Family Search

United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917 Family Search

United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Family Search

United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949 Family Search

United States Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 Family Search

United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 Family Search

United States Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 Family Search

United States Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898 Family Search

United States Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957 Family Search

United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953 Family Search

United States Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954 Family Search

United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003 Family Search

United States Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937 Family Search

United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Family Search

United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 Family Search

United States Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 MyHeritage

United States Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910 Family Search

United States Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926 Family Search

United States Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903 Family Search

United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 Family Search

United States Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942 Family Search

United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Individual Civilians, 1861-1866 Family Search

United States Union Provost Marshal Files of Two or More Civilians, 1861-1866 Family Search

United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 Family Search

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Family Search

United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Family Search

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Family Search

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Family Search

United States World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945 Family Search

United States, Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations, 1768-1921 Family Search

United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939 Family Search

United States, Indexes to Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers, 1784-1858, 1899-1901 Family Search

United States, Spanish-American War, Soldiers who Served in Volunteer Organizations MyHeritage

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 Family Search

United States, War of 1812, Soldiers who Served in Volunteer Organizations MyHeritage

United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919 Family Search

United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945 Family Search

Veterans Burial Records Archives.com

Vietnam Casualties, 1956-1998 MyHeritage

Vietnam Service Awards 1965-1975 Fold3

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fold3

Vietnam War, Casualties Returned Alive, 1962-1979 Ancestry

Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998 Ancestry

WWI Civilian Draft Registrations Ancestry

WWII U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Muster Rolls, 1939-1949 Ancestry

War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel, 1941-1946 Fold3

War Service records, 1914-1919, California Chapters, Daughters of the American Revolution FamilySearch Library

War of 1812 Military Bounty Land Warrants, 1815-1858 Fold3

War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files Fold3

World War 1 Casualties US Gen Web Archives

World War I Draft Registration Cards Archives.com

World War I Draft Registration Cards Fold3

World War II Army Enlistment Records Archives.com

World War II Army Enlistment Records Fold3

World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948 Fold3

World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1943 (for men born between 1898 and 1925) Fold3

World War II Draft Registration Cards 1942 (for men born between 1877 and 1897) Fold3

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel, 1946 Fold3

World War II Japanese-American Internment Camp Documents, 1942-1946 Ancestry

World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949 Fold3

World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 Ancestry

World War II Prisoners of War Archives.com

World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 Ancestry

World War II Prisoners of the Japanese Records Archives.com

World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas Ancestry

World War II honor list of dead and missing, state of California BYU Family History Archives

World War II honor list of dead and missing, state of California FamilySearch Library


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