In the last quarter of a century, thanks in no small part to the advent of the internet, and the ensuing genealogical and military websites that followed, there has been quite an upsurge of interest in tracing the history of family members who served...
So many of us have been in this anxiety-inducing position - you’re applying for a job with the federal government’s USAJOBS website and are required to submit your most up-to-date SF 50 along with your application package. But where is i...
Introduction
The records below are the main series used for documenting military service in the US Army prior to the time period just before World War I. Questions about the records listed in this blog as well as other pre-World War I Army and War De...
A group of University of Virginia graduate students created a project using data from U.S. Navy deck logs—held at the National Archives at College Park and available via the online catalog—to pinpoint locations of various ships during the...
Selective Service System Classification & Registration Records for 1940 – 1975General Information and DescriptionsAll Selective Service System Classification and Registration Records: 1940 – 1975 have been consolidated from state hold...
NAID 26398321When researching individual veterans, researchers have two types of records to pull information from: personnel records and operational records. Personnel files for individual soldiers- stored in the National Personnel Records Center (NP...
The National Archives in Washington DC maintains military records from independence to the beginning of the twentieth century. Review what records we have available in our facilities in this Prologue article. When visiting Archives I, you are a...
