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Military Records Search: Pension Files, Correspondence, and More

Find valuable military records including pension files, correspondence, and historical registers, covering various periods and topics. Discover information on soldiers, gravesites, and World War I veterans.

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Military Records Search: Pension Files, Correspondence, and More

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  1. Records to Search Other than Pension Files • M1062, Correspondence of the War Dept. relating to Indian Affairs, Military Pensions and Fortifications, 1791-1797 • M1015, Central Treasury Records of the Continental and Confederation Governments relating to Military Affairs • M247, Papers of the Continental Congress • M332, Misc. Papers of the Continental Congress

  2. M1062, War Dept. Correspondence

  3. M1062, Index to Names, Pension Lists

  4. M247, Continental Congress

  5. Other Records to Search • M1749, Historical Registers of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Not in alphabetical order but by admission number; Roll 1 of each home’s records has an alphabetical index Can give you information on place of birth and next of kin

  6. M1845, Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903 • Act of Congress, Feb. 3, 1879, extended the privilege of government provided gravestones for soldiers buried in private cemeteries • Following World War I, the Cemetery Branch became the Cemetery Division when it consolidated with the Graves Registration Service who supervised the burying, placing of headstones, and record-keeping for American dead abroad during World War I. • Cards are arranged alphabetically by surname and then by first name. Each card gives some of the following: rank, company and regiment, place of burial including cemetery name, and community, county and state in which it’s located, grave number if any, date of death and supplier of the gravestone.

  7. 20th Century Pension Records • No clear cut acts giving pensions to World War I veterans • Mostly VA based on disability • Later 20th century pensions based on service or disability • Post World War II pensions handled by Defense Financing (DFAS)

  8. World War I Selective Service Draft Registration Cards M1509 • Arranged first by state, then by county or city, then numerically by draft board number and finally alphabetically by surname • Three registrations – June 5, 1917, June 5,1918 and Sept. 25, 1918 • Pittsfield has New England and New York registration cards

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