(This page's most recent update is October 2024)
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Military records are yet another very useful set of records that will help you find out more about your ancestors. There are a ton of records that are available for free online, and there are some very robust collections (such as Fold3 and Ancestry) that have sizable online military collections as well.
Typically, military records online fall into 5 different categories:
- Military Service Records:
Includes enlistment information, such as location and date enlisted. Also includes demographic information, such as full name, birth date and location, residence, and occupation, plus contact information of next of kin, medical and military information, and unit assignations while in the military. - Selective Service Records:
Includes full name, residence, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, contact information, physical description, and other information. - Bounty Land Warrant Applications:
Includes similar information as in service records as well as other information. Only used between 1775 and 1855. - Pension Records:
Will include birth, marriage, and death records, demographic information, plus information about the spouse, and possibly children. - Special Records:
May include information if the person was a prisoner of war, was wounded or killed in action. 1910-1940 Census Records include questions about military service. Includes those buried in Veteran’s cemeteries.
A good primer on Military Records is found on FamilySearch’s Military Records page, available on their wiki.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Below, listed by state are links to military records that are available for free online. Included in each state’s page are links to free nationwide collections since there are a sizable number of collections that are available for the entire country.
New York Military Records
National
- American Battle Monuments Commission – Korean War Honor Roll
- American Battle Monuments Commission Burials Database
- American Prisoners of War During the Korean War, 1950-1953
- Burial Registers for Military Posts, Camps, and Stations,1768-1921
- Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917 – 1922
- Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981
- Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998
- Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890
- Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917
- Civil War Confederate Applications for Pardons, 1865-1867
- Civil War Confederate Papers of Citizens or Businesses, 1861-1865
- Civil War Records of Confederate Nonregiment Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Civil War Service Records of Union Colored Troops, 1863-1865
- Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1864-1866
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865
- Civil War Unfiled Papers of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, 1861-1934
- Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The Colored Troops, 1861-1866
- Confederate Navy and Marine Service Records, 1861-1865 Images only.
- Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865
- Doughboy MIA Database 1917-1918
- Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939
- General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Index Only.
- Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1949
- Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904 Index only.
- Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926
- Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918
- Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898
- Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946
- Japanese Registers of POWs WWII, Index.
- Korean War Battle Deaths, 1950-1957
- Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953
- Korean War POW/MIA List
- Korean War Repatriated Prisoners of War, 1950-1954
- Lists of Fatal Casualties of the Korean War (6/28/1950 – 3/10/1954) and the Vietnam War (6/8/1956 – 5/28/2006)
- Mexican War Index and Service Records, 1846-1848
- Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926
- Mexican War Soldiers & Sailors Database
- Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003
- Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923, Index
- Muster Rolls of the Marine Corps, 1798-1937, Index and Images
- National Archives, Archival Databases, Civil War
- National Archives, Archival Databases, Korean War
- National Archives, Archival Databases, Vietnam War
- National Archives, Archival Databases, World War II
- National Cemetery Administration – Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- National Graves Registration Database
- National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Partial Index and Images.
- National Park Service – US Mexican War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- National Society Daughters of 1812 – Ancestor Database
- Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, Index and Images
- Navy Widows’ Certificates, 1861-1910, Index
- Never Forgotten, Taiwan POW List
- Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926
- Original Mormon Battalion Roster – Mormon Battalion Association
- Pearl Harbor Casualty List
- Prisoners of the First World War
- Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
- Records of Headstones of Deceased Union Veterans, 1879-1903
- Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865
- Registers of Enlistments in the Army, 1798-1914
- Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942
- Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783
- Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900
- Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872
- Revolutionary War Records – Daughters of the American Revolution
- Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
- Revolutionary War, Virginia Pension Application Files, 1830-1875
- Roster of All Regimental Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons in the Late War, with the Service, and last-known Post-office Address (1882)” Compiled by N. A. Strait. The Text is Searchable.
- Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
- Service Personnel Not Recovered Following WWII
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Military Servicemen in World War I Records
- United States French Combatants in the Revolutionary War, 1778-1783
- Veteran’s Administration Master Index, 1917-1940
- Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Vietnam War POW/MIA List
- War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910
- War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815
- War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
- War Relocation Authority Centers, Final Accountability Rosters, 1942-1946
- World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919
- World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
- World War II Casualties for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard
- World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- World War II Prisoners of War of the Japanese, 1941-1945
- World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945
- WWII Army and Army Air Force Casualties
- YMCA World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
New York
- Albany County, A Partial List of Revolutionary Soldiers and Wives Who are Buried or Who Died in Albany County
- Albany County, Military Records
- Albany County, Military Records
- Albany County, Places of Burial and Sketches of some Guilderland Soldiers of the War of the Revolution
- Albany County, Roster of the Department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic 1915
- Albany County, Soldiers and Sailors Records
- Allegany County, Military Records
- Allegany County, Military Records
- Allegany County, Military Records
- Bronx County, Military Records
- Bronx County, Military Records
- Bronx County, Military Records
- Broome County, Index to Revolutionary War Veterans
- Broome County, Military Enrollment, 1862, 1864
- Broome County, Military Records
- Broome County, Military Records
- Cattaraugus County, Civil War Men
- Cattaraugus County, Military Records
- Cattaraugus County, Military Records
- Cattaraugus County, Military Records
- Cattaraugus County, Military Records, 1800-1911
- Cattaraugus County, Roster of Soldiers and Sailors of the Rebellion
- Cayuga County, Military and Veterans Records
- Cayuga County, Military Records
- Cayuga County, Military Records
- Cayuga County, Revolutionary War Soldiers
- Chautauqua County, Military Records
- Chautauqua County, Military Records
- Chautauqua County, Military Records
- Chautauqua County, Soldiers of the American Revolution
- Chemung County, Military Records
- Chemung County, Military Records
- Chenango County, Military Enlistment & Bounty Records, 1865-1866
- Chenango County, Military Records
- Chenango County, Military Records
- Chenango County, Military Records
- Chenango County, Military Records
- Chenango County, Unpublished Records of our Revolutionary Ancestors by the Towns of Guilford, Oxford, Smyrna
- Clinton County, Military Records
- Clinton County, Military Records
- Clinton County, Military Records
- Clinton County, Pension Records
- Columbia County, Military Records
- Columbia County, Military Records
- Columbia County, Military Records
- Cortland County, 1818 Pension Roll
- Cortland County, Military Records
- Cortland County, Military Records
- Cortland County, Miscellaneous Records, including Military Records 1839-1878
- Cortland County, Records of Revolutionary Soldiers
- Delaware County, Military Records
- Delaware County, Military Records
- Delaware County, Military Records
- Dutchess County, Military Records
- Dutchess County, Soldiers and Sailors
- Erie County, Genealogical Card File, including a Military section
- Erie County, Military Records
- Essex County, Military Records
- Essex County, Military Records
- Franklin County, Military Records
- Franklin County, Military Records
- Franklin County, Military Records
- Fulton County, Military Records
- Fulton County, Military Records
- Fulton County, Military Records
- Genesee County, Cemetery Records which Include Military Records
- Genesee County, Military Records
- Genesee County, Military Records
- Greene County, Military Records
- Greene County, Military Records
- Greene County, Military Records
- Hamilton County, Military Records
- Hamilton County, Military Records
- Herkimer County, Military Records
- Herkimer County, Military Records
- Herkimer County, Military Records
- Herkimer County, Spanish American War Graves of Soldiers
- Herkimer County, War of 1812 Graves of Soldiers
- Jefferson County, 1812 Muster Roll: Pay Roll
- Jefferson County, 1865 Soldiers and Officers
- Jefferson County, Company K 35th Regiment
- Jefferson County, Military and Miscellaneous Records, 1857-1903
- Jefferson County, Military Records
- Jefferson County, Military Records
- Jefferson County, Military Records
- Jefferson County, Muster Roll of the Soldiers of the War of 1812
- Kings County, Brooklyn and Long Island in World War I
- Kings County, Military Records
- Kings County, Military Records
- Kings County, Military Records
- Kings County, New York State Census, 1865, Includes Military Schedule
- Kings County, World War Honor Roll
- Lewis County, Military Records
- Lewis County, Military Records
- Livingston County, Graves of Veterans in the Town of Livonia
- Livingston County, Military Records
- Livingston County, Military Records
- Livingston County, Military Records
- Madison County Military and Other Records from the Town of Cazenovia
- Madison County, Artillery Regiment, 1815
- Madison County, Military Records
- Madison County, Military Records
- Madison County, Military Records
- Madison County, Revolutionary Soldiers
- Madison County, Revolutionary Soldiers and Descendants
- Monroe County, 1832 Revolutionary War Pension List
- Monroe County, Military Records
- Monroe County, Military Records
- Monroe County, Soldiers of the Revolution and War of 1812 Buried in Monroe County, New York
- Montgomery County, Military Index
- Montgomery County, Military Records
- Nassau County, List of Volunteers from Town of Oyster Bay in the “War for the Union”
- Nassau County, Military Records
- Nassau County, Military Records
- New York City Military Records
- New York City Military Records
- New York in the Revolution as Colony and State
- New York Records of the State National Guard, 1906-1954
- New York, 112th New York Volunteer Infantry
- New York, 12th New York Cavalry
- New York, 13th New York State Volunteer Regiment, 1861-1863
- New York, 151st Regiment New York State Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865
- New York, 1840 Census of Pensioners
- New York, 27th Regiment New York Volunteers, May 21st, 1861, to May 31st, 1863, Complete Roster, and Short Sketches of Commanding Officers.
- New York, 33rd New York State Volunteers
- New York, A Compilation of Documents and Records from the Office of the State Comptroller
- New York, A Muster Roll
- New York, A Record of the Commissioned Officers, non-commissioned Officers and Privates, of the Regiments which were organized in the State of New York
- New York, Abstract of General Orders and Proceedings Department of New York, G.A.R., held at Buffalo, N.Y. March 9 and 10, 1892
- New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service
- New York, An Honor Roll of the Members of the 1st New York engineers (Union) Who Died during the Civil War
- New York, Annotated History of the 184th Regiment, New York Volunteers
- New York, Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point
- New York, Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point
- New York, Borough of Bronx Selective Service System Registration Cards [World War II]: Fourth Registration
- New York, Borough of Brooklyn Selective Service System Registration Cards [World War II]: Fourth Registration
- New York, Borough of Manhattan Selective Service System Registration Cards [World War II]: Fourth Registration
- New York, Borough of Queens Selective Service System Registration Cards [World War II]: Fourth Registration
- New York, Borough of Staten Island Selective Service System Registration Cards [World War II]: Fourth Registration
- New York, Civil and Military Rolls, 1806-1832
- New York, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients
- New York, Civil War Munster Rolls
- New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
- New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
- New York, Civil War Soldier Index
- New York, Death Records of Revolutionary Soldiers Gleaned from Old Newspapers
- New York, From Bull Run to Chancellorsville: the Story of the Sixteenth New York Infantry together with Personal reminiscences
- New York, General Index of Civil War Records
- New York, Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers
- New York, History of the 107th Infantry
- New York, History of the 27th Regiment New York Volunteers
- New York, History of the Two Hundred and Third Regiment, New York Infantry Volunteers
- New York, In the American Revolution
- New York, In the Civil War
- New York, In the Revolution as Colony and State
- New York, In the Revolution as Colony and State: these Records were Discovered, arranged and Classified in 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898
- New York, In the Spanish American War, 1898
- New York, In The Spanish-American War
- New York, In the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865
- New York, In the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1865
- New York, Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the Patriot War, 1838
- New York, Lineages and Military Records of Revolutionary War Regiments
- New York, Medal of Honor Recipients from Civil War
- New York, Military Academy Cadet Applications, 1805-1866
- New York, Military Academy Registers
- New York, Military Forces Records, including Rosters, Rolls, Casualties, etc.
- New York, Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment of the State of New York, 1783-1821
- New York, Military Minutes of the Council of Appointment, 1783-1821
- New York, Military Name Index
- New York, Military Record Name Index
- New York, Military Records of Cornell University in the World War
- New York, Military Records, 1665-1920
- New York, Military Records: Compiled Service Records of Union Soldiers Who Served in the 1st New York Volunteer engineers, 1780-1917
- New York, Military Service Records
- New York, Military, Bible, Cemetery and Church Records, ca. 1744-1919
- New York, Muster Rolls of New York provincial Troops, 1755-1764
- New York, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard Casualty List WWII
- New York, New York In The Revolution
- New York, New York In The Revolution – A Compilation of Documents and Records
- New York, Official Register of the Officers and Cadets: United States Military Academy
- New York, Patriot War (1837-38), List of Killed, captured, and Wounded at Prescott
- New York, Pension Roll (Revolutionary War), 1815-1840
- New York, Records of Revolutionary Soldiers
- New York, Records of the Revolutionary War
- New York, Records of the State National Guard, 1906-1954
- New York, Recruits for the Polish Army in France, 1917-1919
- New York, Register of Cadet Applicants
- New York, Register of Cadets Admitted into the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. from its origin to June 30, 1870
- New York, Register of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point
- New York, Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Naval Militia
- New York, Registers of Veterans at the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Bath, New York, 1878-1934
- New York, Revolutionary Soldiers
- New York, Revolutionary Soldiers Whose Graves Have Been Marked
- New York, Revolutionary War Graves of Soldiers Buried in New York State
- New York, Revolutionary War Pension Request, 1790-1837, War of 1812, 1820, 1858
- New York, Revolutionary War Pensions
- New York, Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-1783
- New York, Roll of Honor: Citizens Who Died while in the Service of the United States during the World War
- New York, Roll of Revolutionary Ancestors in Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
- New York, Roll of the Survivors of the First Regiment of New York Volunteers
- New York, Selected Documents Relating to Blacks Nominated for Appointment to the U. S. Military Academy during the 19th Century, 1870-1887
- New York, Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865
- New York, Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution
- New York, Soldiers and Sailors Records
- New York, State Military Census and Inventory 1917
- New York, Statewide and County Military Records
- New York, Statewide Military Records
- New York, The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands
- New York, The Balloting Book, and Other Documents Relating to Military Bounty Lands
- New York, The Buffalo Barracks, 1837-1846
- New York, The Elmira Prison Camp: a History of the Military Prison, July 6, 1864 to July 10, 1865; with an Appendix containing the Names of Confederate Prisoners Buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery
- New York, The Hawkins Zouaves, Ninth New York Volunteers
- New York, Troops of the Ninety-ninth New York Volunteers Who were detailed aboard the Ill-fated “Congress.”
- New York, U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War
- New York, U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War
- New York, Veterans of the American Revolution
- New York, Veterans Oral Histories
- New York, Veteran’s Schedules, Revolutionary War, Filed 1820-1829
- New York, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- New York, Volunteers in California
- New York, World War 1 Roll Of Honor
- New York, World War 2 Casualties, Army and Air Force
- New York, World War I American Expeditionary Forces, Deaths, 1917-1919
- New York, World War I Medal of Honor Recipients
- New York, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- Niagara County, Military Records
- Niagara County, Military Records
- Oneida County, Bible, Military, Cemetery and Church Records, 1746-1927
- Oneida County, Men Who Served in the American Revolution
- Oneida County, Military Records
- Oneida County, Military Records
- Oneida County, Military Records
- Oneida County, War of 1812 Graves of Soldiers
- Oneida County, Where Veterans of ’76 lie
- Onondaga County, A Partial List of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 Who are buried in Onondaga County.
- Onondaga County, Captain Mulholland Company, War of 1812
- Onondaga County, Graves of Revolutionary Soldiers
- Onondaga County, Men Who did Service in the War of 1861-65, in the 149th New York Volunteer Regiment Infantry
- Onondaga County, Military Records
- Onondaga County, Military Records
- Onondaga County, Military Records
- Onondaga County, Miscellaneous Abstracted Records, including Military Records
- Onondaga County, Petitions for Naturalization of Military Personnel, 1918-1919
- Onondaga County, Revolutionary Soldiers Resident or dying in Onondaga County
- Onondaga County, Service Record Book of Men and Women of Skaneateles and Community
- Onondaga County, Soldiers of the War of 1812
- Onondaga County, War Veterans
- Ontario County, Military Records
- Ontario County, Military Records
- Ontario County, Military Records
- Orange County, Military Records
- Orange County, Military Records
- Orange County, Military Records
- Orange County, Rejected or suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions: [1832-1850]
- Orleans County, Military Records
- Orleans County, Military Records
- Orleans County, Military Records
- Oswego County, Military Records
- Oswego County, Military Records
- Otsego County, Military Records
- Otsego County, Military Records
- Otsego County, Military Records
- Otsego County, The Roll of Honor
- Putnam County, Military Records
- Putnam County, Military Records
- Queens County, Military Records
- Queens County, Military Records, Town of Newtown
- Rensselaer County, Military Records
- Rensselaer County, Military Records
- Rensselaer County, Soldiers and Sailors
- Richmond County, Military Petitions for Naturalization, 1918-1924
- Richmond County, Military Records
- Richmond County, Military Records
- Rochester and Monroe County, World War Service Record
- Rochester and Monroe County, World War Service Record
- Rochester and Monroe County, World War Service Record
- Rockland County, Military Records
- Rockland County, Revolutionary War Soldiers
- Saratoga County, Military and Miscellaneous Records, 1792-1916
- Saratoga County, Military Records
- Saratoga County, Military Records
- Saratoga County, Military Records
- Schenectady County, Military Records
- Schenectady County, Military Records
- Schoharie County, Military and Miscellaneous Records, 1851-1921
- Schoharie County, Military Records
- Schoharie County, Military Records
- Schoharie County, Military Records
- Schoharie County, Military Records of Veterans of four Wars
- Schoharie County, Pension Applications for Revolutionary Soldiers
- Schuyler County, Military Records
- Schuyler County, Military Records
- Schuyler County, Military Records
- Seneca County, Military Records
- Seneca County, Military Records
- Seneca County, Military Records
- Seneca County, Miscellaneous Military Enlistments, Discharges, Affidavits, Oaths, etc., 1815-1864
- Seneca County, New York, War Memorial
- Seneca County, Revolutionary Soldiers
- Seneca County, Revolutionary Soldiers
- Seneca County, Roll Book of the Dates of Enlistment of Privates in the Fayette Fourth rifle Company, 1813-1876
- Seneca County, Soldiers Discharge, 1918
- St. Lawrence County, Military Records
- St. Lawrence County, Military Records
- St. Lawrence County, Miscellaneous Civil, Court, and Military Records, 1844-1902
- Steuben County, Military Records
- Steuben County, Military Records
- Steuben County, Military Records
- Steuben County, Rosters of Men in National Guard [New York State Reserve Militia], 1862-1867
- Suffolk County, Civil and Militia Officers, 1797-1820
- Suffolk County, Historical, Genealogical, and Military Records
- Suffolk County, Military Discharges day Book, 1945-1953,
- Suffolk County, Military Records
- Suffolk County, Military Records
- Sullivan County, Military and Miscellaneous Records, 1850-1924
- Sullivan County, Military Records
- Sullivan County, Military Records
- Tioga County, Military Records
- Tioga County, Military Records
- Tioga County, The Bureau of Military Record
- Tompkins County, Military Records
- Tompkins County, Military Records
- Tompkins County, Military Records
- Tyron County, 2nd Regiment New York Militia, 1775-84
- Ulster County, Military Records
- Ulster County, Military Records
- Warren County, Military Discharges, 1887-1914, 1943-1947
- Warren County, Military Records
- Warren County, Military Records
- Washington County, Military Records
- Washington County, Military Records
- Wayne County, Military Records
- Wayne County, War of 1812 Graves of Soldiers
- Westchester County, Military Records
- Westchester County, Military Records
- Westchester County, Naturalization Petitions and Affidavits including Discharged Soldiers, 1872-1906
- Westchester County, Naturalization Records, 1888-1895; Discharged Soldiers Record, 1888- 1895
- Westchester County, Naturalization Records, 1892-1895; Record of Discharged Soldiers, 1892-1895
- Wyoming County, Military Records
- Wyoming County, Military Records
- Wyoming County, Military Records
- Yates County, Military History: Comprising a Record of the Services rendered by Citizens of this County in the Army and Navy
- Yates County, Military Records
- Yates County, Military Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!