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Goal 6: Learn about New York military records.
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ALearn about New York military records.
Summary
- Find online resources for New York ancestors in the military.
- Search for New York military records by war or conflict.
- Learn about New York military records in these articles.
FS—Wiki: New York Military Records
AC—Wiki: New_York Military Records - Learn about New York military records in this Ancestry Wiki article.
AC: New York Military Records
AC—Wiki: New_York Military Records - Explore New York military records on the
AccessGenealogy site (scroll down). - Explore New York military records on the Linkpendium site.
- Explore additional links for New York military records on the LDSGenealogy site.
- Explore New York military records on the Genealogy Trails site.
- Explore New York military resources on Cyndi's List.
- Explore New York military resources on Olive Tree Genealogy.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for military records. Then use the learnings for searches for a U.S. ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
William McKinley Robinson registered for the World War II draft. Use the "FS: New York, New York City, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was William McKinley Robinson born?
- What is his race listed as?
- Who is the person who would always know his address?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "William McKinley" as the first name and "Robinson" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for William McKinley Robinson.
- Click Original Document for the answers.
- William was born on 1 Nov 1898. Note that the birth year was mis-indexed as 1989.
- His race is listed as Negro.
- The person who would always know his address was Jackie Robinson, although there is no evidence from the record that this is the famous baseball player.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- AC: New York Military in the Revolution
- AC: New York, War of 1812 Payroll Abstracts for New York State Militia, 1812-1815
- AC: New York, Military Service Cards, 1816-1979
- AC: New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
- FS: New York, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
- AC: U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
- AC: New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865
- AC: New York, Registers of Officers and Enlisted Men Mustered into Federal Service, 1861-1865
- AC: New York, Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service Records, 1898-1902
- AC: New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919
- AC: New York, Abstracts of National Guard Service in WWI, 1917-1919
- AC: New York, New York Guard Service Cards, 1906-1918, 1940-1948
- FS: New York, New York City, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947
- AC: New York, National Guard Monthly Roster, 1940-1945
- FS: New York, Records of the State National Guard, 1906-1954
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