Military

Military records come in the form of rosters of military units, draft and discharge papers, citations, pensions, and membership files of veterans' organizations. In addition to information on an ancestor's military service, these records can include such items as birthdates and places, death dates and places, marital status, and a physical description of the soldier.

The largest collection of unpublished military records in Michigan can be found at the State Archives in Lansing. These records are described in circulars prepared by staff at the archives.

• Military Records I: War Records
• Military Records II: Post-war Records
• Military Records III: Local Records
• Civil War Manuscripts

There are several published sources for Michigan military records, including Sue Imogene Silliman's Michigan Military Records. Several online sources are listed below.

• Michigan in the Civil War <hometown.aol.com/dlharvey/cwmireg.htm> Lists more than 88,000 men by regiment and company
• Michigan World War II Honor List <www.mifamilyhistory.org/WWII/default.asp>
• U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
  Korean War Casualty List for Michigan Residents <www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/
  korean_war_casualty_lists/mi_by_town.html>

For more information about military records, see Chapter 4 of Michigan Genealogy.

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