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Military Information & Resources
War in PA & Westmoreland County
Local Memorials

20th anniversary memorial service photos

Historical Wars
Civil War ~ War of 1812 ~ Spanish-American War
War of the Revolution [Wiki] PA Digital Archives ~ War Records Internet Archives
Misc War Records Fort Pitt ~ Military Forts in PA

Military Records: Family Search
Genealogy Trails has some nice Civil War Biographies:
Major-General George Brinton Mcclellan ~ Major-General George Gordon Meade
Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock ~ Major-General John W. Geary
Brigadier-General Alexander Hays ~ Major-General John Fulton Reynolds
Lieutenant John T. Greble ~ Rear-Admiral David D. Porter ~ Rear-Admiral John A. Dahlgren

Genealogy Trails
Pennsylvania Military Data.
Please use this link for access.

Revolutionary Soldier's Wills
LDS Film 7649483
Burns, Samuel / Imgs 563-564 ~ Cunningham, James / Imgs 567
Finley, James / Imgs 569-571 ~ Flack, Samuel / Img 572
McFall, Charles / Img 573 ~ Moore, Robert / Imgs 574-575
Patterson, Thomas / Img 582-583 ~ Power, John / Img 588
Reeves, Abner / Img 589 ~ Reeves, Jesse / Img 590 ~ Ryall, David / Img 592-593
Steele, William / Img 594-595 ~ Walker, Thomas / Img 596 ~ Wilson, John / Img 599

2 New Resources: The American Civil War Research Database:
Used for researching the individuals, regiments, and battles of the American Civil War. The database contains indexed, searchable information on more than four million soldiers and thousands of battles, together with 17,000 photographs.



 Life-struggles in rebel prisons : a record of the sufferings, escapes, adventures and starvation of the Union prisoners, containing an appendix with the names, regiments, and date of death of Pennsylvania soldiers who died at Andersonville
 Statement of Responsibility:  by Joseph Ferguson ; with an introduction by Joseph T. Cooper
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1988
Microreproduction of originals published: Philadelphia : J.M. Ferguson, c1865. xxiv, 206 p.
LDS Film # 08812501
Indexes:
A - F: Img 117 - 120 ~ G - L: Img 120 - 123
M - R: Img 123 - 125 ~ S - Z: Img 125 - 128

 Westmoreland Co., PA
Revolutionary War Pension Applications

Isaac Anderson [Some Family Info Incl] ~ Ephriam Blaine
William Mc Cormick ~ Adam Maxwell ~ Robert Orr
Arthur Mc Claire ~ John H Sloan [Some Family Info Incl]
Thomas Wadsworth [Note: Not Complete]
Source: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Vol 12, Pgs 54-58

Modern Wars
Timeline of World War I | Timeline of World War II Korean Conflict
| Viet Nam | Bay of Pigs Desert Storm ~ Gulf War
Compiled Service Military Records
The Internet Archives [Archive.org] has a huge amount of filmed records.
This link is for PA

Military Biographies: Books
Soldiers And Patriots Biographical Album
 Containing Biographies and Portraits of Soldiers and Loyal Citizens
 In the American Conflict, Together with the
 Great Commanders of the Union Army
Also
A History of the Organizations growing out of the War:
 The Grand Army of the Republic,
 The Loyal Legion,
 The Sons of Veterans, and
 The Woman's Relief Corps
Chicago, ILL
Union Veteran Publishing Company, 1892.
The Complete Index can be found here.
The Book may be read online or downloaded here.


Military info from the "Old Westmoreland Files"
Memorials: WWI ~ WWII & Korea
Communities: Whitney & Lycippus

Ancestry Multiple Databases: Available Title List
Miscellaneous Military Records : POB: Westmoreland Co., PA

Family Search: Multiple Databases: Available Title List
Miscellaneous Military Records : POB: Westmoreland Co., PA

Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941
The above records are for National Guard Enlistments.
Note: The list contains the names of the databases.
Note: Draft Registrations for WWI and WWII are not included

FS Military Data in the Catalog:
Donation lands or military tracts granted to the officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line in the Revolutionary Army,
1780-1800
LDS Film 8248349 Read Image 6 for Explanation and Use.

Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers,
1861-1865 [Searchable Database]

GAR Roster: Published:1912 Book: Grand Army of the Republic.
Department of Pennsylvania

Draft Registration Boards, WWI: Street Maps for 1917-1918
LDS Film #8206990

Miscellaneous Military Information: "Gleanings"
Military: Family Search / Ancestry
The types of Records:
Disabled Veteran's Homes ~ Iowa Armed Forces Grave Registrations
DAR Lineage ~ US Army Nurse Records
Search the DAR ~ GAR ~ SAR

Prison Records
 Record of the Federal Dead
Buried From:
Libby, Nelle Isle, Danville & Camp Lawton Prisons
and at
City Point, and in the Field before Petersburg and Richmond
Published: US Christian Commission
Philadelphia:
James B Rodgers, Printers, 1865
There is an Index and an Explanation about the Cemeteries
Use this Link for the files
Download Book from Family Search

Crime and Punishment
 Missouri State Penitentiary: 1836 - 1931[Search]
Online Explanation of the Prison & Records

Family Search: Documents & Records - Explanation & Image Charts
How to Access the Records on Film
 LDS Films: 2407222 ~ 2406002 ~ 2405919 ~ 2405920
Use this link for Film 2406002
Family Search Catalog: Missouri State Archives
Court Martial and Military Prison Records

Prison Records: Family Search Databases [Film]
Family Search: Historical images
 The Explanation:
 The Resources are wonderful, but the search parameters and functions are intimidating to the novice FS Catalog Researcher.
The Types of Information:
 Baptism's, Delayed Births, Biographies, Cemetery, Church Records, Court Records, Deaths & DC's, Deeds, Dockets, Estate Rec's, Genealogy, Grantor / Grantee Rec's, Land Records, Marriages [and Bonds], Marriage Licenses [+ Indexes], Military & Militia Rec's & Pensions, Obituaries, Probates, Vital, Warrants, Wills

Locations & Time Frame: Parishes, Towns & Townships:
Alice, Arnold, Biddle, Carbon, N & E Huntingdon, Fulton, Sewickley, Harold, Hopewell, DonegalIndia, Industry, Irwin, Larimer, Mt Pleasant, Penn, United, Washington, Webster, Rostraver, Westmoreland [Proper]
Time Frame: 1553 - 2015
Use the chart linked here for the Film #
 To access the Historical images, log into your FS Account
 Click on Search, then at the top of the page: Historical images
The list below will give you some idea of the number of available databases:
Biographies ~ Cemeteries ~ Church History & Records ~ Genealogy ~ History [All Era's]
Land ~ Property ~ Taxes ~Deeds ~ Maps ~ Naturalization & Citizenship
Probate Records ~ Newspapers & Obituaries ~ Vital Records


Odds and Ends
1785 Tax List: Mount Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA, October 1785
 The Historical Society of Pennsylvania state and county records; v. 12
Family Search Catalog  The Pages are Here

Pennsylvania Archives: Magazine
These publications are chock full of great information and can be downloaded here.Libraries, Digital Newspapers & Miscellaneous Resources
University of Pittsburgh ~ Historic Pittsburgh Digital Collections
Rauh Jewish Archives
 And check these great Pubs:Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography
 Great Resource : This link get's lots of Volumes

Pennsylvania Genealogical Society Publications
This Link has many Vol'

Newspapers are a great source for Vital Records
Below is a list of free Digitally Archived Newspapers
Pennsylvania Digital Newspaper Archive
Chronicling America: Library of Congress
National Digital Newspaper Program
Google News Archives
How to Search the Google News Archives
Historical Newspapers: Illinois Library
 and... even though this Site is for CA Newspapers, it has news articles from
all over the United States

 Quaker Information Center  ~ Cyndi's List of Quaker Records
Friends Historical Library  ~ Quaker Records: Family Search
Hinshaw Index to Quaker Records
Hinshaw Records are also available in the FS Catalog

Another untapped Resource
Genealogical Collections of the DAR
Family Search has a huge collection of film that has marvelous and unpublished documents.
Use the Family Search Catalog, Search using 'DAR' and Pennsylvania


 Last updated:May 4, 2023