Select Depository Resources for Genealogy Research
federal web sites | non-federal websites | research guides | military registers & honors | other
federal & military web sites (.gov & .mil)
Burial
Listings
databases of burial listing maintained by the American Battle Monuments
Commission.
Civil War Soldiers
& Sailors Systems
a database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both
sides during the Civil War
Civilian
Personnel Records
information for requesting civilian personnel records from the National
Archives
Defense Prisoner of
War / Missing Personnel Office
POW/MIA lists from the 1991 Gulf War, Vietnam War, Cold War, Korean War
and World War II
Federal Land Records
access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States and
more than three million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land
States, issued between 1820 and 1908.
Military
Personnel Records
This site is provided for those seeking information regarding military personnel,
health and medical records stored at National Personnel Records Center.
non-federal websites
American Family
Immigration History Center
search of passenger records for Ellis Island and Port of New York (free
although registration is required to view results)
Boys
in Blue Database
listing of Lincoln Presidential Library photographic holdings of Illinois
"Boys in Blue"
Index
to Oklahoma Confederate Pension Records (pdf)
records available at the Oklahoma Historical Society and Oklahoma Department
of Libraries
Cornell
University's Making of America
scroll down to browse or searchthe Official Records of the Union and Confederate
Navies and the War of the Rebellion
Social Security
Death Index
The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information
on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers
whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration.
guides to genealogical research
Genealogy
at the National Archives
The National Archives offers insight into the lives of people, their families
and our history. This site offers help and assistance to using materials
in the National Archives for genealogy.
Government Documents and Genealogy
An article from the Family Education Network highlighting collections of
federal documents useful for genealogy research.
Genealogical
Resources in U.S. Federal Depository Libraries (pdf )
This guide was compiled by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries to give
those interested in genealogical research some idea of the kinds of materials
available through the Federal Depository Library Program
Native
American Genealogy Resources
A collection of resources compiled the Indian Health Service.
military registries & honors @ the central library
American
Armies and Battlefields in Europe
(D114.2: Ar5/4/992)
Decorations,
United States Army 1862-1926
(355.13 U58)
Black
Americans in Defense of Our Nation
(355.008996073 B561 1982)
Commanding
General and Chiets of Staff: portraits and biographical sketches
(D 114.2: G28/775-95)
Dictionary
of American naval fighting ships
(359.3250973 D561 1991)
Historical
Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from it's organization,
September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 vols. 1 & 2
(355.30976 H36 1965)
Medal
of Honor Recipients, 1863-1978
(355.134 U58 1979)
Medal
of Honor Recipients, 1979-2003
(355.134 R394m 2003)
Medal
of Honor of the United States Army
(355.13 U582)
Officers
in the Marine Corps Reserve
(D 214.11/3: Microfiche)
Official Army National Guard Register (D 12:9)
Register
of the Army of the United State, Aug 1813
(W 3.11:)
Register of Commissioned
and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Reserve Officers on Active
Duty
(D 208.12: Microfiche)
Register
of Retired Commissioned and Warrant Officers, regular and reserve, of the
United States Navy
(D 208.12/3: Microfiche)
Secretaries
of War and Secretaries of the Army: portraits and sketches
(D114.2: Se 2/2003)
The
Sergeants Major of the Army
(D 114.2: Se 6/2/2003)
(W 3.11: & ID 102.9:)
government & military information @ the genealogy center
Abstracts
of Service Records of Naval Officers, 1829-1924
(359.332 A164)
Armies,
Corps, Divisions and Separate Brigades
(355.30973 W694ar)
List
of Officers of the Army of the United States from 1779 to 1900
(359.3320973 C13)
List
of Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps from
1775 to 1900
(359.3320973 C13)
Official
Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion
(973.75 U58)
The
Union: a guide to federal archives relating to the Civil War
(973.7 M923u)
The
War of the Rebellion: a compiliation of the official records of the Union
and Confederate Armies
(973.7 U58)
other helpful government materials
Annual
Report of the Attorney General of the United States
(J1.1: Microfiche)
CIS U.S. serial
set index
(328.73 C763 1975)
Genealogical
Research at the Library of Congress
(LC 1.2:G 28/997)
Guide
to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1899
(328.73 J637g 1977)
Guide
to the National Archives of the United States
(GS 4.6/2 N 21)
Letters
of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789
(LC 1.34:)
Measuring
America: The Decennial Census from 1790-2000
(304.60973 M463 2002)
United
States Congressional Serial Set
(Y 1.1/2:Serial)
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