Boston Public Library
Genealogy
Social Sciences Department, 2nd Floor, McKim Building, Central Library, 617-859-2261
US Military Records
Military Records and Histories
- Negro in the Military Service of the United States, 1639-1886
- Massachusetts Soldiers in the French and Indian Wars, 1744-1755
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War
- Naval Officers in the Revolutionary War
- Officers of the Continental Army
- Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
- Revolutionary War Rolls of All New England States
- Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
- Massachusetts Volunteer Records, 1812-1814
- Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Civil War
- Civil War Unit Histories
- Regimental Histories of the Civil War
- Black Soldiers, Black Sailors, Black Ink
Military Indexes and Bibliographies
- Bibliography of Military Name Lists, pre-1675-1900: A Guide to General Sources
- General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary Soldiers
- Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers, CT, MA, NH, RI, VT
- Indexes to Pension Applications
- Roster of Confederate Soldiers
- Roster of Union Soldiers