Gordon Military Records
Over 400,000 documents, mainly applications for compensation from honorably discharged WWII veterans. The collection also includes letters, certificates and photographs.
An index and images of periodic lists of Pennsylvania men who served in the Civil War. They list name, age, rank, unit, regiment and company; the date, place, and person who mustered him in; the period of enlistment; and the name of the commanding officer.
An index to over 700,000 Pennsylvania veterans who participated in conflicts since The American Revolutionary War. May include name, branch and dates of service, dates of birth and death, cemetery, residence, wars served in, flag marker, headstone, next of kin and more.
An index to and digital images of 34,000 accepted and rejected applications for bounty payments in lieu of military service since 1898.
An index to and images of over 19,000 applications for pensions in lieu of service in The War of 1812. They may have been made by veterans or their widows and may include name, signature, rank, unit, commanding officer, period of service, dates of enlistment and discharge, marriage dates, date of death of veteran, ages and place of death.
An index and digital images of registers listing the deaths of around 250,000 Union soldiers. The registers list name, rank, company, date and place of death, cause of death and miscellaneous notes.
An index to and digital images of claims submitted in Pennsylvania for recompense for damages to property and goods caused by the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Digital images of over 11,500 gravestones from a cemetery for military veterans and casualties.
Over 46,000 entries extracted from lists recording men enlisted in several military units.
An index to 75,000 names extracted from tax lists, federal censuses, pensioner lists, Chester County censuses and a Navy veterans schedule.