Doing Research

In Sonoma County

Military Records & Histories

for Sonoma County

**For the below databases, I only added those collections that when I searched

under ANY EVENT with the search query "Sonoma County" I received at least one hit.

Okay I also added the collection if I thought it was useful, but you were not able to narrow

the Search to other than California. Those entries are marked as (All CA).

And if you want to see by Database Title.

Military Records By Dates

~ U.S., Military Burial Registers, 1768-1921 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 (932,173 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Returns from Military Posts, 1806-1916 (347,315 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812-1934 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Naval Hospital Tickets and Case Papers, 1825-1889 (A few entries with "birth places" in Sonoma County. Looks like there is/was a Naval hospital at Mare Island.) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ Militia Lists of Sonoma County, California, 1846 to 1900 [Book] . . . Link

~ U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 (Not searchable by County, but ALL Veterans should be in here.) . . . Link

~ U.S., Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ California Military Records in the State Archives, 1858-1923 (Collection of Databases, Images only, hard to search) [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ California, U.S., Military Registers, 1858-1923 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Burial Registers, Military Posts and National Cemeteries, 1862-1960 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 (17,463 CA hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link 

~ U.S., National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 (I found several entries where the Enlistment or Discharge place was in Sonoma County.) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883, Sonoma County, California [InternetArchive] . . . Link

~ U.S., Department of the Interior Decisions on Pensions and Bounty-Land Claims, 1886-1930 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Navy Burial Records, 1898-1932 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ California State Roster, Government and Military records, 1899 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ Official register of officers of the National Guard of California, August 1900 [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ California State Roster Government and Military records, 1909 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ California State Roster Government and Military records, 1911 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Merchant Marine Applications for License of Officers, 1914-1949 (It looks like there was a recruiting office in Santa Rosa. You just have to get past the entries for the ship USS Sonoma!!) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (349,910 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Navy Cruise Books, 1918-2009 (This search is interesting, under the "NAME" it was giving me the "STATE, CITY." So you can search by NAME, but make sure to search by "City, County, State" in the Any Event field also, you will get an entirely different list!!) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group A (Recoverable), 1941-1975 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ Genealogical records of Sherman Lee Pompey [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ Military records (Images only, no simple search) [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ New York Volunteers in California. [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ Roster of retired army officers residing in the Sixth U. S. Army area [FamilySearch] . . . Link

War of 1812 (1812-1815)

~ U.S., War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 (2 Sonoma County, 22 CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

American Civil War (1861- 1865)

~ Sotoyome Home Guards, enlistment roll and muster oath, 1861, Sonoma County, California [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ California Volunteers, Civil War 1861-1865 (Images only hard to search) [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ U.S., Civil War Jewish-American Veterans, 1861-1865 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Civil War Roll of Honor, 1861-1865 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 (2 matches Graton) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ Web: US, African American Civil War Sailor Index, 1861-1865 (133 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1867 [Free on Google Play] . . . Link . . . Ancestry . . . FamilySearch . . . Search by town name: Cloverdale, Petaluma, Santa Rosa . . .

~ U.S., Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ Muster rolls of the Russian River Rifles, 1862 [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 (17,463 CA hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865 (Can't seem to search past states.) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (5,339 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

Spanish-American War (1898)

~ Department of California, 1908-1938, Auxiliary, United Spanish War veterans [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ Department of California, 1938-1954, Auxiliary, United Spanish War Veterans [FamilySearch] . . . Link

World War I (1914-1918)

~ California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918 [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ American Soldiers of World War I 1917-1918 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ California, U.S., World War I Soldier Service Cards and Photos, 1917-1918 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Residents Serving in Canadian Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1918 (653 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War I Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918 (29,948 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (874,613 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Residents Serving in the British Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1919 (873 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ California, U.S., World War I Death Announcements, 1918-1921: This database is primarily a collection of newspaper clippings reporting the deaths of California men and women serving in the military in World War I. They cover the years 1918–1922 and were taken from both local newspapers and clipping services. The clippings vary in length and detail but can provide the types of information typically found in obituaries—name; family members; date, place, and cause of death; residence; a life sketch; and military and other details. [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ California, U.S., World War I Soldier Citations, 1918-1921 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War I Jewish Servicemen Questionnaires, 1918-1921 (120 hits) (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1929 (Sonoma County-7, CA-542 Hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ Names of officers and enlisted men from California who lost their lives...during the World War I [FamilySearch] . . . Link

World War II (1939-1945)

~ U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (570,212 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (2,203,251 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War II American and Allied Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (948,056 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., War Department, Press Releases and Related Records, 1942-1945 (1,002 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946 [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946 [FamilySearch] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War II Jewish Servicemen Cards, 1942-1947 (29 hits, CA 4,733) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., World War II Cadet Nursing Corps Card Files, 1942-1948 (14,685 hits) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S., Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949 (Okay I know it seems weird to put this in here, but I ran across a lot of entries that read "Residence Place: California". So I thought maybe a person connected to Sonoma County, could have died while in the Military over seas. Just another place to search if you can't find a death record.) (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ Web: Japanese American Veterans Association Personnel (CA-5,588 hits: SR-1, Seb-2, Son-1) [Ancestry] . . . Link

~ World War II honor list of dead and missing, state of California. [FamilySearch] . . . Link

Korean War (1950-1953)

~ U.S., Korean War Casualties, 1950-1957 (Results look like you can only search by STATE, but it DOES search by city. For example, I found 14 records for town of Sonoma, 5 for Santa Rosa, 2 for Healdsburg, & 1 for Petaluma) [Ancestry] . . . Link

Vietnam War (1959-1975)

~ U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998 (Hits: Cloverdale-4, Santa Rosa-48, Sebastopol-4, Sonoma-10, Petaluma-12) [Ancestry] . . . Link

Gulf War (1990-1991)

Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts, (2001-2012)

~ U.S., Casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts, 2001-2012 [Ancestry] . . . Link