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 Date of Military Action.

Military Records Search

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~ California, U.S., State Roster Government and Military records, 1911 [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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (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., 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., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 [Ancestry] . . . Link

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

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

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

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

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

~ 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

~ 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., Military Burial Registers, 1768-1921 (All CA) [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

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

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

~ U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941 [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., Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812-1934 (All CA) [Ancestry] . . . Link

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

~ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (948,056 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 Jewish Servicemen Cards, 1942-1947 (29 hits, CA 4,733) [Ancestry] . . . Link

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

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

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

Military Related Histories

~ California State Military History and Museums Program . . . Link

~ Coast Guard Training Center, Petaluma . . . Link

~ Fort Ross Military History . . . Link

~ Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Santa Rosa . . . Link

~ Santa Rosa Army Airfield (Santa Rosa Army Aerodrome) . . . Link

~ Sonoma Barracks (Including El Presidio de Sonoma, El Cuartel de Sonoma, Camp Sonoma, Sonoma Post) . . . Link

~ Windsor Prisoner of War Branch Camp (Camp Windsor) . . . Link