When it comes to military records in GenealogyBank, we often think of the obituaries and articles that appeared in America’s newspapers over the past three centuries.
I have written many times about the millions of newspaper articles reporting stories of our military ancestors that have served, from the Colonial wars down to the present.
But wait, there’s more.
GenealogyBank includes the series of Army Registers, Navy Registers, etc., that were published annually from the mid-1800s to modern times.
Each annual Register gives detailed information about the officers who served the nation – with important core facts about their lives: information like their date and place of birth; dates of service; rank advancement; duty stations; and similar information.
I have taken the Official Army Register for 1910 as an example and extracted the basic information for 2,000 of the officers that were serving that year as a Veterans Day tribute to them – and as a reminder to family historians to dig into all of the sources contained in GenealogyBank.
Here is a partial list of those officers – more to come.
| Name | Date of Birth | Birth Place | Service | Register Page |
| Abbot, Frederic V. | 4 March 1858 | Massachusetts | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 75 |
| Abbott, James E. | 16 August 1872 | Maryland | Signal Corps | 1910. page 99 |
| Acher, Albert H. | 6 June 1885 | Pennsylvania | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 87 |
| Adair, George F. | 14 April 1878 | Texas | Medical Department | 1910. page 60 |
| Adair, Henry R. | 13 April 1882 | Oregon | 10th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 159 |
| Adams, Edward M. | 22 October 1877 | Michigan | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 81 |
| Adams, Lewis M. | 22 May 1882 | Pennsylvania | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 84 |
| Adams, Paul A. | 24 August 1875 | Massachusetts | Medical Department | 1910. page 69 |
| Adams, Sterling P. | 24 January 1866 | Alabama | 14th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 174 |
| Addis, Emmett | 28 February 1879 | Connecticut | 10th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 159 |
| Ainsworth, Fred C. | 11 September 1852 | Vermont | Adjutant General’s Department | 1910. page 10 |
| Aleshire, James B. | 31 October 1856 | Ohio | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 19 |
| Aleshire, Olan C. | 25 June 1878 | Illinois | 12th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 168 |
| Alexander, Roger G. | 1 August 1883 | Missouri | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 86 |
| Allen, Charles M. | 29 December 1880 | Ohio | Ordnance Department | 1910. page 92 |
| Allen, Henry T. | 13 April 1859 | Kentucky | 8th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 146 |
| Allen, James | 13 February 1849 | Indiana | Signal Corps | 1910. page 95 |
| Allen, John H. | 20 October 1873 | Tennessee | Medical Department | 1910. page 44 |
| Allen, William H. | 10 June 1885 | Washington, D.C. | Medical Department | 1910. page 66 |
| Allison, James N. | 4 September 1848 | Kentucky | Subsistence Department | 1910. page 29 |
| Altstaetter, Fred’k W. | 11 December 1875 | Ohio | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 80 |
| Alvord, Benjamin | 15 May 1860 | Washington | Adjutant General’s Department | 1910. page 11 |
| Ames, Thales L. | 19 September 1869 | Wisconsin | Ordnance Department | 1910. page 91 |
| Amory, Charles B., Jr. | 5 March 1882 | Louisiana | 9th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 154 |
| Amos, Frank P. | 19 June 1875 | Wisconsin | 11th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 162 |
| Anderson, Alvord Van P. | 10 April 1872 | New York | 6th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 137 |
| Anderson, Edward | 31 May 1864 | Virginia | Subsistence Department | 1910. page 32 |
| Anderson, Edward D. | 22 January 1868 | Tennessee | Pay Department | 1910. page 73 |
| Anderson, Everett A. | 27 September 1867 | Kentucky | Medical Department | 1910. page 61 |
| Anderson, George S. | 30 September 1849 | New Jersey | 9th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 151 |
| Anderson, William D. A. | 6 January 1881 | Virginia | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 84 |
| Anderson, William T. | 20 August 1859 | Texas | Chaplains | 1910. page 102 |
| Andrews, Frank M. | 3 February 1884 | Tennessee | 8th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 150 |
| Andrews, George | 26 August 1850 | Rhode Island | Adjutant General’s Department | 1910. page 10 |
| Andrews, Henry M. | 13 November 1850 | New York | 1st Regiment of Field Artillery | 1910. page 182 |
| Andrews, Lincoln C. | 21 November 1867 | Minnesota | 15th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 179 |
| Andrus, Edwin P. | 17 November 1851 | New York | 2nd Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 118 |
| Appel, Aaron H. | 3 April 1856 | Pennsylvania | Medical Department | 1910. page 35 |
| Appel, Daniel M. | 28 October 1854 | Pennsylvania | Medical Department | 1910. page 34 |
| Archer, William M., Jr. | 6 August 1878 | Virginia | Medical Department | 1910. page 63 |
| Ardery, Edward D. | 12 July 1884 | Nevada | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 86 |
| Armstrong, Eugene V. | 18 December 1882 | Pennsylvania | 13th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 172 |
| Armstrong, Frank S. | 18 November 1868 | Indiana | 9th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 151 |
| Arnold, Daniel W. | 11 September 1848 | Ohio | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 23 |
| Arnold, Frederick T. | 9 October 1871 | Iowa | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 26 |
| Arnold, Percy W. | 22 May 1874 | New York | 7th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 142 |
| Arnold, Samuel B. | 6 August 1867 | New York | 1st Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 114 |
| Artaud, Frank E. | 25 January 1869 | New York | Medical Department | 1910. page 56 |
| Arthur, William H. | 1 April 1856 | Pennsylvania | Medical Department | 1910. page 35 |
| Ashburn, James K. | 11 September 1877 | Ohio | Medical Department | 1910. page 60 |
| Ashburn, Percy M. | 28 July 1872 | Ohio | Medical Department | 1910. page 41 |
| Ashford, Bailey K. | 18 September 1873 | Washington, D.C. | Medical Department | 1910. page 40 |
| Ashford, Mahlon | 24 March 1881 | Washington, D.C. | Medical Department | 1910. page 53 |
| Atkisson, Earl J. | 12 August 1886 | Nebraska | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 86 |
| Austin, Fred T. | 28 December 1866 | Vermont | 3rd Regiment of Field Artillery | 1910. page 189 |
| Austin, Thomas C. | 29 July 1880 | South Carolina | Medical Department | 1910. page 65 |
| Austin, William A. | 6 December 1870 | Ohio | 4th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 129 |
| Averill, Nathan K. | 23 October 1872 | Michigan | 7th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 142 |
| Axton, John T. | 28 July 1870 | Utah | Chaplains | 1910. page 104 |
| Aydelotte, John T. | 28 August 1884 | Maryland | Medical Department | 1910. page 66 |
| Babbitt, Edwin B. | 26 July 1862 | New York | Ordnance Department | 1910. page 89 |
| Babcock, Walter C. | 16 August 1870 | Massachusetts | 13th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 170 |
| Bach, Christian A. | 3 December 1870 | Minnesota | 7th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 143 |
| Bader, Albert J. | 24 September 1859 | New York | Chaplains | 1910. page 103 |
| Baer, Joseph A. | 29 April 1878 | Pennsylvania | 6th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 137 |
| Bailey, Edward | 23 September 1862 | Indiana | Medical Department | 1910. page 58 |
| Bailey, George F. | 24 July 1871 | Massachusetts | 2nd Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 120 |
| Bailey, George G. | 14 March 1861 | New York | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 22 |
| Bain, Jarvis J. | 2 May 1880 | Indiana | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 85 |
| Baird, George H. | 23 November 1876 | Kansas | 11th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 163 |
| Baird, Henry W. | 13 August 1881 | Maryland | 5th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 135 |
| Baker, Charles L. | 16 February 1872 | West Virginia | Medical Department | 1910. page 58 |
| Baker, Charles T. | 27 October 1870 | South Carolina | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 23 |
| Baker, David | 22 August 1871 | Illinois | Medical Department | 1910. page 41 |
| Baker, Frank | 29 October 1849 | Massachusetts | Ordnance Department | 1910. page 88 |
| Baker, Frank C. | 9 November 1877 | Washington, D.C. | Medical Department | 1910. page 43 |
| Baker, Jesse M. | 1 March 1856 | Pennsylvania | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 23 |
| Baker, Scott | 1 December 1881 | Indiana | 2nd Regiment of Field Artillery | 1910. page 187 |
| Ball, Louis R. | 14 January 1875 | Ohio | 6th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 137 |
| Ballard, James C. | 17 January 1866 | Mississippi | Medical Department | 1910. page 63 |
| Bamberger, Raymond S. | 29 October 1877 | Kentucky | 2nd Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 121 |
| Bane, Thurman H. | 12 June 1884 | California | 14th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 177 |
| Banister, John M. | 17 August 1854 | Alabama | Medical Department | 1910. page 35 |
| Banister, William B. | 14 October 1861 | Alabama | Medical Department | 1910. page 37 |
| Banta, William P. | 17 November 1873 | Kentucky | Medical Department | 1910. page 49 |
| Barber, Alvin B. | 19 May 1883 | Oregon | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 85 |
| Barber, John R. | 26 February 1878 | Oregon | Medical Department | 1910. page 52 |
| Barden, William J. | 9 September 1870 | Connecticut | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 79 |
| Barnard, Joseph H. | 11 January 1877 | Illinois | 5th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 134 |
| Barnes, Joseph F. | 15 September 1878 | Washington, D.C. | 2nd Regiment of Field Artillery | 1910. page 186 |
| Barney, Charles N. | 19 August 1872 | Ohio | Medical Department | 1910. page 44 |
| Barney, Frederick M. | 13 April 1863 | New York | Medical Department | 1910. page 57 |
| Barney, James P. | 1 April 1875 | Ohio | 8th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 148 |
| Barnhardt, George C. | 28 December 1868 | North Carolina | 15th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 178 |
| Barnum, Malvern-Hill | 3 September 1863 | New York | 8th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 146 |
| Barriger, William S. | 9 December 1875 | Nebraska | 8th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 149 |
| Barroll, Morris K. | 31 December 1865 | Maryland | Pay Department | 1910. page 71 |
| Barry, John A. | 27 January 1880 | Tennessee | 2nd Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 121 |
| Barry, Thomas H. | 13 October 1855 | New York | General Officer | 1910. page 6 |
| Bartlett, Cosam J. | 4 May 1874 | California | Medical Department | 1910. page 46 |
| Bartlett, William K. | 28 March 1878 | New York | Medical Department | 1910. page 52 |
| Barton, Frank A. | 23 July 1869 | Washington, D.C. | 3rd Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 123 |
| Barton, Robert M. | 14 July 1877 | Tennessee | 5th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 134 |
| Bastlon, Joseph E. | 27 March 1883 | Massachusetts | Medical Department | 1910. page 63 |
| Bateman, Cephas C. | 16 May 1857 | Michigan | Chaplains | 1910. page 102 |
| Bateman, Harold H. | 30 September 1887 | California | 1st Regiment of Field Artillery | 1910. page 184 |
| Bayley, Edmund W. | 2 December 1875 | Massachusetts | Medical Department | 1910. page 62 |
| Bayly, Rozier C. | 18 August 1881 | Italy | Medical Department | 1910. page 55 |
| Beach, Francis H. | 4 April 1864 | New York | 7th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 141 |
| Beach, Lansing H. | 18 June 1860 | Iowa | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 76 |
| Beach, William D. | 18 June 1856 | New York | 11th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 161 |
| Beavers, George W., Jr. | 31 December 1884 | New York | 2nd Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 122 |
| Beck, Paul W. | 1 December 1876 | Texas | Signal Corps | 1910. page 98 |
| Beck, Robert McC., Jr. | 9 May 1879 | Maryland | 12th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 167 |
| Beery, Harry R. | 29 June 1882 | Ohio | Medical Department | 1910. page 67 |
| Beeuwkes, Henry | 29 August 1881 | New Jersey | Medical Department | 1910. page 66 |
| Bejamin, Julian A. | 21 January 1877 | Washington, D.C. | 3rd Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 124 |
| Bell, George, Jr. | 23 January 1859 | Maryland | Inspector General’s Department | 1910. page 15 |
| Bell, J. Franklin | 9 January 1856 | Kentucky | General Officer | 1910. page 5 |
| Bell, James F. | 9 November 1876 | Pennsylvania | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 83 |
| Bell, Leonard P. | 30 April 1871 | Indiana | Medical Department | 1910. page 59 |
| Bell, Ola W. | 13 May 1871 | Michigan | 14th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 174 |
| Bell, Samuel H. | 15 November 1849 | North Carolina | Chaplains | 1910. page 102 |
| Bell, Verne R. | 15 December 1877 | Michigan | 1st Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 117 |
| Bell, William H., Jr. | 3 October 1874 | Washington | 11th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 163 |
| Bellinger, John B. | 15 April 1862 | South Carolina | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 20 |
| Benét, J. Walker | 16 July 1857 | Kentucky | Ordnance Department | 1910. page 89 |
| Benson, Harry C. | 8 December 1857 | Ohio | 5th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 132 |
| Berkeley, Hugh D. | 13 July 1871 | Virginia | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 25 |
| Bernard, Thomas P. | 25 December 1880 | Nevada | 7th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 144 |
| Berry, Lucien G. | 29 November 1863 | New York | 3rd Regiment of Field Artillery | 1910. page 189 |
| Bertsch, William H. | 5 January 1869 | Michigan | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 24 |
| Bessell, William W. | 25 January 1864 | England | Signal Corps | 1910. page 99 |
| Besson, Frank S. | 12 May 1886 | Pennsylvania | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 87 |
| Bethel, Walter A. | 25 November 1866 | Ohio | Judge Advocate General’s Department | 1910. page 18 |
| Bethel, Walter A. | 25 November 1866 | Ohio | Military Academy | 1910. page 108 |
| Betta, Charles A. | 7 June 1873 | Michigan | Medical Department | 1910. page 64 |
| Bevans, James L. | 29 April 1869 | Wisconsin | Medical Department | 1910. page 46 |
| Bickham, Abraham S. | 28 August 1860 | Ohio | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 22 |
| Biddle, David H. | 3 September 1867 | New Jersey | 6th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 138 |
| Biddle, John | 2 February 1859 | Michigan | Corps of Engineers | 1910. page 76 |
| Biegler, George W. | 31 May 1868 | Indiana | 12th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 167 |
| Bierbower, Henry C. | 10 May 1874 | Pennsylvania | Medical Department | 1910. page 62 |
| Bigelow, Mortimer O. | 5 November 1870 | Michigan | 8th Regiment of Cavalry | 1910. page 147 |
| Billingslea, Charles C. | 16 March 1878 | Maryland | Medical Corps. | 1910. page 47 |
| Bingham, Ernest G. | 17 July 1876 | Alabama | Medical Department | 1910. page 50 |
| Bingham, Gonzalez S. | 10 October 1857 | Florida | Quartermaster’s Department | 1910. page 20 |
| Birmingham, Henry P. | 15 March 1854 | New York | Medical Department | 1910. page 36 |
| Birnie, Rogers | 5 April 1851 | Maryland | Ordnance Department | 1910. page 88 |
Here is how I found that annual register. First, on the GenealogyBank home page, select “Government Publications” under the “Collections” tab.
Then, on the Government Publications search page, type “official army register for 1910” in the keywords box and hit the search button.
This brings up the complete Official Army Register for 1910.
Note: the exact title of the Army Registers varied over the years, but the phrase “army register” is the key.