Dear Janet, There are three possibilities. One would be regular service in the Spanish America War. The second would be the First World War. The third would be in a regular service on an United State Naval Ship. There are microfilm indexes in the National Archives for Military Service and Military Pension Forms. National Archives Great Lakes Region 7358 S. Pulaski Rd Chicago, IL. 60629 Phone: 1-312-581-7816 E-mail:<archives@chicago.nara.gov> You might also contact the Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD. They have lots of Naval records. At 03:03 PM 3/3/00 -0500, you wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a list or source for finding men from the >Chicago area who served in the Navy in the late 1800's, early 1900's? I >don't know which war he might have served in....he would have been 21 in >1891. Any suggestions would really be appreciated....Thanks! >Janet in NJ > > >==== COOK-CO-IL Mailing List ==== >IMPORTANT! This list is archived at the new threaded archives at: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/. Do not post anything that you do not want >the world to see. Posts are >NOT removable from the archives.