My friends - We will round out this week's data postings with a continuation of our look at some of the lesser known records held in Record Group 94 in the National Archives which can be useful to us in our family research. In prior posts, we have been looking at some specific holdings within RG94. Today, we are going to look at some of the medical records which are contained within that record group. These medical records span the period from 1814 to 1919. As you may recall, RG94 is collectively called the Records of the Adjutant General's Office, but the collection contains records from many different early organizations. In the case of the medical records, some were originally created by the AG's office, while others came from the Surgeon General's office. These latter records had gone to the Pension Office, and then on to the AG's organization. Here are some of the medical records in RG94 that we, as genealogists, would find useful: Field Records of Hospitals - 1821-1912. This is a huge collection of 11,000 volumes, which contain registers of the sick and wounded, order and account books, clothing and other descriptive books. The greater portion of these cover the Civil War period. Records on individuals include name, age, rank, organization and complaint, date admitted, date returned to duty, whether discharged, furloughed, transferred to another hospital or died and remarks. These records cover post, general, prison, base, field, regimental, brigade and division hospitals. There are lists for this entire series, arranged in a single numerical series, and there is a finding list. Mexican War Hospital Records - 1846-1848. This contains much of the same sort of information as the general records above, except pertaining directly to the War With Mexico. This series also includes registers of nurses and matrons and bread and laundry accounts. Contract Books - 1839 - 1849 & 1861 - 1865. This series contains contracts entered into with physicians, with dates and names and terms of each contract. Reports of Sick & Wounded - 1820 - 1860 - These are monthly and quarterly reports showing diseases and, for each month, the numbers suffering from those diseases that were admitted into a hospital and the number of deaths. The names of the deceased are shown Registers of the Physical Examination of Recruits - 1864 - 1912 - This series was kept by medical officers at recruiting stations, showing the location of the station, date, name of recruit, where born, age, occupation, marital status, personal description and whether admitted or rejected. There is also a smaller series available which has information on this same subject area for the years 1884-1912. As we get a little further along in this series, I will be addressing the question which several of you have asked me, and that is how to obtain copies of records in the various subgroups in RG94. In most cases, it can be done by mail, and I will get into detail on that process in the near future. As usual, there will be no data posts per se over the weekend, but I hope to have another cemetery file ready for offering, if all goes well time-wise. -B ============================================================