See the NY State Archives military record information page: http://www.sara.nysed.gov/holding/fact/mil-fact.htm A couple of relevant sections from that page: Spanish-American War. Will search Abstracts of Spanish-American War Military and Naval Service (B0809). Series B0809 includes data on both regular U.S. Army and Navy and National Guard personnel. The National Guard data is summarized in New York in the Spanish-American War, 4 vols. (Albany: 1900-14). N.Y. State Militia/National Guard. Archives holds registers of N.Y. Militia and National Guard commissioned officers (1800-1909) and National Guard muster rolls (1878-1954). The rolls give no personal data other than name and rank, and date of appointment or muster. The registers and rolls are not indexed; therefore Archives staff will not search them. -----Original Message----- From: JTMatBat@aol.com [mailto:JTMatBat@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 2:08 AM To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-Mil] Re: SUBSCRIBE Hi, Does anyone know how to access New York National Guard records? I have an ancestor who was in it for most of his life (he was mustered in to the US Army during the Spanish-American War from his guard unit). Any information would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, John Murphy jtmatbat@aol.com