War of 1812 Serv Recds

• Job Number 10-040

• Service Records for the War of 1812

• 8/3/2010

Footnote Content Requirements Document

• Collection: Colonies and RevMedia: paperMedia provider: NARA

• Rolls: 3 boxes• Images: 4112

• Overview. Metadata.Appendix.

• Publication Title(s):– Service Records for the War of 1812

10-040

Overview.

• Service Recds from War of 1812 for men who served on the Niagara, the Lawrence, and Lake Erie Land Station.

Browse groups

• Surname Starts With

• Full Name

• Page

Browse

• A– Adams, John

• Page 1– Anderson, Thomas

• B– Blake, Stephen

• Choose a name

*Sort in alphabetical order

Metadata.

• Title• Browse Title• Content source • Content partner• Source-publication-year • Footnote-publication-year• Record group• National Archives Catalog Information• ARC Identifier• Footnote job #• Language • Country• Surname Starts With• Full Name• Station• Date of Entry• Location• Page

*Many will have a target page, but not all. Lists Name and Station.*

*Date of Entry [DD MMM YYYY, Ex: 6 Jul 1812]*

*Full Name and Station*

Source: Box1000101 and Box1000102

MS Sheet pg1

• Project Name: War of 1812 Serv Recds• Rolls: 3 boxes• OCR: Yes• Category: Col and Rev• Browse Description: War of 1812 Service

Records• Browse Structure

– Surname Starts With– Name ([Surname], [Given])

MS Sheet pg2Field Basic Description Predefined

ValuesTitle/

Page

Browse

Field

Required Format

Publication

Title

Y Name of the Publication Service Records for the War of 1812

T N/A N/A N/A

Publication Number

Y Publication Number N/A T N/A N/A N/A

Content Source Y Name of Source NARA T N/A N/A N/A

Content Partner

Y Name of Partner NARA T N/A N/A N/A

Source Publication

Year

Y Source Publication Year N/A T N/A N/A N/A

Footnote Publication

Year

Y Footnote Publication Year 2010 T N/A N/A N/A

Record Group Y 45 T N/A N/A N/A

Footnote Job Y Assigned Footnote job # 10-040 T N/A N/A N/A

Language Y Language of record English T N/A N/A N/A

Country Y Location-Country United States T N/A N/A N/A

Target N Microfilm Reel Target, Microfilm Item Target

*No microfilm targets*, paper collection

P N N Enumeration

Field Basic Description Predefined Values Title/

Page

Browse

Field

Format

National Archives Catalog Title

Y Service Records for the War of 1812, compiled 1919? - 1947?, documenting the period 1812 - 1815

T N Enumerated

National Archives Catalog ID

Y 1756563 T N Enumerated

Location Y Lake Erie T N Enumerated

Surname Starts With

Y A-Z P Y Enumerated

Full Name Y [Given] [Surname] P Y Free Text

Page Y Auto-assigned page P Y Numeric

Station Y Found on 2nd line of Muster roll, see example

P N Free Text

Date of Entry Y Found on muster roll card Ex: DD MM YYYY P N Date

This envelope usually appears at the beginning of a document set and you can find the values for the Name and Station on this image.

This Muster Roll image should have all the information you need to key all the field values for the document set. HINT: All of these fields will inherit until the beginning of a new document set.

Surname Ex.: AndersonGiven-name Ex.: William

Station Ex.: Seaman

Date of Entry Day Ex.: 06Date of Entry Month Ex.: JulyDate of Entry Year Ex.: 1812