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Record Group Number: 800000
Series/Collection Number: .L 237
Creator: Florida. Circuit Court (14th Circuit : Bay County)
Title, Dates: Soldiers and sailors discharge records, 1919-1942.
Amount: 1.00 microfilm reel 35 mm.
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Organization/Arrangement: Chronological.
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Biographical/Historical:     Bay County was created by an act (ch. 6505, Laws) of the State Legislature on April 14, 1913.  Bay was created from parts of Calhoun and Washington counties.  The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of will, marriage, and probate records.
Summary:     The series consists of a microfilm copy of soldier and sailor discharges for Bay County from 1919 to 1942.
    Each county in the United States was required to record the honorable discharge of soldiers and sailors who served in World War I.  The records are usually typed or handwritten transcripts of the original document given to the soldier.  The records contain the individual's name, race, rank, series number, reason for discharge, birthplace, age at time of enlistment, occupation, and physical description.  The enlistment record, usually included with the discharge record, gives the length of service, prior service, marital status, arms and horsemanship qualifications, advancement, battles, decorations and honors, leaves of absence, physical condition, and character evaluation.
    Volume 1 contains discharges from 1919 to 1942 and includes an index at the beginning of the volume.  Volumes 2-3 contain "certificates in lieu of lost or destroyed certificate of discharge" from 1924 to 1942.  Only Volume 2 of these records contain an index.
Finding Aids: Microfilm listing available.
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Reproduction Note: Microfilm.
Location of Originals/Duplicates: Circuit Court, 14th Judicial Circuit, Bay County.  Office of the Clerk, Panama City, Florida.
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Subject Access Fields: Military discharge Florida  --Bay County
World War, 1914-1918 Florida
Military records. aat
Bay County (Fla.)
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