Reports of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service inform a Family Historian

LaGonterie, Yvette

Annals of Genealogical Research > Vol. 12, No. 1 (2020)

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Reports of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service inform a Family Historian

Yvette LaGonterie

Abstract
This article tells how the muster rolls, daily logs and other records of the United States Revenue Cutter Service (precursor to the U.S. Coast Guard) are primary sources that reveal valuable personal information about an ancestor who served. The information available in these records is typically well beyond what is found in vital records. The article discusses various types of reports reviewed for the period of 1884 – 1911 that include the service of the author’s great-great grandfather, Edward Powers. The case study demonstrates the genealogical research value of the records.

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Cite as: Yvette LaGonterie, "Reports of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service inform a Family Historian," Annals of Genealogical Research Vol. 12, No. 1 (2020) at http://www.genlit.org/agr/viewarticle.php?id=69

Subject areas: US Revenue Cutter Service; New York Harbor; Muster Rolls; Brooklyn; New York City; New York

Annals of Genealogical Research - ISSN 1555-9904