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My Ancestor’s Struggles with the Civil War Pension Office
As I write our series of tips about how to do Civil War genealogy, I think regularly about my own ancestors in the Civil War. My great great grandfather, Newell Elijah Gile, comes to my mind very often. He fought hard to receive an adequate pension for wounds he received during the conflict. I imagineContinue reading “My Ancestor’s Struggles with the Civil War Pension Office”
Protecting Your Privacy on GEDmatch
See also our blog post Protecting Your Privacy on Ancestry GEDmatch has been in the news a great deal lately. Last week, authorities in California announced the arrest of alleged serial burglar, rapist, and murderer known as the “Golden State Killer,” Joseph James DeAngelo, Jr. Officials on the case stated that investigators used GEDmatch toContinue reading “Protecting Your Privacy on GEDmatch”
Researching Your Civil War Ancestors, Part III: Finding Your Ancestor’s Military Unit Using Pension Payment Cards
As I pointed out in Part II, you can often find out which unit your ancestor served in by using the Civil War Soldiers Index. Sometimes, however, we need to conduct further research to verify things. One excellent way to pinpoint your ancestor’s unit is by searching for them in federal and state pension indexes.Continue reading “Researching Your Civil War Ancestors, Part III: Finding Your Ancestor’s Military Unit Using Pension Payment Cards”
Fold3 Offering Free Access to Civil War Records Until April 15!
Great news! Fold3 is offering free access to Civil War records in its database until April 15. Fold3 is an excellent site for researching ancestors who may have been a part of the U. S. Military. You can access these records at https://go.fold3.com/civilwar/ You can get further help finding your Civil War ancestors by looking atContinue reading “Fold3 Offering Free Access to Civil War Records Until April 15!”
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Researching Civil War Ancestors, Part II: What Was Your Ancestor’s Military Unit?
This is Part II of a series on finding and researching your Civil War ancestors. See “Part I: Did Any of Your Ancestors Fight?” here. Once you have set aside ancestors of yours who are likely to have fought in the Civil War, the next step is to discover their military unit. When you haveContinue reading “Researching Civil War Ancestors, Part II: What Was Your Ancestor’s Military Unit?”
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Researching Civil War Ancestors, Part I: Did Any of Your Ancestors Fight?
(This post is the first in a multi-part series that will outline how to research your Civil War ancestors.) No war in US history caused more American deaths than the Civil War. Hardly a family survived it without being touched by it in a profound and painful way. I have a number of ancestors whoContinue reading “Researching Civil War Ancestors, Part I: Did Any of Your Ancestors Fight?”