Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves the collection of the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree. Genealogy is sometimes also referred to as family history, although these terms may be used distinctly: the former being the basic study of who is related to whom; the latter involving more "fleshing out" of the life and family histories of the individuals involved.
In this article the terms genealogist, researcher, and family historian refer to every participant, from the inexperienced hobbyist to the seasoned professional.
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Rosters - Directory of online Civil War records listed by state.
Meta Description: [ A directory of online Civil War indexes & records. ]
Access Genealogy - Civil War Resource Center - Civil War regimental rosters, muster rolls, and histories for all states including battlefield maps and weekly articles. How to determine if your ancestor was in the Civil War and instructions to order his pension records. What happened this day in Civil War History.
Meta Description: [ Civil War Records ]
Alabama Civil War Roots - Contains information and instructions for those who want to research the Civil War service of an Alabama ancestor.
Burial Locations - The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemetery Administration can provide limited burial location assistance to family members and close friends of decedents thought to be buried in a VA national cemetery.
Meta Description: [ Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker. ]
Civil War Genealogy Battlefield Research - Provides text description and image describing the circumstances surrounding the battlefield death of a Civil War soldier. A research service with four examples.
Meta Description: [ A vignette (vinYET) can be an image, a description, or both. For the purposes of the "Civil War Vignettes" American Civil War genealogy service, it is both. Our service combines a well-researched textual description with an appropriate period photographic image, and offers the result to our clien... ]
Civil War Records - Valuable sources for genealogists.
Meta Description: [ Some 2.8 million men served the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War (1861-65), and more books, periodical articles, and Internet sites discuss the Civil War than any other American military conflict. ]
Civil War Records - Parker family genealogy from England to Virginia to North Carolina with and American Civil War emphasis.
Meta Description: [ Parker Genealogy and Heritage, Thomas North Carolina Legion Cherokees Indians Highlanders Mountaineers, 69th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Chief Confederate Colonel William Holland Thomas ]
Civil War Research and Genealogy Database - Commercial site that contains regimental rosters, chronicles, officer profiles, soldier photographs, and battle synopses. Charge per search, or annual membership fee.
Meta Description: [ American Civil War Research Database; a database of over 4 million American Civil War Union and Confederate soldiers fully searchable by soldier's name and by regiments. The American Civil War Research Database will assist military tactics, reenactment or genealogy research. ]
Civil War Soldiers of Hartland Township, Michigan - Lists over 150 Civil War soldiers who resided in Hartland Twp., Livingston Co., Michigan with links to the sources
Meta Description: [ This page
contains a list of Civil War soldiers who resided in Hartland,
Livingston Co., Michigan. ]
Civil War Veterans - Names of Civil War veterans buried in Cedar County Iowa.
civilwarfamilyhistory - Genealogical tools to help find Civil War soldiers and sailors.
Meta Description: [ Genealogical tools are provided to help find Civil War soldiers and sailors, and their stories can be published on the website by relatives to record family history. ]
Confederate Records - Names of Confederate soldiers from 15 states, soldiers paroled at Vicksburg, soldiers from unknown counties and memoirs.
Cyndi's List- U.S. Civil War/ War for Southern Independence - Including over 72,500 Civil War links of genealogy sites on the internet. Over 60,000 are categorized and cross-referenced in more than 120 categories.
Meta Description: [ More than 263,250 links! 254,850 links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 180 categories. Another 8,350+ uncategorized new links in the works. ]
Florida CSA Pension Files - Florida Confederate pension application files include name, unit, wife's name and resident county.
Maine Genealogy Forum - A searchable genealogy forum for all counties in Maine.
NH Civil War Genealogy - Researcher who helps find the history of New Hampshire's Civil War Veterans. Site includes biography, contact information, and links.
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Pacific Northwest Civil War Soldiers' Burial Project - Gateway to burial locations, units of service, and personal name index for veterans of the American Civil War who are buried in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.
Phil's Civil War - Devoted to the battles and units of Tennessee Cavalry that the writer's family was involved with.
Meta Description: [ Wehman Civil War History ]
Sandusky County, Ohio Civil War Soldiers - From the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center, Civil War soldiers database alphabetical index. Listings contain comprehensive information, including name, age, company, regiment, rank in, rank out and disposition.
Soldiers Buried in Our Soldiers Cemetery - Mount Jackson, Virginia. A listing of Confederate soldiers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas , Virginia and other.
Meta Description: [ A listing of Confederate soldiers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas , Virginia and other. ]
The Loughborough Family Papers: Collection Description - Contains letters and Civil War documents of members of the Loughborough family arranged in seven folders in one box.
The Mangham Family and the Civil War - Describes new book entitled, _Oh, For a Touch of the Vanished Hand: Discovering a Southern Family and the Civil War_.
TheValley of the Shadow - Civil War reference materials, including; letters, diaries, newspapers, public and military records.
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Union Pension Records - Offers a civil war pension search service.
Meta Description: [ Let Us Search the Civil War Pension Records For Your Ancestors. A Wealth of Information May Await You Here ]
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