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Online Collection of Civil War Records, New in FamilySearch 

5/24/2014

 
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by Paul B. Nauta of FamilySearch
In conjunction with Memorial Day, FamilySearch announced today significant updates to its free Civil War historic record collections online. The new FamilySearch.org/civil-war landing page provides a quick overview of the vast array of historic records and aids for those researching casualties and veterans of the Civil War. 

 The collections include: Union and Confederate pension, Prisoner of war, Cemetery, National Soldier Home, and Census records. Families can also freely preserve historic photos, stories and correspondence of family members who served in other periods of the armed forces for future generations at FamilySearch.org. Click "Read More" to view the wide range of offerings FamilySearch is offering. This is an excellent research source to. . . 

learn more about your ancestors during the US Civil War Era. Click "ReadMore" for this outstand source for Civil War research.

The following four pages contain many links to valuable research opportunities. To access these links, click on the following link.
 There is fascinating information to find here.


https://familysearch.org/civil-war


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Clicking on each of these pictures through the link above is surprisingly valuaable and interesting..
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The following links (available through the link given above and below) will offer more specific information for your particular ancestor(s). Use the link offered to learn more.
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Notice that the following are Cources to assist in learning how to research for ancestors and the history of the Civil War time. We also teach a class at the SGFSL in Military records. Family Information from these records can often hold precious information. 
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Use this link to access each of the four pages viewed here. Each will have immediate linkage to every part of each of these articles. 


https://familysearch.org/civil-war

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