{"id":230,"date":"2016-11-05T01:13:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T01:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2017-08-22T08:57:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:57:41","slug":"230-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/join\/230-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Find My Ancestor’s Records?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Making a connection to an Confederate ancestor is an exciting way to bring history alive for you and your family.\u00a0 So the first step has got to be for you to learn your family\u2019s genealogy.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The basic facts that you will need to know in order to research on an ancestor are: name, state, regiment, and if possible, the company. Knowing what county your ancestor resided in during the 1860’s would be helpful.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Start your search by talking with your oldest living relatives. See how much information they can give for building a family tree. Develop a family tree that extends back to the mid 1800\u2019s.\u00a0 Southern males aged 16-40 on the 1860 census are prime candidates for CSA service. Begin your search with these men.\u00a0 Later you can check on older or younger men that may have also served.<\/span><\/div>\n
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It is important now to determine the state and county of residence so that Census records from 1860 may be located and reviewed for information. Census records can be found in local libraries, historical and genealogy societies, government archives and at LDS Family History Centers.\u00a0 Some are in books, but more common are microfilms.\u00a0 Paper copies of census records can usually be made. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Develop a list of men whom you suspect may have served.<\/span><\/div>\n
Contact their home county to see if there is a local historical society. Many counties have historical societies that have already documented their local-county men who fought for the Confederacy. Many have “County History” books which contain their men\u2019s involvement with the War.\u00a0 They’ll have at least the local companies raised, and sometimes the roster and pension recipient list. Occasionally the battles their local soldiers participated in, their letters home, and more may be found in these books.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Confederate regiments were frequently referred to by the commander’s name even when in fact they had a numerical designation.\u00a0 You will find that many states have some sort of indexed listings of a soldiers.\u00a0 The National Archives has published a “Consolidated Index to Compiled Confederate Service Records” on microfilm which is available in many large historical libraries.\u00a0 The service records themselves are also frequently on microfilm at the library. <\/span><\/div>\n
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All Southern states have archived records of men who fought in the War Between the States and records of men and\/or widows of veterans who applied for pensions based on service to the CSA.\u00a0 Once you have a name or list of names you can visit or contact the state archives to view and\/or obtain copies of service and\/or pension records.\u00a0 Remember that not all records survived the war and the amount and quality of information can vary greatly from state to state.<\/span><\/div>\n
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When you have gathered the basic information, you can also obtain copies of your ancestor’s service records from the National Archives.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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You can order your ancestors records on line at <\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/eservices.archives.gov\/orderonline\/start.swe?SWECmd=Start<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
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The cost is now $25.00 per individual and takes 60-120 days to receive information. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Contact Information for the National Archives:<\/span><\/div>\n

The National Archives and Records Administration
\n8601 Adelphi Road
\nCollege Park, MD 20740-6001<\/span><\/p>\n

Telephone toll free 1-866-272-6272\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Email contact page is listed at: <\/span><\/div>\n
www.archives.gov\/global-pages\/email-page.html?send=\/contact\/index.html<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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If you want copies of the form to fill out or to distribute a booths, you may request NATF Form 86 Military Service Records at:
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www.archives.gov\/contact\/inquire-form.html#part-b<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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When you have the forms, fill one out as completely as possible and check “Military Service”.\u00a0 It is recommended that you write in red ink next to the veteran’s name “Please send complete contents of files”. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The information from compiled service records from the National Archives may be the same, similar or different that the information from the state archives on the same soldier.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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The National Archives will not have pension records for Confederate veterans.\u00a0 Only the former Confederate state that awarded the pension to your ancestor will have such records in their archives.<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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In addition, The Camp’s Adjutant may be able to assist you with your research at no charge.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making a connection to an Confederate ancestor is an exciting way to bring history alive for you and your family.\u00a0 So the first step has got to be for you to learn your family\u2019s genealogy. \u00a0 The basic facts that you will need to know in order to research on an ancestor are: name, state, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":107,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P83QrK-3I","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":943,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/230\/revisions\/943"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hobbycamp713.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}