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For many decades, the descendants of Irish immigrant and watchmaker, Jonathan Dillon, have carried a family story about Dillons having secreted a message within the pocket watch of President Abraham Lincoln. The story was that he just happened to be Continue reading Abe Lincoln’s Pocket Watch & its Secret Message
Book Review: General Lee’s Army – From Victory to Collapse, by Joseph T. Glatthaar During my lifetime, I’ve often heard it said that the American Civil War was fought, not specifically over slavery, but over state’s rights. That sounded plausible Continue reading General Lee’s Army – From Victory to Collapse
The following data is new this month at Footnote.com: Civil War Union Soldier Service Records: Mississippi Missouri Utah Territory Dakota Territory Danish West Indies – Slavery and Emancipation (1672-1917) Military Intelligence Division – Negro Subversion (1917-1941) Secretary of the Interior Continue reading New At Footnote.com
Voter registration records have long been used by genealogists – most often considered as an added proof of residence in a community, but also useful in establishing length of that residence and nativity. The Alabama Department of Archives and History Continue reading The 1867 Alabama Voter Registration Database & Digitized Images Online
The Missouri History Museum recently launched the Genealogy and Local History Index which includes references to hundreds of thousands of St. Louis ancestors. In this index, you can search by personal name, business/corporate name, or street address. (The latter search Continue reading The New Missouri History Museum “Genealogy & Local History Index” Online
World’s Leading Online Family History Resource Adds More Than 4 Million New Records to Its Civil War Collection, Including More Than 20,000 Letters Written to and from Lincoln. PROVO, UTAH – Feb. 12, 2009 – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online Continue reading Ancestry Marks Lincoln’s 200th Birthday With the Launch of 5 Databases Featuring Millions of Civil War Era Records
CARBONDALE, Illinois – Mississippi might seem like an unlikely place to honor Ulysses S. Grant. After all, the Union general’s military victory at Vicksburg helped turn the tide of the Civil War against the state and the rest of Dixie. Continue reading Ulysses S. Grant Papers Moving to Mississippi State University
Footnote.com sent out an update today stating the new records that can be found at their site. The following items are new or updated for January. I added a listing of cities for which Footnote earlier posted city directories. Indian Continue reading New at Footnote.com – Indian Census Rolls – City Directories – Civil War Widows’ Pensions – Arkansas Civil War Service Records
The Shelby County Historical Society has unveiled a roadside marker commemorating the victims of the “Simpsonville Slaughter.” Following is a teaser from the article in the January 27, 2009 edition of The State Journal. SIMPSONVILLE [Kentucky] – The sacrifices of Continue reading Victims of the Simpsonville Slaughter Remembered
New Book Announcement: Civil War Veterans Buried In Stevens County, Washington Our Civil War veterans may be gone, but they are certainly not forgotten! Roger May, a member of the Northeast Washington Genealogical Society, became interested in documenting all of Continue reading Civil War Veterans Buried In Stevens County, Washington
If you have Union Civil War ancestors, you’ve got to check out the new National Graves Registration Database posted by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. I just took a quick look and found that my Union Continue reading The New Sons of Union Veterans National Graves Registration Database