Confederate Genealogy Talk

 

[This talk is designed to introduce individuals to the use of the internet to help them locate their ancestors who were formerly Confederate soldiers (or even Yankee soldiers). Duration: about 1 hour. The material referred to below will be discussed, using overhead slides or a PowerPoint presentation. Handouts are provided.]

 

General Indexes to the Civil War

 

American Civil War                                             http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html

US Civil War Center                                            http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/civlink.htm

Cyndi's List                                                           http://www.CyndisList.com/cw.htm

Regimental histories                                            http://history-sites.com/~kjones/

 

 

Archives Addresses                                                           http://www.erols.com/jreb/genelogy.html                                                                                                                       http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/rs/sarl.htm

 

Military Records                                                                  http://www.usigs.org/library/military/links/civ.htm

(GA)                                                                       http://www.rootsweb.com/~gagenweb/records/military.htm

(TX)                                                                        http://www.cba.uh.edu/~parks/tex/texreb1.htm

National Archives                                                http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html

                                (Ft. Worth)                                            http://www.nara.gov/regional/ftworth.html

                Compiled Service Records, Index                      http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/micmain.htm

                CSR Index: Texas  M227 (41 rolls)                     http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/txmicro.htm

                CSRs Texas              M323 (445 rolls)                 http://gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/txmicro.htm

                Unfiled Papers         M347 (442 rolls)

                Letters Received     M347 (Secretary of War, 151 rolls)

                Letters Received     M474 (Adj & Inspector Gen'l, 164 rolls)

                Orders & Circulars M921 (5 rolls)

SCV Genealogy Network                                    http://www.scv.org/scvgen00.htm

TX SCV Genealogy Network              http://www.texas-scv.org/gennet.html

                                TX Genealogist    Larry Maxey, 4105 Deer Trail, Temple, TX 76504,  (817) 778-0136

                SUV                                                                        http://suvcw.org/

                UDC Homepage                                                   http://www.hqudc.org/

                CWSoldiers & Sailors System                           http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/  CT, IA, LA, MA, PA, SC, TN, USCT

 

Texas State Cemetery                                                          http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/

                Search site                                                             http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp

Electric Cemetery                                 http://www.ionet.net/~cousin/

Texas CS Pensions                                                              http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html

 

US GenWeb Project                                                             http://www.usgenweb.com/statelinks.html (.net or .org)

                (Alabama)                                                              http://www.rootsweb.com/~algenweb/ (example)

                (Texas)                                                                   http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ (example)

 

Books Mentioned:

Confederate research sources : a guide to archive collections, by James C. Neagles.  Salt Lake City, UT : Ancestry Pub., 1986

Confederate Military History, vol. 11: Texas, ed. by Clement Evans. Wilmington, NC : Broadfoot, 1987

Handbook of Texas Online                                                 http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

Military Bibliography of the Civil War, by Charles Dornbusch. New York: Public Library, 1961-87

Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray, by Mamie Yearie.  Dayton, OH: Morningside Books, 1986.

The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, ed. by Janet B. Hewett. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., 1995 (16 vols) and its subsets:

such as Texas Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, ed. by Janet B. Hewett. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Pub. Co., 1997 (2 vols.)

Texans Who Wore the Gray, by Sidney Smith Johnson. Tyler, TX, 1907.

Texas in the War, 1861-1865, comp.  by Marcus J. Wright, ed. by Harold B. Simpson. Hillsboro, TX : Hill Junior College Press,  1965