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Volume III,
Issue 5, May, 2003
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Research Links I've found useful
Civil War
Information about specific civil war units (both Union
and Confederate) can be found at the following. You need to know the unit
your ancestor served in before using this resource.
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/ACWUnits.html
You can click on the state, then unit name to see a list
of materials available for research at the U.S. Army Military History Institute.
These are unit specific references available via interlibrary loan.
(If they have a unit's photo, I think a copy can be obtained from them.
I don't understand the procedure, as the site mentions interlibary loan,
but the actual listing
implies they will send a copy. If anyone finds this information
out, please let the list know.)
To find the unit your ancestor served in, go first to
the address below. This is a name search. I suggest entering
only the last name. It is amazing how many cousins and fathers served.
You can always do a more specific search later. www.itd.nps.gov This search
covers army service. Once you know the unit name and period of time
in the service, you can look at the unit on this site and see a brief history
of the campaigns that unit fought in.
Last, but most important, you can use the unit information
to request a pension or military service file from the National Archives.
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/military_and_genealogy_order_forms.html
It is somewhat costly, when I requested one, I paid $45
for the pension records (which I think includes the material in the military
service file plus pension information), but I received over 100 pages of
information, with copies of letters written by my ancestor, his army commander,
plus information about his marriages, his wife's family (she had to prove
she wasn't previously married). He had to prove how many children
he had etc. Over all , I think the cost and wait was worth it.
When you go to the archives web site, you request a form via e-mail, fill
it out and send it in. It takes about 8 weeks to get the file.
I also received copies of annual surgeons reports, which gave physical
descriptions of him.
St. Mary's County, Maryland Families, by Linda
Reno. http://www.stmarysfamilies.com/
The purpose of this site is to share with you some of
the very rich history of St. Mary's County, Maryland, the third English
colony established in the new world. For too many years, the historical
importance of this area has been overlooked. In recent years, real progress
has been made by the St. Mary's City Commission in recreating the original
capital of Maryland. Their primary focus is on the original settlers and
how they lived at St. Mary's City. Our focus will be on the people who
lived in St. Mary's County or whose roots were here over the past
367 years.
Maryland Genealogy, by Jerry Clark. http://cu.quik.com/clark4/
One of the most comprehensive early Maryland Genealogy
sites I've ever had the pleaseure to find. If you can't find it here, it
probably doesn't exist.
Colonial America, from Exploration through the American
Revolution, by The American Local History Network. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/index.html
A veritable wealth of Colonial information.
The Maryland Landings - The Maddox Family, by Byron
Maddox, http://www.birch.net/~gbyron/kin/maddox.html
The Maddox family descends from Wales and many thousands
living in the United States can trace their roots to the earliest colonial
times -- to Maryland and Virginia in the 1600's. There are several immigrant
Maddoxes who arrived a few years from each other and genealogists have
traced parts of their lineages down to the present day in many states.
You may be related to these lines of Maddox too.