Monday, May 21, 2018
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Help wanted
The Alabama Archives needs volunteers to help transcribe its collection of 100,000 WWI service records. Click here and scroll past the U.S.S. Cyclops article to read about the project.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Database of African-American Civil War Veterans
200,000 black men served in the Union Army during the Civil War. A project is underway to assemble their names in a searchable database. Source: ResearchBuzz
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Slave surnames
This article from the theroot.com explains why determining the surname of an enslaved person can be difficult.
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Sometimes information about our ancestors can come from places where we'd rather not find it, such as arrest and prison records. This ...
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Back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when the mail moved slowly and some citizens had to travel a good distance to check for mail...
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The Soldiers and Sailors Database maintained on the National Park Service website contains the records of six million men who served both...