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The presence of African American soldiers in the Confederate army is a little known fact of the Civil War. Because the Civil War was largely about the issue of slavery and whether or not it would continue to be allowed in this country, the existence of African American Confederate soldiers seems bizarre. What were their reasons for fighting against the people who would free them?
Why did they side with the Confederacy? Or was it more complicated than that? Here are the answers you need to know... Read More
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Are you searching for more information on your Union soldier ancestor? There is plenty available online, from service records to pension requests, widow’s pensions and veterans census records. However, unless you are lucky enough to find a pension
request with personal letters from your ancestor detailing his service (which do exist, but are the exception rather than the rule… most pension requests just include a questionnaire filled out by the applicant), you probably won't get any additional detail on what his war experience was like. Understanding a soldier’s war experience makes it much more personal to you as a genealogist, brings your ancestor and his times back to life in a virtual way, and puts his service in the historical
context of the entire Civil War…
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These family group sheets provide information on approximately 389,000 individuals from all fifty United States and around the world (including Canada, England, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Prussia, Scotland, Sweden, and Switzerland). The records that were extracted include the Social Security Death Records Index, the Mortality Schedules. The Census index
databases were not used as there was not birth information within the indexed record. Family queries, such as those collected here, are useful because they help coordinate the efforts of family history researchers seeking information on the same family lines. Generally, when you find an ancestor in this data set you'll learn their birth date and location, death date and location, and residence. This database contains images of the pages of William Henry Egle's Notes and Queries, regarded to be among the
most important work on the genealogy, biography, and history of central Pennsylvania ever published. Request a Free Lookup
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If you read the first part of this series, then you're familiar
with the settings, lenses and other tools you'll need to take great shots at the next Fourth of July fireworks display. However, there are a few other things that you’ll need to think about, including your vantage point and how to stabilize your camera or smartphone. And, if you're using a smartphone or point-and-shoot camera, there are a few tips that can make the difference between muddy images and crystal-clear bursts of light and color. Use these tips, and you'll capture fantastic photos no matter what camera or device you're using!
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