This book is a state-by-state guide to free online resources for genealogical research in the United States. It explores the available online collections of state archives, historical societies,... More > university and public libraries, and other local repositories.< Less
This book is a state-by-state guide to free online resources for genealogical research in the United States. It explores the available online collections of state archives, historical societies,... More > university and public libraries, and other local repositories.< Less
The Slave Claims Commissions were created by the War Department in late 1863, in order to compensate the owners of slaves who enlisted in the Union Army. Only Union-controlled slave states were... More > eligible--Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, and Tennessee.
This first volume in a proposed series of books transcribing and abstracting the records of the Slave Claims Commission, presents the claims registered by the Delaware Slave Claims Commission.< Less
During the Civil War, President Lincoln instituted a draft to fill military quotas. In Maryland, the BALTIMORE SUN printed lists of the men drafted. This book contains the names and other details of... More > over 11,000 draftees identified in these published lists.< Less
