Jeffrey Vaillant on “Chasing Your Civil War Ancestor”
Jeffrey, who is a professional genealogist, gave a presentation about how to do research on your Civil War ancestor, including information about the U.S. Census, the National Park Service online “Soldiers and Sailors System,” and finding military and pension records at the National Archives. Jeffrey has provided two papers (both Microsoft Word documents) with a number of interesting online links:
His talk provided real-world examples using one of his own ancestors, a soldier with the 10th Iowa.