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Civil War Photo Sleuth

find photos of Civil War ancestors, identify unknown photos, or contribute to our archive of identified photos. It's completely free.

https://www.civilwarphotosleuth.com/

Like our Facebook Page for the latest updates about the software.

https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarPhotoSleuth/

Search Ancestry American Military Records

Revolutionary War Civil War World War I World War II Other Conflicts

Facebook

Share/Research Civil War Soldier or Unit: Photos, Information, Documents

Civil War Records

https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarRecords/

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS-Genealogy

https://www.facebook.com/groups/110342135826954/

Civil War Faces

https://www.facebook.com/groups/132514006891858/

National Park Service

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS)

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm

National Archives

Civil War Records: Basic Research Sources

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/resources

*NARA does not have pension files for Confederate soldiers. Pensions were granted to Confederate veterans and their widows and minor children by the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia; these records are in the state archives or equivalent agency.

https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/confederate-pension-records

US Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Administration

https://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ngl/

Library of Congress

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/civil-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1877/

PHOTOGRAPHS

https://www.civilwarphotos.net/

The Blue and the Gray Pinterest Board

by Michael Williams

MAPS

Map of Civil War Battles

https://storymaps.esri.com/stories/civilwar/

MUSEUMS

Adams County Historical Society at Gettysburg

https://www.achs-pa.org/

https://www.facebook.com/achspa/ (Facebook)

BURIALS

10 Sources for finding Civil War Burials

https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/10-sources-civil-war-burials/

NEW FamilySearch Full-Text Search

The Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) database

FINDAGRAVE [FB]

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60525

Search FamilySearch.org Find A Grave

https://www.findagraveforums.com/

Census

1790

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5058

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803959

1800

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7590

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804228

1810

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7613

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803765

1820

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7734

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803955

1830

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8058

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803958

1840

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8057

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1786457

1850

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8054

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1401638

1860

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473181

1870

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7163

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024

1880

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683

1890 - destroyed in fire

1900

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221

1910

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7884

1920

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6061

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411

1930

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6224

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731

1940

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2442

https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2000219

http://1940census.archives.gov/

Native American Census (overview at FS)

https://www.fold3.com/collection/native-american

U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (overview at FS)

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1059

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958

Census Finder - many countries

http://www.censusfinder.com/

https://www.censusgenie.com/

Canada census

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx

Family Locket Census Cheatsheet

https://familysearch.brightspotcdn.com/56/a8/990d256c460dae7da45c77e82227/census-cheat-sheet.pdf

ANCESTRY [FB]

http://search.ancestry.com/search/

Yearbooks

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1265

(another yearbook search is e-yearbook - requires subscription but has lots of yearbooks - some that are not on ancestry. also check archive.org https://archive.org/details/texts)

https://www.e-yearbook.com/

Card catalog

http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=1&sbo=1&

Passport search

http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174

City Directories

https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2469/

Newspapers

https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/np_newspapers/

FAMILY SEARCH (Mormon-LDS site) [FB]

https://www.familysearch.org/search/

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