The Civil War participant on my tree whose story really gets to me every time is of Julius Crispell, my third great grandmother’s younger brother. He was either 15 or 16 (records differ) when he enlisted in October 1864, two months before his birthday. He was sent to the trenches outside of Petersburg, where he was until just days before the siege broke. At the time that the army started chasing Lee’s troops to Appomattox Courthouse, he stayed behind in the hospital with typhoid fever. He died on April 18, a week after Lee’s surrender, at age 16/7. I have this very clear picture in my head of a teen who spent the first three years of the war hearing all sorts of tales of derring-do, reading letters from the front by his father (stationed at Harpers Ferry), and just desperate to get into the army before the war ends. When he finally does, he is sent to a very boring post where everything had stagnated as the siege progressed. Then, he gets sick. When things finally get exciting, he is left behind. Who knows if he was actually coherent enough to follow when the surrender happened. Three years after his death, his big sister named her firstborn son after her brother.
I recently had Brian pull the pension file for my ancestor, John Knight. I had the file within a few weeks - 143 pages! I'm still going through it as there is so much information in it. Quality of the images was great! So much history in our family tree that I am just now discovering.
Great interview Connie - I have used Brian's service for 7 of my Civil War Ancestors and have been very pleased. Another place I learned to look for Union regiment information is the GAR Encampment records that are free on HathiTrust. Each encampment book has a "Memorial Roll" section so if you search the year after your soldier died, he may be listed along w/ the regiment.
Fabulous video… I’ve pulled many Civil War pension records for my ancestors. several trips to the National Archives has always been a highlight in my research 😊
I met Brian at the National Archives in October. He’s an incredible wealth of knowledge. And I’m even more impressed after listening to this talk! What a great case study, too! Thank you, Connie & Brian!
This video really got me stoked. I am researching my husband's line and have been doing so off and on for more then a few years. With a last name of Davis I get discouraged and put it away often. This case study really encourged me to keep going. Thank you so much.
I highly recommend watching this. This is how I like to think I do my research. It's on the Civil War but it is a great demonstration on working from knowns to unknowns. It also works from the records most available and likely to be utilized by average people not obscure record sets and preposterous scenarios.
Awesome video. FYI some of the Kansas mid-decade censuses list the detail info of their service. Also in our town here in southeast Kansas we have high resolution copies of the GAR records of veterans available for a donation to to the library and I mean any minimal donation. They are beautiful. Some much more info than others.
I saw Brian present at a local genealogical seminar about 10 (?) years ago. His knowledge and work was very impressive then, and he seems even more so with the additional years of experience.
When researching one family I was trying to figure out why I couldn't find any Civil War records for the sons who would have been in the right age range. Finally came across a County history that indicated that due to the small population of the town, a young man from the southern part of the state was paid to serve in place of anyone from that town.
Great video and great story. Three takeaways: 1- Be like a bulldog; bite in and don't let go until you get a definitive answer. 2- Don't settle for the first easy answer, it's likely wrong. 3- Look at every detail in your sources: something that would seem unrelated could be the key piece of evidence. This encourages me to go back and look again at spots in my tree where I am stumped. (Good word when talking about a tree.) Also I need to look back at assumptions I have made and see what I may have missed or gotten wrong. And as a bonus I have new ways to advance my Civil War Veterans research.
A single Civil War pension record broke down a major brick wall I had for more than two decades. It positively ID’d my second great grandfather and was able to link him to my great grandfather. I also found his 1848 Mexican War service records.
What a great resource Brian is! I’ll be digging into my tree to see who my Civil War veterans are, and what more can I learn about them! Thank you so much for this content, Connie! You are the best!
My GGrandfather, born December 1849 enlisted in Philadelphia IN THE Union army at 14-1/2 and was a Sergeant within a year. He was at Appomattox, when Lee surrendered. When he died in the 1900s one obituary mentioned he had been wounded and while back in Philly recuperating got word his father ( age 60+) had been killed in battle in GEORGIA . His father reported his age was 30 when enlisting. The father had immigrated with his wife from Ireland and for his widow to get his pension she has to prove marriage. HIS records provided her maiden name, and the county and town, and Reverend's name...which a Google search revealed the church he served. Unfortunately, they were married in 1844, and records today are only available starting 1845.
Thank you so much for this interview. I've just recently come across your RUclips channel. I'm currently stuck on a ancestor that served in the Civil War and was quite excited to learn about some of these additional resources. I've already found additional documents! I also wanted to add (since Brian's example stemmed from a reunion photo) that I have come across news stories that document regiment reunions and list all the members that attended. So if you know where the reunion took place, you might find a story about it in the local paper. Again, thank you so much for the interview. Hugely helpful!
Another clue I found for my ancestors from Wayne County Kentucky was from searching on Family Search. I did an image search for Wayne County, Kentucky. I found a 'tax records" category. These tax records listed head's of households and the number of children they had between a certain age range. Starting with the year 1862, there was a column listed for whether or not that man was in the militia. There's a little mark in that category if they served. My 3rd ggf was marked, along with several other relatives.
Awesome video! Thank you! I found another researcher thru friends who got my CW guy's pension file for me. She said that she's seen a file as big as 700 pages, and she also stated that if you order from the Archives, you really have no idea what you are going to get. You are likely to not get the full file and they would cherry pick what they decide to send you. You don’t know if your smoking gun paper may have been one that wasn't copied. You definitely want a researcher to pull your files for you!
OMG definitely a very insightful video. I do know that i have both Union and Confederate soldiers in my family lines. Being a History Buff the Civil War is definitely one era that i love to study about and now after watching this video i definitely want to learn more on the aspects of family history. Thank you Connie for this inspiring and insightful video. 😊
Connie, I first met Brian at Roots Tech last year and had him pull the 1812 Files for my 3rd Great Grandfather Davis Cobbler. I detailed him in a few chapters of my Family History Book which I showed you and Amiee Cross on the final day of the Conference. Working now on my Rowland/Rowing Family which has ties to Colonial Virginia and North Carolina.
Incredible information, thank you for bringing us these gems, Connie! And many thanks to your guest, he brought a lot to my attention that I didn't know before. I love that I'm still learning new things more than a decade after starting my family history search. ❤
I love that case study!! Really creative investigative work. I’ve been able to fill in lots of holes by taking my research down parallel routes instead of the direct approach. Looking up business partners or neighbors have gotten me dates on when businesses changed management, thus narrowing down when people moved away. Following a target’s husband’s parents’ names convinced me that he was using a false identity!
This was phenomenal! I learned so many resources and ideas. The case study was amazing! I learned a lot from his process on how he approached that. Thanks for interviewing Brian. I really enjoyed this a lot.
I am caught up! Have watched all the videos! Cannot wait for more to come! Thank you for all the work you have done. I have found ancestors missing for many years on my tree with your help, I have merged duplicate ancestors and started research notes. I am excited for this journey and feel that I have much more knowledge than ever before. I have slowed myself down and am focusing on one ancestor at a time. Started my research notes with my dad because he only had one sibling, lol, my mom had 13. I am going to set up another monitor that was given to me from my brother in law. I can’t wait. Again, I thank you for all the information!
I'm going to have to go through this video a second time! I have a great grandfather that served in the Civil War with his older brother. I have a lot of information I already found for him and his brother who both enlisted on the same day and served in the same regiments with the Missouri Calvary. I found a lot of stuff on FOLD3 and Ancestry for both of them. I was even able to get a Civil War stone through the VA for my great grandfather since he was buried in an unmarked grave. I think there might be a lot more to find I didn't know about after watching this video.
That is awesome. Wish I could afford the Civil War records for Joseph E Credit/Cradit 4th Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry. Widow was Ethelinda Credit/Cradit. He is my 2nd great grandfather.
Southern ancestors are often left out or missing. Many records got destroyed, due to to the victor goes the history. My ancestor, I can't really find much, is William Thomas Rogers.
Oh wow! Imagine my surprise when my husband's 4x great grandfather popped up onscreen (5:32-6:50). David Sprinkle did indeed die in the Civil War. It is quite a sad story. He was "enlisted" with other men of his county into the Union Army (2nd Mounted Infantry NC) on Sept 15 of 1863. He was mustered in on Oct 6th of 1863. He was wounded 10 days later on Oct 16 at the Battle of Warm Springs. After being transferred to hospital for a shoulder wound, he contracted Smallpox and died in early Jan of 1964. I have been able to find records from Fold3 to confirm this. What I have been unable to find is a location of his burial. From my research, he was in a field hospital in Knoxville, TN. There is no burial location on the Fold3 documents. I have been unable to find any hospital records but they must exist somewhere since he was in hospital for over 2 months. Were victims of SmallPox buried separately from others? I have been researching him for quite some time and to see him "pop up" on this interview has renewed my determination to find his final resting place and give him the respect & dignity he so deserves. Thank you for this helpful and insightful interview.
I got lucky with our civil war revord. He moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa which was one of the states lost but he lived in Omaha Nebraska the year of the veteran census.
My maiden name is Rinehart. Some of our branches were spelled Rhinehart and Reinhart and even Reinhardt - but we all came from the Southeen German/Palatinate/Swiss area. Now I'm curious if Brian Rhinehart and I are distant cousins. 😂
My great great grandma was Sarah Rinehart out of Kenton, Ohio. She married Jeremiah Deady, a Civil War veteran and native of Ireland, after the CW and had 3 sons with him before divorcing! Love this video and if you travel to DC, you can get all of the CW records free by personally visiting the National archives! DC is a great place to visit and many if the museums and the National Zoo are free of entrance fees!
Great presentation. I never noticed the Veteran column on the 1910 Federal Census. Is there a way to tell if soldiers were brothers or son/father that had the same last name in the regiments? Also, did they list a next of kin in case someone died during the Civil War?
Fantastic tutorial!! I went to the NA website to request my gg grandfather's CW pension file. There is no separate request place for that; does Veteran's Service Records include the pension file?
Exactly how would you order for the NC archives? What if the veteran moved to TN later on and died in TN, would the records be there? Very interesting video!
NC has a dedicated website called "State Archives of North Carolina"; TN archive services are through their Secretary of State website (which I've emailed before -- very nice folks). You can do a web search to find their sites and guidance on how to make requests. If your veteran moved to TN pretty late in life and died soon after moving, I think NC is probably the more likely place to start. Obviously, the more information you have about the veteran the easier it's going to be to locate the right records for the request.
Hi Connie, My question is off topic. Should I pay attention to the "potential ancestor" in Thrulines or treat them like "hints"...with a "grain of salt"?
Treat them like any hint and research the records to see if they really are a connection. Not all connections will have records though, like NPE's (Non-Paternity Events). The good thing is that it is a hint... it's a clue. Sometimes they pan out and other times not.
I received the documents for my ggg grandfather earlier this year. Trying to figure things out (he served in an Illinois infantry and died in Tennessee). My ggg grandmother was the petitioner, as well as my gg grandmother.
I decided to look at my one other ancestor, a gg grandfather, that could have also served and found a UA in the column for the 1910 census! I had 2 that served!
Great video. Parts of my (well researched) family tree on Ancestry have been copied into other trees although they are not related to my ancestors. Don't assume that trees created by other people are accurate. Verify verify verify.
The Civil War participant on my tree whose story really gets to me every time is of Julius Crispell, my third great grandmother’s younger brother. He was either 15 or 16 (records differ) when he enlisted in October 1864, two months before his birthday. He was sent to the trenches outside of Petersburg, where he was until just days before the siege broke. At the time that the army started chasing Lee’s troops to Appomattox Courthouse, he stayed behind in the hospital with typhoid fever. He died on April 18, a week after Lee’s surrender, at age 16/7.
I have this very clear picture in my head of a teen who spent the first three years of the war hearing all sorts of tales of derring-do, reading letters from the front by his father (stationed at Harpers Ferry), and just desperate to get into the army before the war ends. When he finally does, he is sent to a very boring post where everything had stagnated as the siege progressed. Then, he gets sick. When things finally get exciting, he is left behind. Who knows if he was actually coherent enough to follow when the surrender happened.
Three years after his death, his big sister named her firstborn son after her brother.
Interesting story.
I recently had Brian pull the pension file for my ancestor, John Knight. I had the file within a few weeks - 143 pages! I'm still going through it as there is so much information in it. Quality of the images was great! So much history in our family tree that I am just now discovering.
Great interview Connie - I have used Brian's service for 7 of my Civil War Ancestors and have been very pleased. Another place I learned to look for Union regiment information is the GAR Encampment records that are free on HathiTrust. Each encampment book has a "Memorial Roll" section so if you search the year after your soldier died, he may be listed along w/ the regiment.
Good to know. Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous video… I’ve pulled many Civil War pension records for my ancestors. several trips to the National Archives has always been a highlight in my research 😊
Thanks Kathleen for another great source to check out!
Sunday Dec 31, Thank you so much. I found my ancestor’s land records in the site that was recommended. I’ve been looking for it for years. :) 45:22
I met Brian at the National Archives in October. He’s an incredible wealth of knowledge. And I’m even more impressed after listening to this talk! What a great case study, too! Thank you, Connie & Brian!
Couldn't agree more!
EXCELLENT! I'm gonna replay this right now!
This video really got me stoked. I am researching my husband's line and have been doing so off and on for more then a few years. With a last name of Davis I get discouraged and put it away often. This case study really encourged me to keep going. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
I highly recommend watching this. This is how I like to think I do my research.
It's on the Civil War but it is a great demonstration on working from knowns to unknowns. It also works from the records most available and likely to be utilized by average people not obscure record sets and preposterous scenarios.
Awesome video. FYI some of the Kansas mid-decade censuses list the detail info of their service. Also in our town here in southeast Kansas we have high resolution copies of the GAR records of veterans available for a donation to to the library and I mean any minimal donation. They are beautiful. Some much more info than others.
Good to know.
I saw Brian present at a local genealogical seminar about 10 (?) years ago. His knowledge and work was very impressive then, and he seems even more so with the additional years of experience.
When researching one family I was trying to figure out why I couldn't find any Civil War records for the sons who would have been in the right age range. Finally came across a County history that indicated that due to the small population of the town, a young man from the southern part of the state was paid to serve in place of anyone from that town.
Great information! Ive been researching for 40+ years and picked up a few tips---I will need to go back over my mid-1800s ancestors again!
Great video and great story. Three takeaways: 1- Be like a bulldog; bite in and don't let go until you get a definitive answer. 2- Don't settle for the first easy answer, it's likely wrong. 3- Look at every detail in your sources: something that would seem unrelated could be the key piece of evidence.
This encourages me to go back and look again at spots in my tree where I am stumped. (Good word when talking about a tree.) Also I need to look back at assumptions I have made and see what I may have missed or gotten wrong. And as a bonus I have new ways to advance my Civil War Veterans research.
Love it. Don’t get stumped.
Love his thoroughness. He is awesome. Definitely will use his services in the future. He rocks!!
Excellent episode. Thanks so much for this.
This was an exciting video! 😀
It was fun being taken through the process of a paper-chase manhunt.
A single Civil War pension record broke down a major brick wall I had for more than two decades. It positively ID’d my second great grandfather and was able to link him to my great grandfather. I also found his 1848 Mexican War service records.
What a great resource Brian is! I’ll be digging into my tree to see who my Civil War veterans are, and what more can I learn about them! Thank you so much for this content, Connie! You are the best!
So much valuable information.....wonderful interview with Brian!!!!!
My GGrandfather, born December 1849 enlisted in Philadelphia IN THE Union army at 14-1/2 and was a Sergeant within a year. He was at Appomattox, when Lee surrendered. When he died in the 1900s one obituary mentioned he had been wounded and while back in Philly recuperating got word his father ( age 60+) had been killed in battle in GEORGIA . His father reported his age was 30 when enlisting.
The father had immigrated with his wife from Ireland and for his widow to get his pension she has to prove marriage. HIS records provided her maiden name, and the county and town, and Reverend's name...which a Google search revealed the church he served. Unfortunately, they were married in 1844, and records today are only available starting 1845.
Oh man you missed it by a year. Try the church records.
This is one of my favorites so far. Thank you.😊
Thank you so much for this interview. I've just recently come across your RUclips channel. I'm currently stuck on a ancestor that served in the Civil War and was quite excited to learn about some of these additional resources. I've already found additional documents!
I also wanted to add (since Brian's example stemmed from a reunion photo) that I have come across news stories that document regiment reunions and list all the members that attended. So if you know where the reunion took place, you might find a story about it in the local paper.
Again, thank you so much for the interview. Hugely helpful!
Great idea... looking for the newspaper article.
❤️ this video. This was so helpful! Watching it for the 2nd time.
Awesome! Thank you!
Wow, this was a real eye opener.
He's good eh?
Another clue I found for my ancestors from Wayne County Kentucky was from searching on Family Search. I did an image search for Wayne County, Kentucky. I found a 'tax records" category. These tax records listed head's of households and the number of children they had between a certain age range. Starting with the year 1862, there was a column listed for whether or not that man was in the militia. There's a little mark in that category if they served. My 3rd ggf was marked, along with several other relatives.
This was absolutely fabulous. I have thoroughly researched my Civil War ancestors and this is how its done.
Connie, family and friends: The love of God for you will never change. Happy New Year 2024.👍✌️
I loved Civil War Records. A civil war diary provided me with my Ancestor Benjamin Nelson story of his death.
Wow June. That's a great find.
Wow. That's awesome! I wish I had some journals or diaries of some of my current project ancestors. What a treasure!
Thank you! These tips broke down part of a brick wall with my gggrandfather!
Fantastic!
Awesome video! Thank you!
I found another researcher thru friends who got my CW guy's pension file for me. She said that she's seen a file as big as 700 pages, and she also stated that if you order from the Archives, you really have no idea what you are going to get. You are likely to not get the full file and they would cherry pick what they decide to send you. You don’t know if your smoking gun paper may have been one that wasn't copied.
You definitely want a researcher to pull your files for you!
OMG definitely a very insightful video. I do know that i have both Union and Confederate soldiers in my family lines. Being a History Buff the Civil War is definitely one era that i love to study about and now after watching this video i definitely want to learn more on the aspects of family history. Thank you Connie for this inspiring and insightful video. 😊
My pleasure
Connie, I first met Brian at Roots Tech last year and had him pull the 1812 Files for my 3rd Great Grandfather Davis Cobbler. I detailed him in a few chapters of my Family History Book which I showed you and Amiee Cross on the final day of the Conference.
Working now on my Rowland/Rowing Family which has ties to Colonial Virginia and North Carolina.
Incredible information, thank you for bringing us these gems, Connie! And many thanks to your guest, he brought a lot to my attention that I didn't know before.
I love that I'm still learning new things more than a decade after starting my family history search. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for becoming a channel member.
I love that case study!! Really creative investigative work. I’ve been able to fill in lots of holes by taking my research down parallel routes instead of the direct approach. Looking up business partners or neighbors have gotten me dates on when businesses changed management, thus narrowing down when people moved away. Following a target’s husband’s parents’ names convinced me that he was using a false identity!
Great video. lots of good information. Thanks
This was phenomenal! I learned so many resources and ideas. The case study was amazing! I learned a lot from his process on how he approached that. Thanks for interviewing Brian. I really enjoyed this a lot.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brian is awesome! He has found some great things for me. Awesome show Connie! 💕💕
Thank you
Awesome interview
Thanks
Great! Great! Great! Thank you both so much!
Our pleasure!
Awesome presentation!
This was wonderful! 🎉. Especially the how to use the record. Thanks Connie
I am caught up! Have watched all the videos! Cannot wait for more to come! Thank you for all the work you have done. I have found ancestors missing for many years on my tree with your help, I have merged duplicate ancestors and started research notes. I am excited for this journey and feel that I have much more knowledge than ever before. I have slowed myself down and am focusing on one ancestor at a time. Started my research notes with my dad because he only had one sibling, lol, my mom had 13. I am going to set up another monitor that was given to me from my brother in law. I can’t wait. Again, I thank you for all the information!
Rock on Wanda! WOW. I’m impressed. Great job.
I’ve used Brian also, he is excellent about communication and is extremely helpful.
Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
So informative!!! Loved learning new sources and the case study especially!!! Thank you!!!
Glad it was helpful!
This was really a great video - I learned a lot! Loved the case study!! Thanks for posting.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great Job Brian! He is a great guy!
I'm going to have to go through this video a second time! I have a great grandfather that served in the Civil War with his older brother. I have a lot of information I already found for him and his brother who both enlisted on the same day and served in the same regiments with the Missouri Calvary. I found a lot of stuff on FOLD3 and Ancestry for both of them. I was even able to get a Civil War stone through the VA for my great grandfather since he was buried in an unmarked grave. I think there might be a lot more to find I didn't know about after watching this video.
My ancestor was a coal miner in Carbon County Pennsylvania, when the war broke. His first child George was only 3 months old.
That is awesome. Wish I could afford the Civil War records for Joseph E Credit/Cradit 4th Independent Company, Ohio Cavalry. Widow was Ethelinda Credit/Cradit. He is my 2nd great grandfather.
Southern ancestors are often left out or missing. Many records got destroyed, due to to the victor goes the history.
My ancestor, I can't really find much, is William Thomas Rogers.
Check the state archives in southern states.
Oh wow! Imagine my surprise when my husband's 4x great grandfather popped up onscreen (5:32-6:50). David Sprinkle did indeed die in the Civil War. It is quite a sad story. He was "enlisted" with other men of his county into the Union Army (2nd Mounted Infantry NC) on Sept 15 of 1863. He was mustered in on Oct 6th of 1863. He was wounded 10 days later on Oct 16 at the Battle of Warm Springs. After being transferred to hospital for a shoulder wound, he contracted Smallpox and died in early Jan of 1964. I have been able to find records from Fold3 to confirm this. What I have been unable to find is a location of his burial. From my research, he was in a field hospital in Knoxville, TN. There is no burial location on the Fold3 documents. I have been unable to find any hospital records but they must exist somewhere since he was in hospital for over 2 months. Were victims of SmallPox buried separately from others? I have been researching him for quite some time and to see him "pop up" on this interview has renewed my determination to find his final resting place and give him the respect & dignity he so deserves. Thank you for this helpful and insightful interview.
Nice research. I don’t know about the small pox burial question but if you find out, let us know in the comments.
I got lucky with our civil war revord. He moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa which was one of the states lost but he lived in Omaha Nebraska the year of the veteran census.
My maiden name is Rinehart. Some of our branches were spelled Rhinehart and Reinhart and even Reinhardt - but we all came from the Southeen German/Palatinate/Swiss area.
Now I'm curious if Brian Rhinehart and I are distant cousins. 😂
My great great grandma was Sarah Rinehart out of Kenton, Ohio. She married Jeremiah Deady, a Civil War veteran and native of Ireland, after the CW and had 3 sons with him before divorcing! Love this video and if you travel to DC, you can get all of the CW records free by personally visiting the National archives! DC is a great place to visit and many if the museums and the National Zoo are free of entrance fees!
Great presentation. I never noticed the Veteran column on the 1910 Federal Census. Is there a way to tell if soldiers were brothers or son/father that had the same last name in the regiments? Also, did they list a next of kin in case someone died during the Civil War?
Merry Christmas, Connie and family!
Thank you. I finally took some time off... Happy New Year.
@@GenealogyTV Happy New Year's! Yes, of course, you needed a big break. 😊
I hired him twice and boy did he deliver! You must get the pension records because they tell all!
Fantastic tutorial!! I went to the NA website to request my gg grandfather's CW pension file. There is no separate request place for that; does Veteran's Service Records include the pension file?
Union side my great grandpa.
Exactly how would you order for the NC archives? What if the veteran moved to TN later on and died in TN, would the records be there? Very interesting video!
NC has a dedicated website called "State Archives of North Carolina"; TN archive services are through their Secretary of State website (which I've emailed before -- very nice folks). You can do a web search to find their sites and guidance on how to make requests. If your veteran moved to TN pretty late in life and died soon after moving, I think NC is probably the more likely place to start. Obviously, the more information you have about the veteran the easier it's going to be to locate the right records for the request.
I would check the state archives in both states.
Hi Connie, My question is off topic. Should I pay attention to the "potential ancestor" in Thrulines or treat them like "hints"...with a "grain of salt"?
Treat them like any hint and research the records to see if they really are a connection. Not all connections will have records though, like NPE's (Non-Paternity Events). The good thing is that it is a hint... it's a clue. Sometimes they pan out and other times not.
We have a lot of Millers in this part of SC...
I received the documents for my ggg grandfather earlier this year. Trying to figure things out (he served in an Illinois infantry and died in Tennessee). My ggg grandmother was the petitioner, as well as my gg grandmother.
My grandpa knew some stuff about his dad’s side but nothing about his mom’s side. And he was 20 when she passed. My ggg grandfather was on her side.
I decided to look at my one other ancestor, a gg grandfather, that could have also served and found a UA in the column for the 1910 census! I had 2 that served!
Interesting, I have some ancestors with the surname Timms
1890s civil war records then 1910 census (un but not a number might indicate service
Great video. Parts of my (well researched) family tree on Ancestry have been copied into other trees although they are not related to my ancestors. Don't assume that trees created by other people are accurate. Verify verify verify.
Good point. Good point. Good point. :)
In the South we lost some family members that were killed by the Yankees during Sherman's March, etc..