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The following article is the Introduction to “Part 4 – The Best Civil War Resources Centers for Local & County Research,” from the new book, Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era by William Dollarhide. The book will be available Continue reading An Introduction to the Best Civil War Resources for Local & County Research
Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers – Part Two – Alabama through the District of Columbia By William Dollarhide This column is part two of a series. PART ONE can be found here. Between the 1860 and Continue reading Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers – Part Two – Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware & the District of Columbia
Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers – Part One, By William Dollarhide Most genealogical records created during the decade of the Civil War are related to the soldiers and regiments of the Union and Confederate states. But Continue reading Finding 1861–1869 Names of Residents & Civil War Soldiers
My article in the Heritage Quest Magazine #109, “Locating Colonial Wagon Roads on a Modern Map,” describes the first wagon roads in America. A sidebar to the article describes the first known written account by someone traveling the Boston Post Continue reading Madam Knight on the Boston Post Road in 1704
My article for Heritage Quest Magazine 109, “Locating Colonial Wagon Roads on a Modern Map,” points out that the Scotch-Irish arriving in America during the Colonial period were the ones who contributed the most to the development of wagon roads Continue reading Scotch-Irish or Scots-Irish?
From Genealogy Bulletin No. 60 (December 2003), in “Digging up the Undertaker”: Something as simple as obtaining a copy of a death certificate in the mail can be an early reward that will sustain a genealogist for months. It can Continue reading Death Certificates in the Mail