Genealogy anyone?

McSmokey · 01-20-2011, 04:17 PM

My personal challenge is my Great Great Grandfather who had a family with 2 or possibly 3 kids in Alpharetta or thereabouts before the civil war. Then after the war he never went all the way back home stopped in Alabama married my Great Great Grandmother and had 3 kids and died literally 2 months after my great grandfather was born. After the war it's like that other family disappeared from the planet. The only way I connected him was through his CW Enlistment Card and Pension App

billybarue · 01-20-2011, 09:15 PM

One of the best (if not the best) geneaology research facilities is right up the road from you here in Ft Wayne. I am not into researching my ancestry, and we've only been up here a few months now, so I can't personally testify to how good it is, but here's a link if it helps:

http://www.genealogycenter.org/Databases.aspx

Ashcan Bill · 01-20-2011, 11:00 PM

It's a lot easier now with so much info online. I made a lot of trips down to the National Archives 15-20 years ago digging up info the hard way.

I'm still plugging away. I've hit a couple of walls but I'm trying to get through them. I've got over 2200 names in my database now.

01-20-2011, 04:17 PM	#1
McSmokey Feeling at Home Join Date: Aug 2009 First Name: Justin Location: Tuscaloosa, AL Posts: 948 Trading: (30)	Re: Genealogy anyone? My personal challenge is my Great Great Grandfather who had a family with 2 or possibly 3 kids in Alpharetta or thereabouts before the civil war. Then after the war he never went all the way back home stopped in Alabama married my Great Great Grandmother and had 3 kids and died literally 2 months after my great grandfather was born. After the war it's like that other family disappeared from the planet. The only way I connected him was through his CW Enlistment Card and Pension App __________________ "Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement." Winston Churchill

01-20-2011, 09:15 PM	#2
billybarue Still Watching My Back Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 226 Trading: (5)	Re: Genealogy anyone? One of the best (if not the best) geneaology research facilities is right up the road from you here in Ft Wayne. I am not into researching my ancestry, and we've only been up here a few months now, so I can't personally testify to how good it is, but here's a link if it helps: http://www.genealogycenter.org/Databases.aspx

01-20-2011, 11:00 PM	#3
Ashcan Bill Ol' Dude Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Bill Location: Henderson, NV Posts: 1,903 Trading: (6)	Re: Genealogy anyone? It's a lot easier now with so much info online. I made a lot of trips down to the National Archives 15-20 years ago digging up info the hard way. I'm still plugging away. I've hit a couple of walls but I'm trying to get through them. I've got over 2200 names in my database now.

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