Friday, April 24, 2015

VGS Latest News & Tips: 24 Apr 2015

20% discount on AncestryDNA until Monday, 27 April:

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Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database:

National Park Service
"The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War"
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U.S. Civil War Era Records:

FamilySearch
"FamilySearch provides free access to millions of records from the time of the U.S. Civil War. Many of these records document events related to the war and its aftermath."
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Grand Army of the Republic Department of Ohio Personal War Sketches of the Members of W. A. Brand Post No. 98 of Urbana:

Champaign County Library
The War Sketch Project was undertaken by Amy Perry and Gloria Malone of the Champaign County Library.
  • Burials - Partial Listing
  • Historical Sketch of the Post
  • Personal War Sketches Index
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United States » U.S. Military: Civil War » Grand Army of the Republic - GAR:

Grand Army of the Republic
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This Day In History:

2005: Snuppy, the world's 1st cloned dog, is born in South Korea.
1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is lunch from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
1898: The United States declares war on Spain beginning the Spanish-American War.


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