Hi all, I am new to the list and looking for information about William H. Burke who served in the Civil War. I believe he married a Wager (not sure of first name). He was from Ulster County, NY and had at least the following children: William C. Jesse Martha George Emma Elizabeth Anna Any information would be greatly appreciated. Karen in PA

You can go to this site: http://www.civilwardata.com/pers_dir.html and enter William Burke, NY, and you'll get 50 hits. Unfortunately you have to subscribe to get more information on any of them. There are 3 William _H_ BURKEs in the list, but I wouldn't put too much faith in the Army recording the middle initial of any CW soldier, so your man may be one of the others shown without a middle initial. Your man (or a survivor) will hopefully have applied for a pension - that's about the only record which would contain enough personal information to enable you to match him with his family. The National Archive will search through only 5 files before giving up, so you may have to go to Washington and search yourself, or else hire a researcher to do so. If you know where he (or his widow) was living in 1890, you can try searching the 1890 Special Census of Union Veterans and their Widows. This will often list the regiment in which the soldier served. (Note: Most of this special census survived even though the regular 1890 census schedules are almost totally lost.) Regards, Charles Sullivan At 06:36 AM 05/24/2000 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Hi all, > >I am new to the list and looking for information about William H. Burke who >served in the Civil War. I believe he married a Wager (not sure of first >name). He was from Ulster County, NY and had at least the following children: > >William C. >Jesse >Martha >George >Emma >Elizabeth >Anna > >Any information would be greatly appreciated. > >Karen in PA