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    1. [Civil-War-Irish] Researching Pennsylvanians?
    2. Dennis J. Francis
    3. The CW index isn't uploaded yet but, from the sound of things, it must be soon. Here's the article, but I snipped out the drum beating stuff. Dennis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW PENNSYLVANIA ONLINE RESOURCE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "HARRISBURG, Pa., July 3 /PRNewswire/ --...Brent D. Glass today announced Pennsylvanians now -- for the first time -- can access historical records through the PA PowerPort... The records can be accessed ... at http://www.state.pa.us or directly at the Commission's site at http://www.phmc.state.pa.us ... Currently, ARIAS offers approximately 200,000 images relating to the participation of Pennsylvanians in the Revolutionary War, Spanish-American War and World War I. The Revolutionary War records are arranged alphabetically by the surname of each soldier, with information on service in the Pennsylvania Militia, Pennsylvania Line, and the Navy; the name and rank of soldier; active or inactive duty; county of residence; battalion in which served; and the archival record from which the information was extracted. More than 300,000 Civil War and Mexican Border Campaign service card images also are being loaded into the system. Eventually, millions of digitized records, ranging from 19th-century county birth, death and marriage dockets to collections of photographs illustrating every aspect of the Pennsylvania experience, will be added..."

    07/07/2001 01:52:02