Wish it had Southerners! ----- Original Message ----- From: <CannadyGal1@aol.com> To: <GAEMANUE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:16 AM Subject: [GAEMANUE-L] free military databass info > I saw this on another list. > claudia > ================================ > From: mcniel2@prodigy.net (Linda McNiel) > > Ancestry.com has opened up several of its military databases for no charge! > In remembrance this Memorial Day, these databases are open (and free) from May > 26 until June 10. > > HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE: > > These databases are free *only * when accessed through the PaCivilWar site > at http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html . Although hosted by a PA > Civil War site, these databases give free access to the vets from all > the states in the database. These aren't Free Trials and no credit card > is needed. You may be asked to register with a user name and password > to access the databases. > > The databases include: > > **FREE 1890 Census Veterans Schedule > Often used as a head-of-household substitute for the 1890 Federal Census > that was destroyed by fire, the Veterans' Census of Union and some > Confederate soldiers is one of the newest census digitized by Ancestry. > > **FREE Civil War Pension Index > Images of 2.5 million Federal pension application cards that includes > the veteran's name, state, regiment. It also contains the certificate > number that can be used to order a soldiers' service and pension records > from NARA. Many times, these pension records are gold mines of > genealogy information. > > **FREE Disabled Soldiers Home > Soldiers at various National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in > 1895. Information includes name of soldier, company or regiment, rank, > length of service, birth, age, where admitted from, occupation, married > or single, and more. > > This invitation is being offered only to PACivilWar visitors. The URL to > get your free use of these military databases until June 10 is > > http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html > > > ==== GAEMANUE Mailing List ==== > Nancy Gay Crawford, List Administrator > Any off topic questions or comments please send to ME at MeMeC@alltel.net > >