Rooters and Cynthia, I don't know if anyone suggested the following alternatives on finding your NY Civil War ancestors,... but here are some sources. If you are ever in Albany NY, there are muster rolls on film listed by last name, ... go to the archives on the 11th floor of the library building. These will also be on-line soon, through the efforts of the National Parks service and the LDS church. Look for annoucements on this project to bring all Civil War service men rosters to the Web,... I believe it may happen by the end of the year? Also, there is the NY adjutant Generals report, but this is more difficult I believe for somone who does not know the Regiment number. I believe that is how the report is organized, and you would have to know the various regiments organized from the area where your ancestor lived, then consult the report. There was at least one Civil War veterans "census", I believe the one I am familiar with was in 1890? There is very little info given, but it may helpp you,... I believe that information is oganized by county and is on film. I recently discovered volumes of Pension file abstracts? The NYPL has a multi volume set of Civil War service men organized by service man's last name, and I found this very useful. Also there are several places on the web where you can request information from people who have an interest in a particular regiment, but again, this may not be useful, until you know the regiment number of your ancestor, but this could help to provide service information. There are various mail list, including the one that I administer, the NY Miliatry list. Volume is rather low, but the list is indexed so may subscribe and post a query and then unsubscribe, knowing that your post will be there for posterity. To subscribe to the NY Military mail list, send a message with only the single word subscribe to NY-Military-L-request@rootsweb.com There are also several sources in NY GenWeb, there is the page that I maintain at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyontari/military.htm with links and info and there are several other outstanding sites but most are mainly organized by regiment number. Once you find which Regiment your ancestor belonged to, or have a good idea, you may request pension and service records from the national archives. There is info on this at the web site above. Best of luck on your search and have fun. Mike Burnett mwburne@aol.com Cave Creek, AZ >Does anybody have any idea how I can find out if a man enlisted in the >Civil War in New York? >Cynthia