If your ancestor served in the Civil War, ancestry has added many new records. And so has Footnote, who is giving you some free time to look them over. On Ancestry, I just found something I'd not seen before - Town Clerk Registers of those who served in the Civil War. I got from these, the birth date and place, parents names, including mother's maiden, as well as Civil War related dates. I don't know if every town had these register books, but worth looking into as another source of origins. Susan Sent from my iPhone