I have the Rosters linked on the resource page of my blog, Civil War Notebook. The link to the blog is: www.civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com And the specific link to the Resources Page is: http://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/p/resources.html Under Books > Iowa > Roster and Record... Volumes 1-6 are linked all the way to the right. You will also find many other digital Iowa resources there as well Jim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Albright" <kd6dkc@sbcglobal.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions > > On Jun 1, 2010, at 11:09 AM, Ken and Mary Booth wrote: > >> The problem with the National Archives is If you don't know the regiment >> and >> company of your enlisted person, you will get the first folder in the >> file >> with that name. If there are 20 folders with the same name, you will >> keep >> getting the wrong one until you finally get to the right person. With >> only a >> name for the person pulling the file, they don't have anymore information >> to >> go on. With the military regiment and company infor, they will look in >> each >> folder till they find the right person.(hopefully) The more information >> you >> can give the archives, the better the chance of getting the right file >> the >> first time. There is a website by the National Park Service >> http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm where you could possibly find >> the >> information you need to get the correct folder the first time. Mary >> Booth > > All soldiers serving in Iowa regiments during the Civil War are listed in > "Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion," which was published in > several volumes in 1910, and all Civil War vets living in Iowa post-war > also were published in book form and without regard to the state they > served from. I believe these rosters with regimental and company numbers > are also now online for those without access to the original books. Rick, > Merced, CA > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message