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

IAGenWeb has an extensive Civil War site for Iowa. There's a search engine on the site and the Regiment Rosters are listed on the site. http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/ For out of state Civil War soldiers, the two databases on ancestry.com are great and more helpful than the National Parks Service database at times. These two at ancestry.com are 'American Civil War Soldiers' and 'U.S. Civil War Soldiers profiles' along with the "U.S. Soldier Interment' database. Sharon R. Becker Ringgold County IAGenWeb Coordinator srbecker@iowatelecom.net ----- 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 > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 1512 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message