ILGenWeb has a great of Civil War information available online at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/index.htm The State Archives has the Civil War database online at http://www.sos.state.il.us/depts/archives/datcivil.html Now there is another source, the actual images of the War of the Rebellion and Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion are online free. [If the URLs don't work today try tomorrow -- when these announcements are made the sites are frequently overwhelmed.] The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 2000 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. History buffs and genealogists alike are familiar with the "War Of The Rebellion Journal." This is a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies published in 1880 through 1901 under the direction of the Secretary of War. The entire publication was published as a set of 71 volumes containing tens of thousands of pages of information. This is probably the most detailed information about the American Civil War ever published. Now the entire series is available online. The Cornell University Library Making of America (MOA) Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The online collection is extensive and one of the latest additions is the "War Of The Rebellion". I spent some time looking at this online collection. Each page has been scanned as a graphic image. You can read the pages online or print them on your own printer. The pages that I printed on an ancient LaserJet printer looked much clearer than the typical photocopies made at a library. The Web site contains only graphic images. The books have not been converted to text. The only index available is the original index published with the collection in 1901. This index is available online, but it, too, is available as a collection of graphic images. The "War Of The Rebellion" is the major reference for the most troubled time in American history. The online version will be a major resource for historians and genealogists alike. You can view the online version of the "War Of The Rebellion" at: http://library5.library.cornell.edu/moa/ "The Official Records of the Unites States and Confederate Navies" is another great resource. This 30-volume reference is available at: http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/OFRE.html Cheryl Rothwell [email protected]