Forwarded FYI -----Original Message----- From: Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history. [mailto:VA-ROOTS@LISTLVA.LIB.VA.US] FYI Volunteers for the National Park Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System Web site (CWSS; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss) have completed the Name Index Project to post 6.3 million soldier records from 44 US states and territories. After the final million names-belonging to soldiers from Virginia and Pennsylvania-were added last month, a ceremony at Ford's Theatre marked the milestone. Next up for indexing are naval personnel records, but that'll take awhile, according to the CWSS site: "Given that the records sources for the Navy are not as well organized as the Army records, nor are they microfilmed, the target date for this is still to be determined." About 18,000 African-American sailors are already cataloged on CWSS, thanks to Department of Defense funding and work by Howard University. The soldier data came from the General Index Cards in the National Archives and Records Administration's Compiled Military Service Records. CWSS also has Civil War information such as regimental histories and links to descriptions of nearly 400 significant battles. ******* Are there mistakes herein???? OF COURSE, there are!!!!!!! as do all sources !!!!! Still, this list has GREAT value. Paul To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html