---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Douglas Cummins <dcumyns@gmail.com> Date: Sat, May 24, 2014 at 1:04 PM Subject: [MSATTALA] Fwd: Civil War Records To: msattala@rootsweb.com Civil War Records New Online Collection of Civil War Records Released in Observance of Memorial Day on FamilySearch. Paul G. Nauta has published an article in the FamilySearch Blog concerning new updates to the free Civil War historic record collections online. He writes: The new FamilySearch.org/civil-war landing page provides a quick overview of the vast array of historic records and aids for those researching casualties and veterans of the Civil War. Collections include: Collections include: Union and Confederate pension, prisoner of war, cemetery, National Soldier Home, and census records. Families can also freely preserve historic photos, stories and correspondence of family members who served in other periods of the armed forces for future generations at FamilySearch.org. "Each soldier family has a story, and these stories are handed down from generation to generation," said Ken Nelson, collection manager for FamilySearch. "When you want to get the particulars of what that service was, you start going to these government records that document the service." The searchable records are available by state from sources such as widow's pension records and headstones of deceased Union soldiers. United States census records from 1850 and 1860 help locate anyone alive at the time of the Civil War. And early state census records after 1865 help you locate them after they have retired from service. You can read the full announcement on the FamilySearch Blog at http://goo.gl/4WDxb7. The Attala County Web Site is in need of contributions of photographs, documents, family letters, diaries, etc. Submit your material to Everette Carr at: <a href="mailto:attaladirector@gmail.com">Attala Director</a> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MSATTALA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Jeannie God Bless God Speed kymonroe@rootsweb.com ancestraltrackers.org