MIIONIA-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > Subject: > > MIIONIA-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 14 > > Today's Topics: > #1 William H. Borden G.A.R. [Jwenzel58@aol.com] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from MIIONIA-D, send a message to > > MIIONIA-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Subject: William H. Borden G.A.R. > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 09:44:33 EST > From: Jwenzel58@aol.com > To: MIIONIA-L@rootsweb.com > > I am writing to see if anyone can tell me where I might find the > records/archives of the William H. Borden Post, G.A.R. My greatgrandfathers > obituary mentions that he was one of the last surviving members of this group > in 1925. I would really like to read these records. > > Thank You for your help- > > Judy Wenzel Hi Judy: I'm pretty sure that the State of Michigan Archives has these on microfilm. It has been over ten years ago that I went there and obtained records on my husband's ancestor. He had been at a different post, though. I don't have the State Archives URL, but here is the URL for the Library of Michigan. http://www.mel.lib.mi.us/ Here's some information that may be helpful: Subject: Re: Grand Army of the Republic Resent-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 09:43:08 -0800 (PST) Resent-From: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 09:43:05 -0800 (PST) From: Jennifer Godwin <jengod@yahoo.com> To: MI-GENEALOGY-L@rootsweb.com Hi! If you're interested in the Grand Army of the Republic, you'll want to read the following history pages: http://suvcw.org/gar.htm http://pages.prodigy.com/MI/gar/gar.html http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/05293.html http://search.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/5/0,5716,38415+1,00.html There is also a page specifically devoted to tracing a particular veteran through G.A.R records: http://pages.prodigy.com/CGBD86A/pg6rec.htm Furthermore, you might want to browse the homepage for the Michigan Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW). They are the successor organization to the G.A.R. http://suvcw.org/mi/deptmi.htm They have an American Civil War Queries page: http://suvcw.org/mi/queries.html and a page devoted to the history of the Grand Army of the Republic specifically in Michigan: http://suvcw.org/mi/garmi.html Good luck! Jennifer Godwin Kent Co. Co-Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/ MIGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/ ===== JENNIFER GODWIN <jengod@yahoo.com> eFax: (650) 292-2214, AIM: jengod1 http://home.pacbell.net/jengod/ "The Internet. Is it better than fire?" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! Shopping: http://shopping.yahoo.com Hope this helps. Best wishes, Deb Eddy