An easier way to identify your ancestral soldier is to go into the 1890 Veterans' Schedule on Ancestry. Adjust the drop down menu for exact name and state for your ancestor. Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: loreenwells via <nyrichmo@rootsweb.com> To: mizscarlettny <mizscarlettny@aol.com>; nynewyor <nynewyor@rootsweb.com> Cc: NYRICHMO <NYRICHMO@rootsweb.com>; NY-IRISH <NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com>; NYNEWYOR <NYNEWYOR@rootsweb.com>; njbergen <njbergen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 27, 2016 12:40 am Subject: Re: [NYRichmo] [NYNEWYOR] US CIVIL WAR: 55th NY Infantry plus more This is an excellent site. Loreen ---- On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 19:22:53 -0700 mizscarlettny via<nynewyor@rootsweb.com> wrote ---- If you're looking for NYC ancestors who served in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War, this alphabetical, transcribed roster of the 55th Regiment New York Infantry shows the names of many men who enlisted or enrolled in Staten Island and New York City. http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/Infantry/55th_Infantry_CW_Roster.pdf To search other regimental rosters, click into this link, then click again on the correct number>>> http://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/civil/rosters/rostersinfantry.htm If you don't know whether your ancestor served or not, just check with the National Park Service here>>>> https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm Barb MizScarlettNY@aol.com ************************************* Jim Garrity, List Administrator jimgarrity@earthlink.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYNEWYOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ======================= List guidelines and links: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyrichmo/listguidelines.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYRICHMO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message