Mel: Thanks for the info on the web site for the Civil War info. It was great, found a few family members there and save the records. Bill >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Slane" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NYCAYUGA] FREE DATABASE ON Ancestry Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 18:32:07 -0500 > > That website http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html says nothing about > free access to any states other than Pennsylvania ! Isn't this a Cayuga > County, NY List ? > > Mel Slane > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 5:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NYCAYUGA] FREE DATABASE ON Ancestry > > Hi Everyone, > > Ancestry.com has opened up several of its Civil War databases for no charge > in remembrance this Memorial Day. These databases are open (and > free) starting today until June 10. > > These databases are free only when accessed through the PaCivilWar site at > http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html . Although hosted by a PA Civil > War site, these databases give free access to the vets from all the states > in the database. > > > **FREE Civil War Pension Index > Images of 2.5 million Federal pension application cards that includes the > veteran's name, state, regiment. It also contains the certificate number > that can be used to order a soldiers' service and pension records from NARA. > Many times, these pension records are gold mines of genealogy information. > > **FREE 1890 Census Veterans Schedule > Often used as a head-of-household substitute for the 1890 Federal Census > that was destroyed by fire, the Veterans' Census of Union and some > Confederate soldiers is one of the newest census digitized by Ancestry. > > **FREE Disabled Soldiers Home > Soldiers at various National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1895. > Information includes name of soldier, company or regiment, rank, length of > service, birth, age, where admitted from, occupation, married or single, and > more. > > This invitation is being offered only to PACivilWar visitors at > > http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html > > Follow the instructions on the page to register at Ancestry.com as > PACivilWar's guest, and have fun! The registration to receive a user name > and password to access the databases is free. > > If you want to share this invitation with friends, just forward this email > to them, so they can take advantage of this limited time free access. > > If you think another mailing list or message board might want to know, > please invite them, but be sure this message is on topic for the list before > you forward it. > > For those of you researching Civil War soldiers, this is fantastic and it is > easy on the pocketbook. Good luck in your research. > > Judy Neu > Springwater, NY > > > ==== NYCAYUGA Mailing List ==== > Have you visited the NYGenWeb project home page lately? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nygenweb > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last > 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.1 - Release Date: 5/31/2005 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.3.1 - Release Date: 5/31/2005 > > > > > ==== NYCAYUGA Mailing List ==== > Going on vacation? Unsubscribe from NYCayuga-L by sending a message > to [email protected] (or NYCayuga-D-request.com if you > receive the digest) with just the word "unsubscribe" (no quotes) > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.com