Hello Martha, I have an ancestor who died during the Civil War and I was able to get the complete file from the National Archives. It listed his widow, their children and birth dates. What a wealth of information for $1. (this was in the 1960s) Try checking for a civil war record for the father, I know there are some books available listing Civil War soldiers in Ohio. Try checking on the Civil War mail list at rootsweb, also. Good luck, Stephanie ----- Original Message ----- From: MFederle To: [email protected] Subject: [OHHAMILT] Civil War Orphans Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:36:48 -0500 My great grandmother, Artie Phillips, was born in 1862 (according to tombstone). In the 1870 census she is living with what looks to be an unrelated family (Walden). There is also a census listing for a boy who might be her twin, and who is living with a different and probably unrelated family (Pendrey). The post office for both is Sedamsville. There is a record of both children being baptised in the Presbyterian Church, although I'm embarassed to say I can't find the record at the moment, but I believe it was in 1867. Since this was shortly after the end of the civil war, I am wondering if they were casualties of that event, and if so, what type of records might have been kept for placing children in foster homes. Since they were both baptised in the same church at the same time, and since that was after the end of the war, I really think they were twins. I have been unable to find either of them in 1880, and I don't know whatever happened to Henry. Thanks for any input. Martha Federle To contact the List Administrator, send an email to: [email protected] Did you miss a message? You can find it in the list's archives here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHHAMILT/ Don't forget--there is also a message board for Hamilton County: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.ohio.counties.hamilton/mb.ashx ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Want an e-mail address like mine? Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com!