>From: "Kevin Frye" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: permission to post >Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 22:41:19 -0500 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 > >Hello veterans and newbies of the RootsWeb. I have received permission >from the listowner to make this offer. > >There are some really great folks who are willing to help just for the >asking. I, myself do Volunteer research at Andersonville Civil War Prison >in Andersonville Georgia. Any research I do is absolutely at NO cost and >I am willing to do what I can. There are more than 41718 prisoners on >record from the Union, ( 4709 from OHIO )and quite a few who were held >prisoner here as Union regiments from Confederate states. There are also >nearly 13000 ( nearly 1200 OHIO ) marked graves of those who died here. > >I thought I would send my offer as these would lead to a great many >descendants who might be looking for them.. I feel the need to say I am >not in anyway trying to focus on the horrors of Andersonville compared to >any POW camp in the north ..( i.e.Elmira ) or any others and do not wish >to stir up arguments on this site. My focus is dedicated to ALL of those >held prisoner during this war , on both sides as well as all Americans who >gave their freedoms for those that we enjoy today.. I just happen to be >near Andersonville so this is where I do my work > >Here are my sources of research. > >There are 2 online databases to do lookups.....One by name...one by >Company and Regiment. I also have a copy of the Dorence Atwater Death list >which has the names and grave numbers of 12960 graves with only 460 marked >as " UNKNOWN " This along with a CD I have which contains 41718 names of >the 45,000 who were imprisoned there which helps me find prisoner records >because of misspellings of the names or alternate names. I also have the >continued update database which is dated October 01 2002 . . I visit the >prison site every couple of weeks and have access to the onsite databases >as well as the physical files. Please do not consider this spam as my >research offer is FREE for the asking . Please email me directly at >[email protected] > > If there is anything I can do in helping your research at > Andersonville, please just ask. > >Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned >and died in captivity while in the service to our country >Kevin Frye >Local Andersonville Historian / National Park Service Volunteer > ><http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html>http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html > >AOL USERS go to ><http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/>http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/ ======================================== Charles R. Weese, 4012 Pardee Rd., Stow, Ohio 44224 See http://web.raex.com/~cweese/weese/ and http://web.raex.com/~cweese/vance/ for my family info. I maintain the following USGenWeb county sites: Gallia County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohgallia/gallia.htm Jackson County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjackso/jackson.htm Vinton County Ohio at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohvinton/vinton.htm