I don't know why I didn't think of it before - I have a subscription to the Civil War Database online! Did a search for Rudd and it came back with 56 names in the Union Army and 40 in the Confederate States Army. There are three Thomas Rudds listed: Thomas Rudd - Private, NY Thomas Rudd, Fairhaven, VT - Private, VT Thomas Rudd - Private, NY If you'd like more information on them let me know - there is usually a bit more info to be gained at this website. I'll send a list of all the Rudds in a separate email. Celia At 9:25 PM -0400 8/5/98, Joann H. Nichols wrote: >Hi, (what is your name anyway?) > >It's a Rudd question, so I don't charge for that! How about trying to get a >pension record for the Thomas Rudd who was in the Civil War? You need a >special >form, NATF 80. Go into http://www.nara.gov/ and you can order the form you >need. When you get it, follow the instructions, filling in as much as you >can. >His widow might have applied for a pension. > >New York didn't start keeping vital records until after 1880, so I doubt >you'll >have much luck over there. > >I looked in my copy of the Revised Roster and find that the Thomas Rudd in the >Civil War was from Fair Haven. It seems doubtful to me that the one there >in the >1810 and 1820 census would have served in the Civil War, so it might be a >son. To >be listed in the census you would be the head of a household, so would >probably be >about 20. If he was 20 in 1810, he would be 70 in 1860. > >I guess your best bet would be to try to get a pension record for the one who >served in the Civil War. > >Good luck, >Joann Nichols > >[email protected] wrote: > >> Joann, >> I got your e-mail from Alice Eichholz who said you were THE expert >>on the >> Rudd family. It wasn't until later I realized you had contacted me re: a >> posting I had. >> You said there were no Rudds in Vt. according to the 1850 census. The Vt. >> Historical Society responded to my earlier request and they found a Thomas >> Rudd who appeared in the 1820 census in Fair Haven and in the indexes >>back to >> 1810. There was also a mention of him in the Revised Roster of Vermont >> Volunteers, 1861-1866, enlistment date 12-28-1863. He was taken prisoner on >> @-2-1864, par. 12-16-1864 and died 1-11-1865 of disease. I only know that my >> Thomas was married to an Alice-----?;He had a son Thomas Edward Rudd in >>1849 , >> who was born either in Vt. or N.Y. Alice said since Fair Haven was fairly >> small, they might have goneover the state line to Whitehall to have a baby, >> see a doctor, etc. Have already requested information from N.Y. state vital >> records. Also checking with Conn. and R.I. What else can I do to prove, or >> disprove that the Vt. Thomas Rudd is or is not father to my Thomas Edward >> Rudd? >> If you require a fee for this information, please let me know. >>[email protected]