Thank you Joan, your URL and another sent off list by John Rogers both led me to: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/roster/search.asp Where I searched the " Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865" ----- Original Message ----- From: "joan benner" <[email protected]> To: "William P. Russell" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Civil War Records - Are Wi on line? > At 03:20 PM 6/13/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >My Great Grandfather Joseph B. Phelps lived in Stevens Point from at least > >1850 until at least 1860, perhaps later; since his offspring were born > >there in those years. The next child was born in Idaho in 1866 so he and > >his wife Mary Ann Pryor may have been there during the Civil War. He may > >have volunteered during the war and I wonder if there are any on-line > >records I could search. > --------- > Have you looked at the Wisconsin Historical Society website at > http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/research/index.html ? They have the Roster of WI > Volunteers 1861 - 1865 as part of their digital collection. > > Best wishes, > > > Joan M. Benner, Golden Rule Genealogy > Member, Association of Professional Genealogists > Friendly Professional Research, Guided by the Golden Rule > Specializing in Central Wisconsin Records > P.O. Box 1559, Wisconsin Rapids WI 54495-1559 or for more information, > http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/resource/r-joanb.htm > > "Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest." > --- Mark Twain, 1835-1910 > > > > > > > > > > > >