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In November of 2017, Ancestry dumped 25 years of genealogy materials accumulated by the Rootsweb volunteers. Over the past 8 months we have monitored their blogs as they promised repeatedly that the data would be restored. I do not think that it will happen at this point as they now have Rootsweb directing to a generic Ancestry advertising page.

What that means for us is that hundreds of links on these pages are now bad. Please be patient as we try to recover the information. Unfortunately we do not have the resources to work on the genealogy data beyond our focus on the Civil War. Contact Us or friend ResearchOnLine on Facebook for periodic notes on our progress.

Links Recovered - July 2018:
  • Civil War Flags of Illinois
  • Links Checked - July 2018:
  • Free Digital Library - Illinois
  • Library of Civil War Medicine
  • Links Not Found - July 2018:
    Links Not Checked - July 2018:
  • 29th US Colored Infantry Regiment
  • 1880 Reunion of Benton County Veterans of Civil War [includes veterans from CO, DE, IL, IN, KS, KY, ME, MA, MI, MN, MO, OH, NY, PA, WI, and United States Regulars]
  • 1881 G.A.R. Old Soldiers Reunion [includes veterans from AR, CA, CT, IA, IN, IL , KS, KY, ME, MI, MN, MO, Navy, NE, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WI, Independent from Ringgold Cavalry, US Infantry, Wilderness Scout, Engineer Corp.]
  • 1883 Wilson County [KS] Veterans of the War [numerous states listed]
  • 1889 Old Soldiers Reunion, Chickasaw County, Iowa [numerous states listed]
  • 1889 Civil War Veterans Reunion, Unionville, Missouri [Putnam County][ includes states of AR, CA, IA, IN, IL, KS, KY, MD, MI, MO, OH, PA, VA, WI, WV, VT and units of E.M.M., M.S.M, US Infantry, E.M.M. Mtd. Inf., MO Home Guard, U. S. V.V. Eng. and Navy.]
  • 1889 Roster of ex-Soldiers and Soldiers Widows in Lincoln County, KS [includes states of CO, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NJ, OH, NY, PA, TN, VT, WI, WV, US Regiment, and Vet. Reserve Corp]
  • 1890 Butler County Missouri Census: Special Civil War Schedules Enumeration [numerous states listed]
  • 1890 Census Reconstruction - Coos County, Oregon Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of AR, CA, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, NC, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TX, VA, WI, Washington; to include many names without state identification.
  • 1890 Veterans Census, Hancock County, WV. [includes numerous state units]
  • 1890 Census: Special Schedule: Survivors and Widows of the War of the Rebellion, Union Veterans of New Mexico [numerous states listed]
  • 1890 11th Census of the United States - Special Schedule Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows - Shawano County, WI (includes states of IA, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, PA, OH and WI)
  • 1890 Veterans Census for Northern Virginia - 1890 Veterans Census of Alexandria, Falls Church and Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, and Stafford Counties Listing of soldiers/sailors from US Infantry, US Artillery, Navy, and states of CA, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, Washington; other titles of Surgeons, Inspector General, US Inf., Chaplin Hospital; includes many names without state identification or units.
  • 1891 NE-KS Interstate GAR Reunion at Red Cloud, Nebraska [numerous states listed]
  • 1893 Nebraska Census of Civil War Veterans (listed by state)
  • 1910 Old Soldiers Reunion: Maramec, Pawnee County, OK [numerous states listed]
  • Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska - Military Rosters This website is well worth looking at. It names the Veterans residence as well as their nationality and in some cases where buried. Of the first 3 pages I came up with more states and countries than I can list here. Nationalities of Canada, Prussia, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Sweden, England, Luxemboug, Switzerland, Wales, and more.
  • Database of 1912 Illinois Roll of Honor
  • Alton in the Civil War
  • Alton Battalion
  • Battle of Catlett's and Treadwell's Plantations
  • Battle of Pickett's Mill in Georgia
  • Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War Listed alphabetically by Soldier's name
  • Bridge's Battery - Light Artillery
  • Campbell's Battery Light Artillery
  • Chapmans's Light Artillery
  • Chicago Board of Trade Independent Light Artillery
  • Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery
  • Civil War Forum by Genealogy.com [If you are not familiar with Genealogy.Com check out their main web page - so many topics, family names, states and more.
  • Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (A-L)
  • Civil War Medal of Honor Recipients (M-Z)
  • Civil War Newspapers: Fortress Monroe - Arrival of 550 Paroled Prisoners from Richmond, List of Officers - Friday 21 October, 1864
  • Civil War Records held by the New York State Library: Soldiers and Statesmen
  • Civil War Veterans in Australia [numerous states]
  • Clinton County, Illinois
  • Colvin's Independent Light Artillery
  • Connecticut Civil War Residence Index of Manuscripts [by state]
  • Deerfield Township, Isabella, Michigan 1890 Special Schedule Includes states of IL, IN, IA, MA, MI, NY, PA, OH, VT
  • East Central Alabama Researchers Civil War Veterans [Veterans are listed by name, place of birth, and service. List includes states of AL, GA, KY, TN,]
  • ElginHistory.com: Elgin Days Gone By: Chapter 5 - Veterans
  • Fayette County
  • Featured Biographies and Obituaries [numerous states]
  • Fourth Biennial Report of The Illinois Soldier's & Sailors' Home, Quincy, Illinois, June 30, 1892 - Admissions - Daily Record
  • Free Genealogy Databases - Illinois
  • The General Lyon Disaster
  • The Burning of the General Lyon
  • The Passenger List of the Steamer General Lyon [numerous states listed, to include list of many Illinois soldiers]
  • Sources for the Steamer General Lyon Disaster - The New York Times - April, 1865 and The Times of London, April 27, 1865
  • Gettysburg Union Order of Battle
  • Grand Army of the Republic Death Rolls Books [advertisement] includes states of AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, Dakota Territory, DE, District of Columbia, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE Territory, NE, NH, NJ, NM Territory, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, RH, TN, VT, VA, WV, WI, US Army, USCT, US Navy, Veterans Reserve Corp.
  • Great Locomotive Chase (Andrews Raiders)
  • Great Locomotive Chase (Andrews Raiders) - Find a Grave [numerous states listed}
  • Greenwood County, Kansas Civil War Veteran's Reunion 1887
  • Henshaw's Independent Battery Light Artillery
  • Home for Disabled Soldiers in Danville, IL.
  • Illinois Civil War Rosters by County
  • Illinois Civil War Veterans Cemetery Listing
  • Illinois Genealogy Trails Civil War Pension Index
  • Illinois Greyhounds - history of the 37th IL Volunteer Infantry, Co. A
  • Illinois Independent Artillery Units
  • Illinois' Militia in the Civil War
  • Illinois Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database
  • Illinois Regiments - County Search
  • Illinois in the Civil War: Rosters and History
  • Illinois Civil War Roster Search
  • Illinois Rosters (MANY)
  • Illinois Rosters By County
  • Illinois Rosters
  • Indiana State Library Civil War Soldier Photograph Exhibit: Non-Indiana Soldiers by States of GA, IL, OH, PA and WI.
  • James Irwin - 1881 History of Sangamon County, Illinois
  • Joliet and Will County in the Civil War
  • Lake County
  • Letters from William Moore Parkinson, 11th IL Infantry Co C and Captain, African American Troop, 8th Louisiana Infantry, Reg of African Descent
  • List of Union Soldiers Living in Wilson County, Kansas (Wilson County Citizen, July 20, 1883)
  • Macon County Genealogy and Family History Website
  • Memoirs, Diary, and life of Private Jefferson Moses, Co. G, 93rd Illinois Volunteers
  • Muster Roll of Jackson's Company 1865 [Jackson's Co (A), Burbridge's Regt (4th MO) Cavalry]
  • Norwegians in the Civil War
  • O.P. Morton Post - G.A.R. - Muster Roll, Snohomish, Washington
  • Organization of Union Troops at the Battle of Shiloh [Pittsburg Landing] April 6-7, 1862
  • Organization of the Union Army at Vicksburg May 19 - July 4, 1863
  • Pardons from the North
  • Platte County, Nebraska Civil War Veterans - Veterans listed by date of death. Includes the following states: California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Captain Pawnee Scouts, U.S. Infantry.
  • Records of the Veterans Administration: Great Lakes Region, Chicago - Home for Disabled Soldiers in Marion, Indiana This website is well worth looking at. Records of the Marion Branch, Marion, IN. Sample Case Files of Veterans Temporarily at the Branch, 1890-1930. States/Units listed: CT, IN, IA, IL, KY, MD, MI, MO, MN, NH, NY, OH, PA, TN, USCT units, US Cavalry and US Infantry, US Signal Corps, 23rd Recruit Company, Quartermaster Depot, Veterans Reserve Corp, US Navy, US Field Artillery and more.
  • Regimental Nicknames [numerous states]
  • Renwick's Elgin Independent Battery Light Artillery
  • Shiloh Union Order of Battle
  • Southern Wisconsin Civil War Volunteers [numerous states listed]
  • Springfield (Illinois) Independent Light Artillery
  • Sturgis Rifles
  • Surgeon on Horseback - a book of civil war letters and Journal of Dr. Charles Brackett of Rochester, Indiana - 1st Indiana Cavalry and 9th Illinois Cavalry
  • Union Forces in the 1861 Rich Mountain Campaign
  • Union Order of Battle for the Battle of Nashville
  • Union Soldiers Executed [from numerous states]
  • USGen Web Pensions Project[numerous states listed]
  • Vanished Index to Illinois Civil War Military Units
  • Vermillion County, IL - Casualties Among the Volunteers from Georgetown, IL
  • When You've Hit A Brick Wall - Ohio River Valley Families Genealogy Home Page "Searchable genealogy database focused on early settlers of the Ohio River Valley. All individuals are lineage-linked through marriage or blood lines. On-line since 1995, orvf.com is not a general repository for unrelated individuals. In addition to birth, marriage and death dates/locations, pedigree and descendant charts, the website provides gedcom downloads, burial locations, military service, obits, occupations, causes of death and links to thousands of headstone photos taken by the webmaster."
  • William Cogswell's Battery Light Artillery





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