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Useful Links
 United States of America
Genealogy & History
Links in this section are to online family history research resources that are helpful to those who are seeking their roots or investigating historical events. Most contain useful background information or tips on how to research your family history. Other links are to institutional sites such as libraries and archives. Links to searchable online genealogy and history databases are accessed by clicking on "Searchable Online USA Data" (under the heading for this page)
USA Census - Census Forms
Civil War Sites
- American Civil War The page is maintained by Dr. George H. Hoemann who, with Mary Myers, is one of the original co-authors. Hoemann is currently assistant dean for distance education and independent study at the University of Tennessee.
- Civil War Center The mission of the United States Civil War Center is to promote interdisciplinary study of the American Civil War. It was founded in 1993 by novelist David Madden, Professor of English at Louisiana State University, and is supported in part by a donation from the late Frank Magill, founder of Salem Press.
- Civil War Poetry and Music If you want to understand the thoughts and emotions
of the men who faced each other across the battlefield
and those who waited for them at home,
look to the poems and songs written during and after the War.
- Civil War Veteran Burials - Michigan ( free ) Dept. Of Michigan The database contains over 50,000 records, including all Civil War soldiers buried in Michigan from any units, as well any Michigan soldiers that are buried anywhere. Also include are the burial places of veterans of any war from the American Revolution through the Spanish American War if they are reported to The Department of Michigan.
- Civil War Women Given the wealth of information about the Civil War already on the Internet, there is a relatively small amount of material that reflects women's lives and experiences during this time period. This site provides links to primary sources that are directly related to women and the Civil War.
- Civil War: North vs. South This site contains links to articles and papers regarding specific Civil War battles, plus additional information regarding the conflict. Content is listed alphabetically by battle name.
- Index of Civil War Information The mission of the United States Civil War Center is to promote interdisciplinary study of the American Civil War. It was founded in 1993 by novelist David Madden, Professor of English at Louisiana State University, and is supported in part by a donation from the late Frank Magill, founder of Salem Press.
- Introduction to Genealogy & Civil War The American Civil War provided many documents which have information vital for those interested in family history. Many men born from 1825 to 1847 served in the armies, but many older men and some young boys also participated. This site provides strageies to help you begin your research.
- Joshua Chamberlain Page The Pejepscto Historical Society rescued the Chamberlain House from demolition in 1982, and that year began restoration on what would become the Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum. Links from this page will bring you up to date on this project, and lead you to the Pejepscot Historical Society's extensive Joshua L. Chamberlain resources.
- Michigan in the Civil War - Honor Roll The top of this webpage is an advertisement for a commercial CD Rom, however if you scroll down the page a little, you will find a free database of all of the Michigan soldiers that did not survive the Civil War. It is the names of all of the 14,790 men regardless of the cause of death. This does not include the 279 listed as "Missing in Action" and probably killed.
- National Civil War Association
Slavery - Underground Railroad
- Underground Railroad (Canada) During the 19 th-century, thousands of enslaved and many free African-Americans fled the United States and made their way to Canada where they could live as free citizens. The refugees arrived at points as far east as Nova Scotia and as far west as British Columbia, but the majority crossed over into what is now southwestern Ontario. The network of abolitionists that assisted in the escapes became known as the Underground Railroad.
- Underground Railroad (National Geographic) You are a slave. Your body, your time, your very breath belong to a farmer in 1850s Maryland. Six long days a week you tend his fields and make him rich. You have never tasted freedom. You never expect to. And yet . . .
State-Specific Links - Michigan
- Michigan in the Civil War - Honor Roll The top of this webpage is an advertisement for a commercial CD Rom, however if you scroll down the page a little, you will find a free database of all of the Michigan soldiers that did not survive the Civil War. It is the names of all of the 14,790 men regardless of the cause of death. This does not include the 279 listed as "Missing in Action" and probably killed.
State-Specific Links - Wisconsin
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