Discipulus
Sergeant
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2015
- Location
- DuPage Cnty, IL
Do NOT settle using the search boxes! You will miss most of the goodies! The search boxes only search the most popular databases. There are literally THOUSANDS of databases on Ancestry.Com that can only be searched manually. Here is what I do for the Civil War databases --
From the homepage, pull down the Search menu and click on "Card Catalog."
(Look at the thousands of databases the search engines don't visit!)
When I am at the Card Catalog page I use the filters on the left. I choose --
"USA"
"Military"
"1800s"
-- that leaves me with a list of 794 databases to scroll through, most dealing with the ACW. Most of these databases are indexed so will have their own search boxes when you click on them. But a few will be just microfilms that need to be browsed.
Ancestry.Com has started deleting these databases because people aren't using them or are duplicated elsewhere. Don't let a prize get away, check them out now.
From the homepage, pull down the Search menu and click on "Card Catalog."
(Look at the thousands of databases the search engines don't visit!)
When I am at the Card Catalog page I use the filters on the left. I choose --
"USA"
"Military"
"1800s"
-- that leaves me with a list of 794 databases to scroll through, most dealing with the ACW. Most of these databases are indexed so will have their own search boxes when you click on them. But a few will be just microfilms that need to be browsed.
Ancestry.Com has started deleting these databases because people aren't using them or are duplicated elsewhere. Don't let a prize get away, check them out now.