Georgia
Sergeant
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2020
Have you started doing any research on your family? Online or otherwise?How can you verify if you had family in the War?
You usually can find information online as to which units and states they mustered into with a computer search through an online genealogy search. From there, you can look for pension paperwork and other governmental paperwork (was there a military burial or requests to the government for specific stones to mark their interment location, etc.) to help you verify their service.
The locations of where they mustered in may not be the same state as to where they lived. For example, I’ve got AL ancestors who mustered in at locations in TN and MS as well as their home state locations.
I’m sure there are folks here who are much more versed than I in finding and confirming family connections-and, honestly, there may be more tried and true ways to denote service than the ways I’m suggesting here
The online search is just the first part. Once I find mentions or view mustering in paperwork which tell the commanding officer and regimental name of the unit, then I begin searching about that unit to see what confinformation might be “out there.”
There is so very much online information available today. So, use that as your jumping off point-
Wishing you the best of luck as you start your research-