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dennee · 2nd May 2006, 07:39 PM

I assume you mean during "our" (U.S.) Civil War, which would make things much easier in terms of the availability of records. It would really, really help to know what county he was living in. If he shows up in the 1860 census, fine, that's a great start. If there is no idea, then it is much more difficult. Many county records have been gathered at the state archives in Richmond, but a whole state's records, even for a short period of time, are not too easy to review on microfilm. If you can get the county, 'though, it should go easier (they usually have land and tax records, etc.)--unless it was one of the counties whose records were burned in the war.

2nd May 2006, 07:39 PM	#2
dennee Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: College Park, MD Posts: 186	I assume you mean during "our" (U.S.) Civil War, which would make things much easier in terms of the availability of records. It would really, really help to know what county he was living in. If he shows up in the 1860 census, fine, that's a great start. If there is no idea, then it is much more difficult. Many county records have been gathered at the state archives in Richmond, but a whole state's records, even for a short period of time, are not too easy to review on microfilm. If you can get the county, 'though, it should go easier (they usually have land and tax records, etc.)--unless it was one of the counties whose records were burned in the war.