Comments on: Ancestry.com Launches Five New Civil War Databases in Celebration of Lincoln’s Birthday

By: Mark Claussner

Mark Claussner — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:51:08 +0000

Suzanne, I have a question for you that I hope you can answer. I had not looked at my great great grandfather Wyman B. Nightingale from Massachusetts,Civil war record in a long time. When I recently took another look at it I was surprised to see a picture posted with the record. Nobody I have talked to involved in our family tree that participates on Ancestry. com knew where it came from? Would you be able to find out?
Mark

By: Sharon Meeker

Sharon Meeker — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:52:14 +0000

The problem that I reported with the Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles database on Feb. 12 appears to have been fixed. Using the same criteria listed in my Comment No. 1, the database now locates Meeker soldiers in New Jersey. It’s too bad I had to report the problem here, when Member Solutions insisted that the fault was mine. Thank you for fixing this.

By: Jerry Tarvin

Jerry Tarvin — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:38:23 +0000

I have downloaded the enhance viewer but cannot find anyway to open it.
I also cannot print anything from my family tree. I have 2009 ftm. thank you Jerry Tarvin

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:07:48 +0000

Update: According to Historical Data Systems the Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles database will be updated annually on Ancestry.com and every other month at civilwardata.com and they welcome additions and corrections sent to them at civilwardata@sprynet.com .

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:45:33 +0000

I just realized I didn’t give the name of the particular database. It’s Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:41:53 +0000

I was unable to find a record of a soldier’s CT service in this database that I had found in other databases on Ancestry and other sites like Footnote and the National Park Service’s Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. CT is one of the states listed as being finished so I sent an email to the address provided for Historical Data Systems and found out that my soldier had been accidently skipped over at data-entry. They indicated they will add his CT service and link it to his NJ service. I really like this database and the relational links and that the company is open to corrections and additions but I just don’t know when it will get done or how long it will take for the correction to be updated to Ancestry’s version of the database. I have another soldier I couldn’t find and sent another email but haven’y heard anything about him yet.

By: Patricia Donohoe

Patricia Donohoe — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:35:22 +0000

Thank you for your efforts to find Civil War records. I found my grea-great grandfather and Uncle in the new data base and learned exactly which battles they fought in. Looking forward to further research helps on the Civil War.

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Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:02:28 +0000

[...] Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867 – a collection containing more than 15000 records of former Confederate soldiers and government officials requesting Presidential pardons. …Page 2 [...]

By: Reed

Reed — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:39:07 +0000

Suzanne,

Take a look at the Lincoln papers. The search engine appears to work fine, but when you click on the “view image” icons, no document images appear.

example: Search > Abraham Lincoln Papers > Abraham Lincoln Papers > Series 1 General Correspondence 1833-1916 > (178) 05 Oct 1864 – 11 Oct 1864 > John Perkins Jr To Abraham Lincoln [no image appears]

Please fix.

By: Pat Morgan

Pat Morgan — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 03:05:08 +0000

I have two ancestors who died while on active duty yet their record indicates they were “mustered out”. The record correctly answers the question “Survived the War?” with a No. There needs to be a way to reconcile this information.

Thank you