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Dunmore’s War Rosters: The only rosters preserved of the companies which were in the battle of Point Pleasant, or arrived with Colonel Christian in the evening after it had been fought and won. Also included, a list of defenders of the frontier in 1774, that did NOT participate in the Battle of Point Pleasant. This battle covered the early frontier area of Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

PA Volunteers of the Civil War

has been reorganized by county and by regiment .

AccessGenealogy is one of the largest providers of free genealogy databases online. Created in 1999 by Dennis Partridge and Judy White, it’s collection of free databases now surpasses 1.1 million names. The following update provides just a glimpse into the growing collection, and resulted in over 140,000 additional names being added to their databases and webpages in just one week!

AccessGenealogy is one of the largest providers of free genealogy databases online. Created in 1999 by Dennis Partridge and Judy White, it’s collection of free databases now surpasses 1 million names. The following update provides just a glimpse into the growing collection:

Ancestry has opened up it’s World War 1 Draft Registration records for visitors of Access Genealogy for free. This will cover a 14 day period between July 4 - July 17 2005. The only thing required to view the records is an email address and your name. No credit card required! This is not a 14 day trial of all of their material. It is strictly limited to their World War 1 Draft Registration images.

So many people are just learning about the FREE access to Ancestry.com Civil War databases that Ancestry has decided to keep the databases open for an additional weekend - free and open though June 12.

Access Genealogy is proud to announce todays release of the Korean War Casualty list! The records in the Korean War Casualty File are for 33,628 persons who died as a result of hostilities in Korea, 1950-57, including those who died while missing or captured.

I’m pleased to announce that Ancestry has opened (completely free) several databases that can be used as substitutes for the 1890 Federal Census that was destroyed by fire.

Learn how to access these FREE records….

The Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Spanish American War website has posted the names of thousands of Pennsylvania soldiers who served in the Spanish-American War of 1898.

The rosters of thousands of Pennsylvania soldiers have been posted and include….

An 1862 law allowed honorably discharged Army veterans of any war to petition for naturalization, without having filed a declaration of intent, after only 1 year of residence in the United States. The wording of the 1862 Act stated that any alien, age 21 or up “…who has enlisted, or may enlist in the armies of the United States….” It was designed to encourage enlistment during the Civil War. Aliens serving in the US military did not gain citizenship through service alone ……