Does anyone have experience with becoming a member of the Sons of Union Veterans?

2017-03-23T12:09:00-04:00

If you have read some of my other posts, it should be obvious that I love genealogy. I have had experiences with the Sons of American Revolution and Sons of Confederate veterans.

What I wanted extra help with (from you gurus) is where to go find Civil War documents and pensions. My ancestor was in the National Guard and only served 100 days. It's making it much harder.

http://www.suvcw.org/

Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Fraternity, Charity and Loyalty

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Mar 23 at 2017 12:16 PM

2017-03-23T12:16:47-04:00

Now that sounds like an interesting task! If your ancestor was from Pennsylvania, I might have some ideas on where to dig up those records. I did my family tree a few years ago. Sadly, everything got a lot harder for me when I traced my family back to the boats in the 1920s coming from Germany.

Response by SSgt Robert Jorgensen made Mar 23 at 2017 1:00 PM

2017-03-23T13:00:15-04:00

Records wise on family I would recommend http://www.ansectory.com but you will have to pay membership and it can include going to the old land. Don't know if any of the documentation will show pensions or civil war documents unless someone else has gone there.

www.ansectory.com

Response by Sgt Deborah Cornatzer made Mar 23 at 2017 1:00 PM

2017-03-23T13:00:22-04:00

Fold3 a deadend?

Response by SSG Carlos Madden made Mar 23 at 2017 2:19 PM

2017-03-23T14:19:07-04:00

I had a Civil War cap stone project in college and found that most of the Civil War records were maintained by the local municipality - either in the clerks offices or the historical society. If the town also had a GAR (likely now a donated building) see who runs that and then ask them. It could be a private non-prof organization or even the library. But your ancestor was likely part of the GAR and thus someone in the town would know what happened to those records.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 23 at 2017 4:37 PM

2017-03-23T16:37:49-04:00

I believe I have ancestors who served the Union, but I don't know how to confirm that. THere is an old genealogy book in the Library of Congress but I'm not sure if that's enough.

Response by Maj William W. 'Bill' Price made Mar 23 at 2017 10:18 PM

2017-03-23T22:18:04-04:00

Give me his name, Sgt William Biggs, and I'll rummage around for what I can find. Email it if you don't wish to post his name in this thread. Cheers.

Response by SGT David T. made Mar 24 at 2017 7:50 AM

2017-03-24T07:50:37-04:00

I found the documents I needed on Fold3 through ancestry. I haven't applied yet because my mother wont pony up her birth certificate so I have no documents showing that she belongs to my grandfather lol.

Response by CW4 Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 24 at 2017 12:15 PM

2017-03-24T12:15:48-04:00

It can be a bit more difficult to obtain Civil War records for a National Guard Soldier, especially one who served such a short time. Unless he was wounded, he probably doesn't have a Pension File or Military Service Record on file with the National Archives (https://www.archives.gov/research/military/civil-war/resources.html).

Identify the unit in which he served, then see what records are held by the State Archives and whether the state has a military museum. Also look for the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) lodge in the area where your ancestor lived. Their records may be available - either at a local town historian's office or at the State Archives or state military museum. Search Fold3, Ancestry, and FamilySearch to start, but also search the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm) and FindAGrave.com. Also, search for your ancestor in his local newspaper(s) to see if his service or GAR membership was ever mentioned.

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Response by SPC Frank A. Westgate made Nov 26 at 2019 6:54 PM

2019-11-26T18:54:20-05:00

http://suvcwks.org/

Department of Kansas, SUVCW