|
Massachusetts
soldiers, sailors, and marines in the Civil War - 1861 to 1865
AComplete Searchable Publication on CD
Massachusetts soldiers, sailors, and marines in the Civil
War - 1861 to 1865: By Massachusetts
Adjutant-general's
office, Norwood Press, 1931. The compilation contains the
names of all the
men who served in Massachusetts units during the Civil War. There is a
short
history of the regiment followed by the names of the men. The details
for
each man named in the record are: full name, rank, home, age,
occupation,
date of service and discharge, and reason for discharge. Mr. Cross was
the
last of three editors and it was he who completed the monumental task. Together, the military
records
in these 8 volumes plus Index Volime, reference approximately
140,000 individuals, nearly all men who served in Massachusetts units
during the Civil War. Chapter 475 of Massachusetts' Acts of 1899
provided for the compilation and publication of a complete record of
Massachusetts soldiers, sailors, and Marines who served
in the Civil War. Civil War veterans began the work of compilation
which
lasted for nearly thirty years and involved the examination and
replication of over one million records. Compilers found records on
original enlistment papers, muster-in rolls, descriptive rolls, town
reports, casualty lists, monthly reports, hospital records, muster-out
reports, and miscellaneous papers.
These files
contain images of every page of the original eight Volumes Plus Index
Volume
of one of the most valuable genealogy resources available. Reprints of
these
books will cost hundreds of dollars and the complete set (if found
available)
would cost a thousand. In contrast, the CD version weighs one-half
ounce,
is easier to search and is available for a far more affordable price.
|
|
|
About
Our
CDs
Many of our CDs are composed of collections of
multiple texts and documents concentrating on specific regions or
subject areas. Many contain 5, 10 or more separate publications. Each
CD is truly a reference BONANZA to the home historian with thousands of
pages of research information. The age
of most of these text make them inaccessible to the average researcher.
Naturally their scarcity
and fragility makes them very expensive to acquire hence often kept
under
lock and key in an effort to preserve them. Unfortunately this also
makes
them unavailable for public view. Our CDs are produced by scanning the
actual pages of the original text making them not only excellent
resources
but archival copies available for future generations. If you could find
a hard copy of any of these books it would cost hundreds of dollars - individually worth many times
the cost of a CD.
The average cost of a single CD, containing our "theme or regional"
based collections has been kept affordable in an effort to make this
information obtainable to as many home researchers as possible.
Our CDs have become the
ultimate research tool. Having a copy on hand allows research at your
leisure and your schedule while in the comfort of your home.
Additionally you can still print individual or groups of pages as you
need directly from your CDs. Giving you the best of both old and new
research techniques. Unless otherwise noted most pdf Files are now
searchable. Searchable pdf files allow single or multiple file
searches with one search request.
Our CDs are designed to be
easily used even
for those
new to computers.
The opening menu, which opens much like a web page (utilizing your
browser
and a link like navigation system), is easily navigated and extremely
user friendly.
Before using our CDs please
update your Adobe Reader to the newest version available. Updates are available as free
downloads at adobe.com. Our CDs now work with both major
operating systems -- Windows and MAC OSX
|