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People do not live in vacuums. George A. Trautvetter was not the only man who deserted Company H of the 49th Illinois on 26 July 1865. In fact, there are four men who appear in the Adjutant General’s report as having deserted on that date: William Doerges Henry Doerges Adam Enders George A. Trautvetter All […]
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Statements made in military pension applications and apparently desertion charge appeals needed witnesses testifying to the credibility of the person making the statement. Aquila Daughtery and William W. Jones made such a statement in the August 1883 desertion appeal filed by George A. Trautvetter from Hancock County, Illinois. They were not testifying to anything regarding […]
On 18 August 1920, the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, giving women the right to vote. As a quick exercise, I decided to see which of my female ancestors were impacted by the passing of this amendment. The following female ancestors of mine were living on 18 August 1920: Grandparent: Ida […]
Today’s Genealogy Tip of the Day included an image of a list of children with their dates of birth for Union Civil War veteran William Lake (Company I, 49th Missouri Volunteer Infantry). The list was not created for genealogists and it was not simply busy work generated by the pension office. The list was submitted by […]
Genealogy is often about location and there are plenty of locations in this 1937 application for a military headstone for John Ehmen who served in the 119th Illinois Infantry. Seven location are shown, but at this point, but for reasons discussed below I’m mainly interested in three of them at this point: Spetzerfehn, Germany–the place of […]
GenealogyBank recently added new features to the search interface on their site: saving individual articles saving specific searches tracking of recent searches I’m not certain what the limits on “recent” searches are in terms of how long they are retained, so don’t assume they will be there forever. For those who wish to see a […]
