I had the privilege of interviewing Brian Rhinehart, a professional genealogist, who researches U.S. Civil War records at the National Archives for family history research. He has a plan you can follow to find your Civil War ancestors, how to research them and an excellent case study showing how he found a clients’ ancestor “William Smith” among hundreds of soldiers by the same name.

Brian Rhinehart is a professional genealogist and speaker and is the owner of CivilWarRecords.com. He is a graduate of Boston University’s Certificate of Genealogy Research and his work has been featured in the PBS television show "Finding Your Roots." A direct descendant of seven Civil War soldiers, Brian specializes in research and record retrieval for Civil War and War of 1812 soldiers at the National Archives in Washington DC and has retrieved military files for hundreds of clients there.

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TIMING
0:00 Intro
1:24 Brian Rhinehart intro
3:23 Were they the right age?
5:07 Do you have an ancestor that disappeared?
7:04 Look for gaps in children’s ages
8:50 Ask other relatives
10:06 Check the 1890 Veterans Census
13:02 The 1910 Federal Census indicates service
14:37 Check the 1930 Federal Census
15:24 The National Park Service Soldiers & Sailors Database
17:52 Check obituaries
19:37 Grave websites & markers
22:18 Search pension index cards
26:25 Draft registration records
29:02 Using online family trees
30:26 Reach out to local historical societies/libraries
32:11 Homestead files
35:41 Commonly named ancestor case
45:41 What information did we find?
52:44 How to contact Brian Rhinehart?
53:51 What to expect in a pension file?
54:57 Finding the Union & Confederate pension records?
55:26 How much does a file cost?

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