Researching Civil War Ancestors
Online resources for researching civil war ancestors.
Note: Many of these sources link to paid subscription sites (such as Ancestry.com) and require an account view the content. If you need help researching a veteran for membership to the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, please use the contact at the bottom of this page.
Civil War
Soldier Search
Nebraska Resources
- Civil War Veterans Museum - Nebraska City
- Fold3 Nebraska CW Soldiers
- History Nebraska Databases
- Nebraska CW Vet Database
- Nebraska GAR Burial Records
- Nebraskans in the Civil War
- Nebraska Civil War Records
- Nebraska Volunteers 1861-1869 (Ancestry.com)
- Nebraska State Census 1885 (Ancestry.com)
- Nebraska Compiled Census Index 1854-1870 (Ancestry.com)
- Nebraska Community Newspaper Archives
Message Boards/Blogs
Ancestry.com
- Ancestry.com
- Civil War Service Records
- Civil War Pension Index
- Ancestry Message Boards
- Prisoner of War Records
- Draft Registration Records
- Headstones for Deceased Vets
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers
- U.S. Union Service Records - Compiled
- Confederate Service Records
- Confederate Service Records - Compiled
- US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers 1866-1938