<p>Oh, I wanted to tell you if I saw you here again. Last Fall you mentioned the Civil War Forums. I took your suggestion and I posted my GGrandfather name there and the most remarkable thing happened! 3 months after the post someone contacted me because they had an 1865 signed photograph of my GGrandfather! It was a carte di vista of him in full uniform with sword at age 24, he had signed it with his name,company and regiment. Can you believe it! We had no photographs of him except much later in life so the photo was a stunning revelation. And the most remearkable thing of all was my father was the spitting image of his grandfather ! (who he never met) The resemblance was uncanny.
So, thanks, Hayden- the most incredible thing to happen for us! THANK YOU FOR THE SUGGESTION!</p>
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<p>WOW! That’s fantastic, backhand. I’m so glad for you. I’m thrilled it worked out. And it was very nice of you to post the thank you.</p>
<p>Let me repost some info in case anyone else wants to check for ancestors. [I think this does not violate terms of service since these are not competing sites?] You can go to ancestry.com and/or genealogy.com, then click on either family forum or message board. They have fora for family names, locations (county and state), and specialty boards, such as Civil War, Revolutionary War, Quakers, etc.</p>
<p>And for all those who think I’m just some liberal Democrat . . . I’m also a member of DAR. You can check the DAR site, and it has info also.</p>
<p>If anyone has any questions, just PM me. It’s all about family - past, present and future !</p>