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Ancestry.com has opened up several of its military databases for no charge! In remembrance this Memorial Day, these databases are open (and free) from May 26 until June 10.
HOWEVER, PLEASE NOTE:
These databases are free *only * when accessed through the PaCivilWar site
at http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html . Although hosted by a PA
Civil War site, these databases give free access to the vets from all
the states in the database. These aren't Free Trials and no credit card
is needed. You may be asked to register with a user name and password
to access the databases.
The databases include:
**FREE 1890 Census Veterans Schedule
Often used as a head-of-household substitute for the 1890 Federal Census
that was destroyed by fire, the Veterans' Census of Union and some
Confederate soldiers is one of the newest census digitized by Ancestry.
**FREE Civil War Pension Index
Images of 2.5 million Federal pension application cards that includes
the veteran's name, state, regiment. It also contains the certificate
number that can be used to order a soldiers' service and pension records
from NARA. Many times, these pension records are gold mines of
genealogy information.
**FREE Disabled Soldiers Home
Soldiers at various National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in
1895. Information includes name of soldier, company or regiment, rank,
length of service, birth, age, where admitted from, occupation, married
or single, and more.
This invitation is being offered only to PACivilWar visitors. The URL to
get your free use of these military databases until June 10 is
http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html
Have fun and happy hunting!
Juli Morgan
CLAIRDAY Mailing List Administrator
CLAIRDAY-admin(a)rootsweb.com
One thing that has always fascinated me is that almost always the oldest
child resembles the father, the 2nd child the mother. Sure, there are
exceptions but when you look at lots of peoples' families the standard holds true most
all of the time. Changes in paternity, stillbirths, miscarriages can have
an effect, of course.
In a message dated 5/23/2005 10:35:07 PM Central Standard Time,
DeDan317(a)aol.com writes:
Somehow, I believe you missed my question. What I was asking was how is
the
research proceeding for testing x chromosomes? I am well aware that for
quite awhile there has been the Y testing ability and how it is done. But,
the
X research was my question.
Sorry, I don't know the answer- it appears to me from reading the website
that the only testing is through strictly male or female lines- in other words,
your mother's mother's mother etc or your father's father's father if you're
male and only your mother's mother's mother if you're female. I just tossed
out the idea to see who might be interested in submitting DNA to a study,
simply because my research has stalled, not because I'm a geneticist :) To test
Drury Clarida's lines, you'd have to locate a direct male heir, a man
carrying the Clarida name, that can be documented back to one of Drury's many sons.
The oldest member of the generation is preferable (Drury might have
great-grandsons of my Dad's age still around, since he had children until late in
life).
Joanne
Drury D. Clardy b: 6 Mar 1794 married Mary S. Jones in Halifax Co Va on 30
Dec 1818.
Surety to the marriage bond was Nathan Jones. Drury moved to Smith Co TN in
time to appear on the 1820 Census, where he appeared in 1830 and 1850. In
1840, Drury does not appear in the census, but during that time, Drury bought
land in Smith Co TN, so we know he was around that area. He left Smith Co TN
and moved to Williamson Co IL in 1857. He died in Williamson Co IL 8 Jan 1864.
His name changes over time from Clardy to Claraday to Clarida. His tombstone
reads Drury D. Clarday. He had the following children:
James b. 1821
Thomas H. b.1826
John W. b. 1827
Archibald b. 1831
Mary b. 1834
Elijah b. 1838
William b. 1840
Ezekial b. 1842
Apparently this company does do the blood x testing as far as I can tell
from their site. But, if I understand correctly there cannot be any crossover
of sexes--which makes it very limiting, in other words, 5 generations of only
females, for example.
In a message dated 5/23/2005 3:13:04 P.M. US Eastern Standard Time,
JoClarida(a)aol.com writes:
how close they are to be able to test females? Last I heard no
advancement
in
that area. Deborah
Somehow, I believe you missed my question. What I was asking was how is the
research proceeding for testing x chromosomes? I am well aware that for
quite awhile there has been the Y testing ability and how it is done. But, the
X research was my question.
In a message dated 5/23/2005 2:25:24 PM Central Standard Time,
DeDan317(a)aol.com writes:
Joanne: What is the current cost for DNA testing? And, I'm curious as to
how close they are to be able to test females? Last I heard no advancement
in
that area. Deborah
_Click here: Family Tree DNA - we do genetic tests for your genealogy
questions!_ (http://www.ftdna.com/faq.html#q1.2)
Hi Deborah,
I'm going to submit my Dad's DNA (mouthswab, not intrusive at all) to Family
Tree DNA _http://www.familytreedna.com_ (http://www.familytreedna.com/)
and just start there. The person submitted needs to be male and with the
surname being researched (in other words a direct descendant) You and I would not
be eligible, but since my Dad and brother are Clarida/Clardy's, and I know
their genealogy back to William T Clarida born 1802, I'd like for my Dad to be
tested. As other Clardy's submit their DNA, the company analyzes it and will
let you how they compare. They also keep a DNA sample for 25 years, so as
others finally submit their DNA, it all adds to the database. Plus, my 82 year
old Dad won't be around forever, and he is the oldest living male of his
generation, only 3 generations removed from William T. Clarida, born 14 April
1802, because he is from lines that were born later in their parents lives (Wm b.
1802, Thomas b. 1842, Milo b. 1882, Orville (my dad) b. 1923- I was born in
1955) It's not cheap, but I think the potential for accurate research is
incredible. At $159 & $219 depending on the test, I'll probably get my brother
and sister to pitch in, since they're interested in what I've found about our
Clarida's, and I've still got a son in college. Look at the website and let
me know what you think. I'll probably post results as I get them to the
Clardy list and Genforum.
On another note- how is your research on Drury Clardy/CLARIDA coming along?
Joanne
Joanne: What is the current cost for DNA testing? And, I'm curious as to
how close they are to be able to test females? Last I heard no advancement in
that area. Deborah
Is there any interest in a CLARDY DNA research project? I would be
interested in having my 82 year old father tested, but there is little use for his
results if no one else participates. We are a line that has a spelling change,
but I can find records with the Clardy spelling for his ancestors in the 18th
& 19th centuries. Please email me with thoughts or questions.
Joanne Clarida Shrout
Independence, MO
_joclarida(a)aol.com_ (mailto:joclarida@aol.com)