Hello veterans and newbies of the RootsWeb. I have received permission from the listowner
to make this offer.
There are some really great folks who are willing to help just for the asking. I, myself
do Volunteer research at Andersonville Civil War Prison in
Andersonville Georgia. Any research I do is absolutely at NO cost and I am willing to do
what I can. There are more than 32000 prisoners on record from
the Union, and quite a few who were held prisoner here as Union regiments from Confederate
states. There are also nearly 13000 marked graves of those who died here.
I thought I would send my offer as these would lead to a great many descendants who might
be looking for them.. I feel the need to say I am not in anyway trying to focus on the
horrors of Andersonville compared to any POW camp in the north ..( i.e.Elmira ) or any
others and do not wish to stir up arguments on this site. My focus is dedicated to ALL of
those held prisoner during this war , on both sides as well as all Americans who gave
their freedoms for those that we enjoy today.. I just happen to be near Andersonville so
this is where I do my work
Here are my sources of research.
There are 2 online databases to do lookups.....One by name...one by Company and Regiment.
I also have a copy of the Dorence Atwater Death list
which has the names and grave numbers of 12960 graves with only 460 marked as "
UNKNOWN " This along with a CD I have which contains 34,000 names of
the 45,000 who were imprisoned there which helps me find prisoner records because of
misspellings of the names or alternate names. I also have the continued update database
which is dated October 01 2002 . I visit the prison site every couple of weeks and have
access to the onsite databases as well as the
physical files. I would like to let you know of another service I offer which is to take
photos of graves for a small fee. Please do not consider
this spam as my research offer is FREE for the asking . Please email me directly at
Frye(a)gnat.net
If there is anything I can do in helping your research at Andersonville,
please just ask.
Kevin Frye
Local Historian / National Park Service Volunteer
Please visit my website dedicated to those Americans who were imprisoned and died in
captivity while in the service to our country
Kevin Frye
Local Andersonville Historian / National Park Service Volunteer
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html
AOL USERS go to
http://hometown.aol.com/andersonvillecw/