New Hampshire, Civil War Service and Pension Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection will include records from 1861-1866

This collection contains Civil War enlistment papers, muster in and out rolls of New Hampshire Regiments and pension records acquired from the New Hampshire state archives. The pension records are arranged by town with indexes arranged by name and town. The enlistment papers are arranged by military unit, volume and year range. The muster rolls are arranged by unit name and folder number.

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Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in this collection may include:

Military pensions, Enlistments

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Related Websites

 * Civil War Links
 * National Graves Registration Database
 * Cornell University Library
 * Online Civil War Indexes, Records and Rosters
 * Ordering Civil War Pension Records

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“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata > San Ponciano > Matrimonios 1884-1886 >  image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clemtina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata, Buenos Aires.