My family surname is RANEW. We arrived in Charleston SC in 1809, is there anyway i can figure out whether or not my family fought in the Civil War??
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Six people with the surname of RANEW served in the Civil War on the Confederate side.  I belong to Ancestry.com,  but I would have to update to find anymore information than that.  If you are interested go to Ancestry.com.
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wish I had an answer for you dearheart...all I can suggest is research the past...there has to be a record somewhere of it all...
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Mr Williams and Mrs Williams\n\nSeriously his full name was Stanley Tookie Williams III,\n\nAs he was the third it would be a good indication that both his Father and Grandfather's first name was Stanley! \n\nCan not help you with his mother's name though.
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go to myheritage.com that site should help. \n\nthere is also ancestry.com but you have to pay for that I think.
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I did not know that the British fought in the American civil war!
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My family has a history of royalty in the countries of Syria, and France. That's on my father's side. On my mother's side, she is Lebanese. Other than that, i have no other nationalities. Other than Canada -- i was born there. But i am an american citizen.\n\nI most identify with my Syrian and Lebanese identities, since my father is from Syria, and my mother from Lebanon. My first name is Lebanese, and my last is Syrian. Doesn't sound foreign though -- Sami isn't a very uncommon name.
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if you know the city,state,date,etc.. most have info in the papers about it. try looking at there local papers website or archive about it. other then calling the family.
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You betcha!  Go to the National Park Service's Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ and click on "soldiers."  When that comes up, type in the name "Elsasser" (and if you want, "Pennsylvania").  \nI typed in just the name and got a very long list---most from Pennsylvania.
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Hmmm My last name is Carson and I'm originally from indy.  Are we related.
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Go to this site and click on the link for Chronological Battles.  It will give you the battles in order.\nhttp://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pottery/1080/1861.htm#\n\nThere is a lot of info to be had on this site.
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Look in RWWC (Link 2); use the surname and "Bristol" in birth place. Then wipe it out of BP, put it in Marriage place, then Death place.\n\nThe rest of this is a genral answer.\n\nLinks 1 - 2 are large, free general sites full of data.\nCyndi's List has 240,000 free links.\nThe Ancestry site will tell you name origins.\n\nDon't expect to find yourself or your parents or grandparents, if they are living. Most genealogists hide details of living people. It will take time, too. Most young people want to get a 16-generation pedigree chart as easily as they can download an MP3 file. You can't. \n\nhttp://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp\nhttp://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi\nhttp://www.cyndislist.com/\nhttp://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=
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I found this on RWWC. Looks like you have several generations to go.\n\nName: David Albert DRAKE \nFather: John Scarlott DRAKE b: 27 JUL 1846 in Harlem Springs, Carroll County, Ohio \nMother: Mary Elizabeth LEWERS b: ABT 1849 in Pennsylvania\n\nMarriage 1 Nannie OYER\nChildren\n Wanda DRAKE
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I would suggest you go to a site called Ancestry.com and search there. I haven't been there in a long time but I know they have lots of information. You will probably have to sign up to search. Good Luck....Patty
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If you are an African American, a German American, Polish American, Irish American or any other type of "Ethnic" American, Then you are a divided American. You don't ever "lose" your ethnic or culture. There are many ways that you can keep in touch with your past. Look at Oktoberfest for example. Look at all of the different ethnic festivals that are celebrated in our country. Italian, German, we have St.Patrick's Day, even Cinco de Mayo in some parts of the country is celebrated. Why I'll bet that even fr_chuck has an ethnic background.........
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Is it so important that you really had to use a second screen name? SERIOUSLY. Direct link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi#History
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Hey chris, I am not an immigrant, my ancestors were. I guess I am a slave owner as well since it can be traced back that my ancestors were? Moron.\n\nYes Irene, there is. It is called "under the table". Or Paying in cash, because I know you will not grasp the other phrase.
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I FOUND AN ABURY RUTHERFORD IN MISSOURI. WHERE WAS THE LAST PLACE YOU KNOW WHERE HE WAS?\n\nI JUST CALLED AND HE WAS NOT YOUR BROTHER. WRONG MIDDLE NAME AND YEAR BORN. I WILL CONTINUE TO RESEARCH.