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From: "Barbara Allen" <>
Subject: Re: [OHAUG] Civil War Registry
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:58:54 -0700


Christina,
Could you please give the rest of us more info on how to contact the
association and the cost of joining? I have ancestors who also were in that
militia and I would like more information.
Barbara in NW Washington

P.S. One of my family lines married into the Blanke's. What Blanke's are
you researching?
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Howard <>
To: <>
Date: Friday, July 14, 2000 4:01 AM
Subject: [OHAUG] Civil War Registry


>Yesterday my "Towpath" newletter arrived from the New Bremen Historic
>Assn. (For those listers who have not joined the association, I urge you
>to do so. The newsletter is always interesting and informative. Thanks
>to the volunteers who work so hard to publish this excellent
>newsletter.)
>
>The theme for the quarter was the Civil War, and included a listing of
>German Township Militia members. Much to my surprise, my ancestor,
>August SCHNEIDER, was listed. It had never entered my mind to search the
>Civil War records, as August emigrated here in 1857, and was not
>naturalized until 1872. I always assumed he did not play an active role
>in the War.
>
>So this raises several questions: Obviously, is this my August
>Schneider, or could there be another from the township? Was it common
>for non-citizens to enroll in the militia? Was the militia a local
>military force to protect the area, or was it assigned to battlefields
>elsewhere? This is all new to me, and I would be very interested in any
>knowledge listers may have about the involvement of Auglaize County/New
>Bremen/German Township residents during the war.
>
>Thanks in advance for sharing your knowledge, and thanks again for all
>the hard work of the volunteers for this list, the Genealogical
>Association and the Historical Association.
>
>Christina Schneider Howard
>
>Researching SCHNEIDER, REINACHER, SCHULTZ, TRAUTWEIN, HORATH, BLANKE,
>CHASE.
>
>
>
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