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From: Chris Howard <>
Subject: Re: [OHAUG] Civil War Registry
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 22:08:05 -0400


Membership in the New Bremen Historic Assn is just $8.00 a year. The address
is:


New Bremen Historic Association
P.O. Box 73
New Bremen, Ohio 45869-0073

The major benefit, in addition to supporting their preservation work,
is receiving the Towpath quarterly.

Christina Schneider Howard


Barbara Allen wrote:

> 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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