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From: "Dianne Carr Peterson" <>
Subject: [OHMARION-L] FW: permission to post
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:41:04 -0500


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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Frye [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2002 10:45 PM
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Subject: permission to post



Hello Listowner,

In the past, I have made postings on the rootsweb of my FREE research
here at Andersonville Civil War POW site and the research I do here
looking for information for descendants of the nearly 45000 Civil War
POWS held here..( 4709 from OHIO ),,and the nearly 13000 ( about 1200
from New York )who died here. I hope I had`nt crossed any lines with my
postings by not asking permission, but as these list are free, I
honestly didnt think to do so. I and am now asking permission to repost
my offer to do free lookups. I am not in the work of rekindleing old
fights on which was worse.....Union or Confederate POWS but instead, my
work is to teach the history of Andersonville as well as to keep the
memory of those who died here alive. If you do not wish for me to
repost, I fully understand as some have seem my work as SPAM . If I am
sending this to you, it has been at least 6 months since my last posting
and I promise not to make myself a pest with frequent postings. This is
what I would like to place on your list. I have received much support
from the USGW Board on my work. Please let me know your site if its
ok,as I am sending this request to many sites.





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 41718 prisoners on
record from

the Union, ( 4709 from OHIO )and quite a few who were held prisoner here
as Union regiments from Confederate states. There are also nearly 13000
( nearly 1200 OHIO ) 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 41718
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. Please do not consider this spam as my research offer is
FREE for the asking . Please email me directly at



If there is anything I can do in helping your research at
Andersonville,

please just ask.





Kevin Frye

Local Historian / National Park Service Volunteer







Thanks you for your time.



Kevin

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/


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