11 - 2018 - Genealogy Tip of the Day

This 1865 newspaper item indicated my relative’s Civil War unit was on its way home after the war. The 78th Illinois was expected to arrive in Chicago, be paid, and then presumably be sent home in June of 1865. References to your relative may not mention his name at all. Don’t forget to search for military units and other groups and organizations in which your relative was involved.