The German Genealogy Group has recently added a new database: Index of Civil War Draft records at the Richard H. Handley Collection of Long Island Americana (Long Island Room), The Smithtown Library, Smithtown, New York.
This database is an index to more than 6,500 Civil War draft records for the nine towns of Suffolk County, New York. The records are contained in separate registers for each of the towns.
The index includes the name of a person, his age, occupation, and some records have an added comment. There is also an indication if the person is exempt from the draft. In these cases there may be additional information available.
To be noted, the register for the Town of Southold also gives an indication of the person’s residence using coded abbreviations:
Greenport: GP
Orient: O
Southold: S
Mattituck: M
Cutchogue: C
East Marion: EM
Fishers Island: FI
To find out what information may be available, and how to obtain it, contact:
Richard H. Handley Collection of Long Island Americana (Long Island Room) at The Smithtown Library
Phone: (631) 360-2480, Ext. 197
Email: longislandroom@smithlib.org
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