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-Southerners from 12 states ([[West Virginia]], [[Virginia]], [[North Carolina]], [[South Carolina]], [[Georgia]], [[Florida]], [[Tennessee]], [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], [[Louisiana]], [[Arkansas]] and [[Texas]]) filed 22,298 claims before the Southern Claims Commission (SCC)&nbsp;between 3 March 1871 and 3 March 1873, based on the fact they:
+=== Who Qualified  ===
-# were loyal to the Union during the Civil War
+Although only a few people per county qualified, the application papers of the Southern Claims Commission typically include questions mentioning '''hundreds of their neighbors'''.
-# had quartermaster stores or supplies taken by or furnished to the Union Army during the rebellion
-Southern Loyalists (those who were Union sympathizers) made 22,298 claims for property losses totaling $60,258,150.44. However, only 7,092 claims (32%) were approved for settlements totaling $4,636,920.69. Each claimant sought to prove their loyalty and loss through the testimony of others. The paper trail created by the claimants and the people who came forward to testify, for or against a claimant, provide a wealth of information about individuals living in the South during the Civil War.
+Southerners from 12 states ([[West Virginia|West Virginia]], [[Virginia|Virginia]], [[North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Georgia|Georgia]], [[Florida|Florida]], [[Tennessee|Tennessee]], [[Alabama|Alabama]], [[Mississippi|Mississippi]], [[Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Arkansas|Arkansas]] and [[Texas|Texas]]) filed 22,298 claims before the Southern Claims Commission (SCC)&nbsp;between 3 March 1871 and 3 March 1873, based on the fact they:
-This comes from the St. Louis County Library website which has an excellent article on the [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-main.htm Southern Claims Commision] records. Many of the descriptive publications are actually online at this website including a [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-geolist.htm geographical list of claimants][http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-geolist.htm]. &nbsp;[http://www.footnote.com/page/71/ Footnote][http://www.footnote.com/page/71/] also has a highly recommended article and online resources about Southern Claims Commission records.
+#were loyal to the Union during the Civil War
+#had quartermaster stores or supplies taken by or furnished to the Union Army during the rebellion
-The following are some of the&nbsp;Southern Claims Commission records in the Family History Library collection:
+Southern Loyalists (those who were Union sympathizers) made 22,298 claims for property losses totaling $60,258,150.44. However, only 7,092 claims (32%) were approved for settlements totaling $4,636,920.69. Each claimant sought to prove their loyalty and loss through the testimony of others. The paper trail created by the claimants and the people who came forward to testify, for or against a claimant, provide a wealth of information about individuals living in the South during the Civil War.
-* ''Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission&nbsp;''''''by Gary B.&nbsp;Mills&nbsp;(in alphabetical order by name of claimant; also provides county name, office number, report number, and status of claim) FHL&nbsp;975 M2s'''
+=== Strategy for Finding Ancestors in These Records ===
-* ''Civil War Claims in the South: An Index of Civil War Damage Claims Filed Before the Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880''''''&nbsp;'''''''''by Gary B.&nbsp;Mills (in alphabetical order by state, then by name of claimant) FHL&nbsp;975 H22m''
+The most effective strategy is to search '''all''' the Southern Claims Commission records for '''everyone''' living in the same Southern county as an ancestor. An particular ancestor is unlikely to have actually applied to the Commission, but is more likely to have testified in behalf of an applicant, and is even more likely to be discussed in the hundreds of answers to questions in other people's testimony. This is an advanced, time-consuming strategy with a less than 50 percent chance of locating information about your ancestor. But you will learn about the way of life in the county where your ancestor lived.
-* ''Records of the Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims Commission) 1871-1880&nbsp;&nbsp;''''''United States. House of Representatives. Commissioners of Claims FHL film numbers&nbsp;1463963 -1463976'''
+=== Resources  ===
-* ''Barred and Disallowed Case Files of the Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880&nbsp;&nbsp;''''''United States. National Archives and Records Administration&nbsp; FHL 973 J53m no. 1407'''
+This comes from the St. Louis County Library website which has an excellent article on the [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-main.htm Southern Claims Commision] records. Many of the descriptive publications are actually online at this website including a [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-geolist.htm geographical list of claimants][http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-geolist.htm]. &nbsp;[http://www.footnote.com/page/71/ Footnote][http://www.footnote.com/page/71/] also has a highly recommended article and online resources about Southern Claims Commission records.
-== Online Resources ==
+The following are some of the&nbsp;Southern Claims Commission records in the Family History Library collection:
-* [http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-main.htm St. Louis County Library]
-* [http://www.footnote.com/page/71/ Footnote]
-* [http://www.tennesseegenealogy.org/tennessee_southern_claims.htm Tennessee Southern Claims Commission Index]
-* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockin/SCC2.htm Rockingham County, Virginia]
-[[Category:United States]]
+*''Southern Loyalists in the Civil War: The Southern Claims Commission&nbsp;''''''by Gary B.&nbsp;Mills&nbsp;(in alphabetical order by name of claimant; also provides county name, office number, report number, and status of claim) FHL&nbsp;975 M2s'''
+*''Civil War Claims in the South: An Index of Civil War Damage Claims Filed Before the Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880''''''&nbsp;'''''''''by Gary B.&nbsp;Mills (in alphabetical order by state, then by name of claimant) FHL&nbsp;975 H22m''
+*''Records of the Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims Commission) 1871-1880&nbsp;&nbsp;''''''United States. House of Representatives. Commissioners of Claims FHL film numbers&nbsp;1463963 -1463976'''
+*''Barred and Disallowed Case Files of the Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880&nbsp;&nbsp;''''''United States. National Archives and Records Administration&nbsp; FHL 973 J53m no. 1407'''
+== Online Resources  ==
+*[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-main.htm St. Louis County Library]
+*[http://www.footnote.com/page/71/ Footnote]
+*[http://www.tennesseegenealogy.org/tennessee_southern_claims.htm Tennessee Southern Claims Commission Index]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~varockin/SCC2.htm Rockingham County, Virginia]
+[[Category:United_States]] [[Category:African Americans]]