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 === Who Qualified and Who Was Mentioned  ===
-Although only a few people per county qualified for a settlement, the application papers of the Southern Claims Commission typically include questions mentioning '''hundreds of their neighbors'''. Neighbors of all races, and classes were questioned and discussed in these records.<br>
+Although only a few people per county qualified for a settlement, the application papers of the Southern Claims Commission typically include questions mentioning '''hundreds of their neighbors'''. Neighbors of all races, and classes were questioned and discussed in these records.
-Southerners from 12 states ([[West Virginia|West Virginia]], [[Virginia|Virginia]], [[North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Portal:Georgia (state)|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:
+Southerners from 12 states ([[West Virginia|West Virginia]], [[Virginia|Virginia]], [[North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Portal:Georgia (state)|Georgia]], [[Florida|Florida]], [[Tennessee|Tennessee]], [[Alabama|Alabama]], [[Mississippi (state)|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:
 #were loyal to the Union during the Civil War
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 :Use family records, census, county histories, or other records to identify the residence of an ancestor during the Civil War from 1861-1865.
 '''Step 2. Printout <u>all</u> the claimants in that county from the''' '''"Geographical List of Claimants'''''<b>.</b>'''''"''' <br>
 :A. Open the St. Louis County Library [Internet site] article “[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-geolist.htm Geographical List of Southern Claims Commission Claimants].”
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 '''On the Internet'''
 *St. Louis County Library, "[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-main.htm Researching Southern Claims Commission Records]" in St. Louis County Library [Internet site] at http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-main.htm (accessed 1 April 2009). Many of the NARA descriptive publications are actually online at this website including:<br>
 *St. Louis County Library, "[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-geolist.htm Geographical List of Southern Claims Commission Claimants]" in St. Louis County Library [Internet site] at http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/scc/scc-geolist.htm (accessed 1 April 2009). Use this list to find all the applicants in a given county.<br>
 *[http://www.footnote.com/page/71/ Footnote.com], a subscription site also available at some libraries, is beginning to index SCC records.<br>
 *Dick Eastman, "Southern Claims Commission 1871-1880 Online" in Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter at http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2007/03/southern_claims.html (accessed 1 April 2009). Explains SCC records.<br>
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 The records have not all been filmed or fiched,&nbsp;note the chart below to learn what is currently available through the National Archives; the Family History Library (FHL) has not accquired them as of April 2009. As noted below search on line sites for additional information. '''Chart prepared by Joan E. Healey'''
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-{| cellspacing=".5" cellpadding="1" width="100%" align="center" border="1"
+{| width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center"
 |+ '''Southern Claims Commission Records'''
 |-
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''National'''
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | U.S. Court of Claims 1884-1943
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | &nbsp;
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | &nbsp;
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | &nbsp;
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | &nbsp;
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | &nbsp;
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | &nbsp;
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''National'''
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | Disallowed Case Files and those barred, U.S. House of Representatives
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | 123
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | 123
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | M2007
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | M2007
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | unavailable
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | 5 rolls
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''National'''
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | Summary Reports: A: Consolidated Index of Claims; B: Summary reports of the Commissioners. 1878-1880
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | &nbsp;
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | &nbsp;
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | P2257
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | P2257
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | unavailable
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | 1 roll
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''National'''
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | U.S. Court of ClaimsDocet Cards for Congressional Case Files, ca. 1884-ca. 1943
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | 123
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | 123
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | M2007
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | M2007
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | unavailable
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | 5 rolls
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 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | '''National'''
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | Records of the Commissioners of Claims, 1871-1880
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | 56
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | 56
-| valign="middle" align="center" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | M87
+| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" align="center" | M87
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | 1463976 roll 14: Consolidated index<br>1463975 roll 13: Geographical List of Claims
 | valign="middle" bgcolor="#ffcc99" | 14 rolls
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 | valign="middle" align="center" | 217
 | valign="middle" align="center" | M2094
 | valign="middle" | <br>
 | valign="middle" | Not on film
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 | valign="middle" | Not on film
 |-
-| valign="middle" width="110" | '''South Carolina'''
+| width="110" valign="middle" | '''South Carolina'''
 | valign="middle" | &nbsp;
 | valign="middle" align="center" | 217
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 == Online Resources  ==