Finding Regimental Histories Project
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The purpose of this project is to find URL links for digitized histories of U.S. regiments.
Instructions[edit | edit source]
[ Video Instructions] Task List
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Open the Task List link above
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Open Archive.org
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On the task list, put your name on the spread sheet in the "name column".
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In the Archives.org search bar, search for the name of the regiment + the state: ex. 15th Regiment Alabama.
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If no results show up, don't worry, books for every regiment have not been digitized. Type "no" in the URL link column of the tasklist and move onto the next line in the task list.
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If you do find a digitized history of the regiment, click on it, and copy the URL. *If multple books are listed, you might need to click on the book to see if it is a history of the regiment. We just need to include regitment histories not biographies. As seen in the example image, the one to the left is a regiment history and the ones on the right are autobiographies.
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Paste the URL link into the appropriate spot on the spreadsheet.
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On the Archive.org search results look to see if a collection of "Compiled Service Records" came up? If so, type "yes" in the spreadsheet. For some regiments multiple collections will appear. We don't need the URL links for the collections yet, we just need to know if they're out there.
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Once you have pasted in the URL link for the regiment history, and said if there is a Compiled Service Records collection, you're done with that line. Move onto the next one!