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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. Photocopy ALL the claimants in the county of your ancestor in the''' '''''Geographical List of Claims.'''''
+'''Step 2. Printout <u>all</u> the claimants in that county from the''' '''''Geographical List of Claimants.''''' <br>
-'''Step 3. Find and copy all the data provided for each of the county’s claimants in Gary B. Mills’ Southern Loyalists in the Civil War (a master index).'''
+: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].”
+:B. Scroll down to the links to PDFs for states and counties listed in alphabetical order.
+:C. Click the link that would include the county where the ancestor lived between 1861-1865.
+:D. Print the page(s) of the PDF for the county where the ancestor lived.
+:E. Close the PDF.
+'''Step 3. Find and copy all the data provided for each of the county’s claimants in Gary B. Mills’ ''Southern Loyalists in the Civil War'' (a master index).'''
 '''Step 4. To identify which NARA microfiche to purchase, use an appropriate NARA descriptive pamphlet (DP) and follow instructions at the St. Louis County Library’s Internet site.'''