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Certificate of Civil War Ancestry

The Arkansas Genealogical Society offers a Certificate of Civil War Ancestry Applicants must submit:

  1. proof of direct descent from a serviceman who served in an Arkansas Confederate or Union unit during the American Civil War 1861 – 1865 or a veteran who received a Civil War pension (Confederate or Union) while living in the State of Arkansas;
  2. a family group sheet for the ancestor for whom the certificate is claimed;
  3. a photocopy of an original document proving the serviceman’s military service in an Arkansas unite or that he received a Confederate or Union pension while living in;
  4. a check or money order in the amount of $10.00 for the certificate. Submit one application for one certificate.

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Certificate of Civil War Ancestry Application
(a PDF file)


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