Amazon or ebay might be good places to find a copy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Folts" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: Re: Index needed - NY in Spanish-American War > The index inquired about does exist and was published as follows: > > Chauncey W. Herrick, comp., Index to New York in the Spanish-American War (Albany: J.B. Lyon Co., 1914), 448pp. > > This index refers to entries in the following work: > > N.Y. (State) Adjutant General's Office, New York in the Spanish-American War 1898, 3 vols. (Albany: J.B. Lyon Co., 1900). > > Vol. 1 of this work contains general information and reprinted documents relating to New York's participation in the conflict. The rest of Vol. 1 and all of Vols. 2-3 contain summary data on members of New York National Guard and Naval Militia units who served during the conflict. The entries are arranged by regiment, then alphabetically by name. > > The four volumes are available in the New York State Library [518-474-5355; [log in to unmask]; www.nysl.nysed.gov] and in other larger libraries holding collections of New York State government documents. > > A reprint, including the index volume, was published in 1987 by AISI Publications, North Salt Lake City, Utah. > > Jim Folts > New York State Archives > > >>> [log in to unmask] 05/02/02 06:38AM >>> > Could anyone on this list help Marty with this: > > > Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 17:04:12 -0400 > From: Marty Irons <[log in to unmask]> > > "New York in the Spanish-American War" 1898, part of the report > of the Adjutant-General of the State for 1900, was published in 3 > volumes, nicely alphabetized by unit, but no overall index for some > 2,700 pages. > > If you know the unit it's easy to find the soldier or sailor, but if you > don't know the unit it takes a long time to go through all the units. > > Does anyone know if a master index has been created for these > 3 volumes? If so, where can my genealogical society purchase > a copy? > > Thanks. > > Marty Irons