The list of online resources for information about related topics increases daily. Those unfamiliar with the following may find them useful sources of additional information.

The National Archives (http://www.nara.gov/) provides both general and specific suggestions for conducting research in the official repository of U.S. government records. Persons interested specifically in genealogical research will find The Genealogy Page (http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/) especially useful. In addition to describing the resources for genealogical research at the National Archives, the page provides links to other genealogical resources available on the World Wide Web.

The Department of the Navy's Naval Historical Center homepage (http://www.history.navy.mil/) describes the services the center provides for students of the U.S. Navy's history. In addition to describing the center's various branches and resouces, the page offers an extensive list of links to websites related to naval history.

Information about the vessels that served in the U.S. Navy during the Civil War may be found at the website of the United States Naval and Shipbuilding Museum and USS Salem (CA 139) (http://www.uss-salem.org/), which is coordinating the transcription of the entries from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (9 vols.; 1959-1991) into electronic format for online access. These may be found at the site http://www.uss-salem.org/danfs/. One of the partner institutions in the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is the Mary Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd College. The center's website (http://www.shepherd.wvnet.edu/gtmcnet/) describes the project's objective of creating a comprehensive database of information about West Virginians who served in the Civil War.