INTRODUCTION TO THE SNODGRASS SOURCE BOOKS The state source books were created by Charlou Dolan. She began this massive project ca. 1986, organizing and typing the accumulation of Snodgrass research when she got "boxes and boxes" of files from Scott F. Hosier (he was Editor of The MACE 1978-1986). Those files formed the nucleus of the "source books". During her tenure as Editor of The MACE, 1987-1993 and since, Charlou has been hard at it: gathering and entering into the source books Snodgrass data, making trips to courthouses and libraries across the country, collecting files & family data from past & present members of The Snodgrass Clan Society, as well as soliciting information from many other Snodgrass researchers. The source books are one of the best tools available to anyone researching Snodgrass. One for every state, each is organized by county and within each county, info is arranged by date. These source books contain a wealth of Snodgrass research. Census readings - wills - deeds - misc. court records - marriages - deaths - obits - histories - Bible records - even queries found in genealogical publications ... all Snodgrass! Charlou's comments on the collected data are shown as < . > throughout. Any comments marked [ . ] or [vss -] were added by Violet "Suzie" Snodgrass Schoolcraft beginning in 1997, the result of reading the source books and tracing families since first joining The Snodgrass Clan Society in 1993. Any comments marked [wsj] were added by me Will Johnson (E-mail wjhonson@aol.com) due to my in most cases RE-reading census entries, adding deaths, birth, marriages, wills, bible records, internet postings, and scouring web sites over and over, and writing computer programs to scan for possible links. Just having the hyperlinks in place led to many "Ah-has!" and has in at least one case reunited cousins seperated by 150 years. PLEASE keep in mind that the source books are meant to be a reference work - they give us an idea of what has already been found. Perhaps more importantly, they show us where to look next for what is yet to be done! REMEMBER, extractions & transcriptions, notes & comments may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original material. ALWAYS refer to the original source material whenever possible, using the source books as a starting point to guide you in your individual research. If it is SNODGRASS we at The Snodgrass Clan Society continue to collect it! Please send items (with sources cited!) you want to share with others to: Paul D. Snodgrass, at The Snodgrass Clan Society (Editor of The MACE since 1993) E-mail: paulsnodgrass@cox.net Charlou Dolan E-mail: charlou@compuserve.com (To be added to Charlou's mailing list for her updates, email her) Suzie Snodgrass Schoolcraft E-mail: snodgras@scci.net vss - October 1999 and Will Johnson E-mail : wjhonson@aol.com Creator of the Hyperlinked version all the source books and Creator of the New York Source Book NORTH DAKOTA SOURCE BOOK -- SNODGRASS FAMILY STATEWIDE All references online through ancestry.com Database: North Dakota Military Men, 1917-18 Combined Matches: 1 Roster of the Men and Women Who Served in the Army or Naval Service (Including the Marine Corps) of the United States or its Allies from the State of North Dakota in the World War, 1917-1918 Volume 4 Rich to Zygmond Name: Silas C. Snodgrass Army #: 2,276,513 Registrant: no, enlisted prior Birth Place: Walton, W. Va. Birth Date: - Nov 1889 Parent's Origin: of (nationality of parents not given) Occupation: not given Comment: enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., on June 4, 1917; served in Medical Department, Field Hospital No. 19, to Aug. 24, 1917; 361st Field Hospital Company, 316th Sanitary Train, to discharge. Grades: Private 1st Class, July 20, 1917; Wagoner, Feb. 2, 1918; Private 1st Class, Oct. 16, 1918; overseas from July 12, 1918, to April 20, 1919. Engagements: Offensives: Meuse-Argonne; Ypres-Lys. Defensive Sector; Aubreville (Lorraine). Discharged on May 2, 1919, as a Private 1st Class.