Can anyone answer this question for me? A. M. LESLIE served with the 23rd AL Infantry. He went to Illinois at the end of the war, married and was buried there in 1929. If he applied for CSA benefits, would the records be in Illinois or Alabama? His wife died before he did, so she would not have applied for widow's benefits. Well, I guess I have 2 questions: Is it likely that we would learn anything more than what is on the enrollment cards by ordering the $17 service record from NARA for several ancestors who served in the CSA? We have checked for widow's requests on all of them and did not find where they applied for benefits. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has ordered records - worthwhile or not? Thanks! Evelyn Leslie Remlap, AL

Applicants were required to apply in the county of residence at the time of application. delilah evans houston conty, ga At 10:56 9/26/03 EDT, Remeve@aol.com wrote: >Can anyone answer this question for me? A. M. LESLIE served with the 23rd AL >Infantry. He went to Illinois at the end of the war, married and was buried >there in 1929. If he applied for CSA benefits, would the records be in >Illinois or Alabama? His wife died before he did, so she would not have applied for >widow's benefits. > >Well, I guess I have 2 questions: Is it likely that we would learn anything >more than what is on the enrollment cards by ordering the $17 service record >from NARA for several ancestors who served in the CSA? We have checked for >widow's requests on all of them and did not find where they applied for benefits. > > >I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has ordered records - worthwhile >or not? >Thanks! >Evelyn Leslie >Remlap, AL > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

It is absolutely worth ordering pension file records, in my experience. I ordered records for my gggf who served in the earlier war with Mexico and even got a detailed description of what he looked like on his discharge papers (height, eye and hair color, place of birth etc). Got lots more info, too, like which battles he served in and where he was when (dates, etc.) during the war. Check it out.....it's worth $17. Polly Burnell