Paula, I did not get them. I will be happy to contact you. I did check at the National Archives and there were no XC type numbers on the pension files. Nancy -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Alice J. Gayley" <[email protected]> > Nancy, > > You don't indicate whether or not you were successful in getting the files. > If not, NARA recommends you request the pension files under the Freedom of > Information Act. I have a copy of their proposed form letter. If you would > like a copy, contact me off line. It works; it takes a lot of time (50 > weeks in one case), but they can find them. > > Alice J. Gayley > Pennsylvania in the Civil War > http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 6:11 PM > Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] Ancestry Pension online > > > > Paula, I have been researching the 3rd and 6th Tenn. Infantries (Union) > and have found that at least 1/3 of the files I have tried to get are still > at the VA...so I would say that more than a few are still there. I actually > went to the VA with a list of names (direct ancestors or related family) and > was told to leave the applications on a chair and if she could get around to > it, after she finished 4 boxes of papers, she might look into it. During the > entire conversation I spoke to her back. She never turned around or > acknowledged me except to tell me to leave my requests on the chair. Nancy > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > From: [email protected] > > > > > On 19 Feb 2006 at 4:14, Gerald Gieger wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry, but I have looked at Microfilm Reels at the NARA in Ft Worth > > > > Texas...I am sure that the "originals" are in Washington, DC. > > > > > > I do not know what microfilms you have viewed in the Ft Worth, but > > > they were not union pension files as these files have not been > > > microfilmed. The original and only files are held at NARA in > > > Washington DC with a few later files still held by the VA. > > > > > > -- > > > Paula Wiegand > > > > > > Genealogy Quest > > > www.Genealogy-Quest.com > > > > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > > > To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] > > > and in the text area of the message, type only the word > > > unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > and enter Civil-War in the list name > > > > > > > > ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== > To search our list archives since 1996, go to > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and enter Civil-War in the list name >