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 >

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: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> 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 > >