I have just recently requested the $75 packet from the Civil War forward for my gggrandfather. I am REALLY hoping that it is actually him!! When I ordered the papers from NARA in Washington DC I was told that it could take three months or more to get the results, so it would appear that I have quite a wait. Wish I could answer your question..... Trudy Kyle Barbisan Portland, Oregon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > From: campsiehills@sbcglobal.net > To: LANARK@rootsweb.com; CoTyroneIreland@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:45:23 -0700 > Subject: [CoTyIre] Patrick Skiffington's Military Records > >> > I wrote to the Military Service Records in Washington D.C., for a copy of Patrick Skiffington's military record, but before I part with more money, I wonder if anyone knows if a soldier's actual place of birth, names of parents (and maybe siblings) would be listed. The widow's pension records state only that he was from Ireland, with only her and those of her minor children's names listed. > > This is the fee structure. If I thought there was specific information about where he actually came from in Ireland and who his parents were, it would be more than worth it for me to pay the $25. > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Reproduction Fees (Effective October 1, 2007) > > > > $75 for: > > Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War and after), up to and including 100 pages. > >> > > If anyone has ever ordered U.S. Military records (Civil War era), I'd be interested to know if there is more than Name, Rank and Number! > > Maisie > > > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Just an example of what you might find in a pension file--I was at the National Archives recently looking at pension records for a friend and found a record for the widow of Lawrence McGinnis (this was a Mexican War pension.) In the pension application the widow gave the county of birth in Ireland for her husband. But an amazing record in the file was a handwritten letter from a priest in Ireland (including envelope) naming the townland, church and date of the widow's birth in Ireland. The record did not name her parents. I have seen a pension record where the soldier sent to Ireland for a transcription of his 1841 Census data--and the file included an 1841 Census form from Ireland giving his family's information from the 1841 census. So you never know what might be in the file! It is very important to have all the pages in the file copied--or to actually view the file yourself. The Archives used to offer to copy a few documents from the file for a reduced fee--you could really miss some important information if you used this option. The LDS is digitizing pension records in partnership with footnote.com--a small fraction of pension records are currently available on footnote.com and I believed indexed on http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start Footnote.com also has Naval pensions online. Laurel Baty -----Original Message----- From: cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cotyroneireland-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Trudy BARBISAN Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:28 AM To: campsiehills@sbcglobal.net; lanark@rootsweb.com; cotyroneireland@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CoTyIre] Patrick Skiffington's Military Records I have just recently requested the $75 packet from the Civil War forward for my gggrandfather. I am REALLY hoping that it is actually him!! When I ordered the papers from NARA in Washington DC I was told that it could take three months or more to get the results, so it would appear that I have quite a wait. Wish I could answer your question..... Trudy Kyle Barbisan Portland, Oregon * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > From: campsiehills@sbcglobal.net > To: LANARK@rootsweb.com; CoTyroneIreland@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:45:23 -0700 > Subject: [CoTyIre] Patrick Skiffington's Military Records > >> > I wrote to the Military Service Records in Washington D.C., for a copy of Patrick Skiffington's military record, but before I part with more money, I wonder if anyone knows if a soldier's actual place of birth, names of parents (and maybe siblings) would be listed. The widow's pension records state only that he was from Ireland, with only her and those of her minor children's names listed. > > This is the fee structure. If I thought there was specific information about where he actually came from in Ireland and who his parents were, it would be more than worth it for me to pay the $25. > > ------------------------------------------------- > > Reproduction Fees (Effective October 1, 2007) > > > > $75 for: > > Full pension file more than 75 years old (Civil War and after), up to and including 100 pages. > >> > > If anyone has ever ordered U.S. Military records (Civil War era), I'd be interested to know if there is more than Name, Rank and Number! > > Maisie > > > > > > ------------- > Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------- Our community web-site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COTYRONEIRELAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message