> Richard and Phil > > I think this is the case that you are both right. I have a pension > file for one of my greats that does not list a single one of his 11 > children, the youngest was in his twenties when the pension > application was first filed. In fact 2 of his grandchildren send > supporting statements but unless you knew who they were you would > not know it from the file as they were both children of daughters. > > I also have a great file where the pension application of the > soldier not only lists each of his children including those over 16 > but also givens their husbands names, marriage dates and where they > currently live. > > So the bottom line is that some files are great, some are so so but > all are worth looking at. > > Julia Coldren-Walker <FamRSearch@aol.com> I was merely suggesting this: You will find many different types of records and affidavits in a pension file - some necessary, some not - but you need to be careful about drawing conclusions as a result of the absence or presence of any particular type of record. Richard "Richard A. Pence" <richardpence@pipeline.com>