On Jun 1, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Mom Wade wrote: >> >> Donna, >> >> I hope it works for you. Let me know if you find something cheaper, >> please. >> I still need two Union soldiers. By the way, have you ever ordered >> Confederate Application files? Someone told me you had to file with each >> state to get complete files but I am not sure of that? >> >> Thank you, >> Jerry > Jerry, Donna, etc., Unless someone already has a copy of the federal pension file for your Union soldier that they are willing to share, you may have no alternative to paying the National Archives for the file. However, for Iowa Civil War soldiers the National Guard headquarters in Des Moines used to have files available to the public, and there is a nationwide online index of Union forces pensioners which shows if an application was filed and it provides the file number(s) which greatly simplifies a search at the Archives. You can access that roster via ancestry.com or a Google search. Typical Civil War pension files for Union troops are loaded with good info (marriage date/place, children's names, residence data and supportive comments from neighbors and wartime comrades). I have not requested a file from the Archives for many years but I've always found it worth the effort. Good luck! Rick, Merced, CA

Thanks Rick, I was going to re-submit for Samuel H. HINDS. Last time they sent me a file for the same name for a soldier in KY with the same name. I posted on GenForum, hoping to find that family so I could give them the file but I had no inquiries. I am hoping Samuel's file was mis-filed. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Albright" <kd6dkc@sbcglobal.net> To: <iadecatu@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 9:09 AM Subject: Re: [IADECATU] pensions > > On Jun 1, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Mom Wade wrote: > >>> >>> Donna, >>> >>> I hope it works for you. Let me know if you find something cheaper, >>> please. >>> I still need two Union soldiers. By the way, have you ever ordered >>> Confederate Application files? Someone told me you had to file with each >>> state to get complete files but I am not sure of that? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Jerry >> > > Jerry, Donna, etc., > Unless someone already has a copy of the federal pension file for your > Union soldier that they are willing to share, you may have no alternative > to paying the National Archives for the file. However, for Iowa Civil War > soldiers the National Guard headquarters in Des Moines used to have files > available to the public, and there is a nationwide online index of Union > forces pensioners which shows if an application was filed and it provides > the file number(s) which greatly simplifies a search at the Archives. You > can access that roster via ancestry.com or a Google search. Typical Civil > War pension files for Union troops are loaded with good info (marriage > date/place, children's names, residence data and supportive comments from > neighbors and wartime comrades). I have not requested a file from the > Archives for many years but I've always found it worth the effort. Good > luck! Rick, Merced, CA > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5163 (20100601) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5163 (20100601) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

I have John Stockton Davidsons Civil War Files that were given to me - If anyone is interested - contact me personally Mary Cone Stewart ---- Richard Albright <kd6dkc@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2010, at 8:05 AM, Mom Wade wrote: > > >> > >> Donna, > >> > >> I hope it works for you. Let me know if you find something cheaper, > >> please. > >> I still need two Union soldiers. By the way, have you ever ordered > >> Confederate Application files? Someone told me you had to file with each > >> state to get complete files but I am not sure of that? > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Jerry > > > > Jerry, Donna, etc., > Unless someone already has a copy of the federal pension file for your Union soldier that they are willing to share, you may have no alternative to paying the National Archives for the file. However, for Iowa Civil War soldiers the National Guard headquarters in Des Moines used to have files available to the public, and there is a nationwide online index of Union forces pensioners which shows if an application was filed and it provides the file number(s) which greatly simplifies a search at the Archives. You can access that roster via ancestry.com or a Google search. Typical Civil War pension files for Union troops are loaded with good info (marriage date/place, children's names, residence data and supportive comments from neighbors and wartime comrades). I have not requested a file from the Archives for many years but I've always found it worth the effort. Good luck! Rick, Merced, CA > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IADECATU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message