Hi All, Looks like im a little out of date. :0) You can see how long its been since I have sent for a pension record. Thanks for the information and sorry chris for giving the wrong information best Regards Don 48th Illinois regiment http://members.tripod.com/Black_eagle_129/index.html http://black_eagle_129.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Fossitt, Chris Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:03 PM To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] A Soldier's next of kin Chris, I believe the NATF form 80 was recently retired. You used to be able to request Pension Applications OR Service Records using the same form (I think it was form 80). However, now there are two separate forms for Pension and Service records. Pension records are NATF form 85. Service records are ordered using NATF form 86. > ---------- > From: Donald aikman > Reply To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:30 PM > To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] A Soldier's next of kin > > Hi Chris, > > Write the national archives to get his pension records. Send a email to > this address inquire@arch2.nara.gov and ask for a NATF form 80. (Get 2 or > 3 ). > > Here is a URL that will walk you through it: > http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm#B > > Best regards > Don > http://members.tripod.com/Black_eagle_129/index.html > http://black_eagle_129.tripod.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ChrisDix1@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 2:59 PM > To: IL-CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IL-CIVIL-WAR] A Soldier's next of kin > > Hello everyone > > I have recently discovered that a soldier who served with the 4th Illinois > Cavalry might well be the brother of my great-grandmother. I have obtained > copies of various documents from the Illinois State Archives which show > that > this soldier's date and place of birth match those of my distant relative. > I > had hoped that one of these army documents would have named his next of > kin > at the time of his enlistment, but so far I have not been able to discover > this information. > > I would have imagined that at a time of war it would be absolutely > necessary > for the army to know the name of a soldier's next of kin. Can anybody > suggest > where this information might be recorded? > > Many thanks for any help that anyone is able to give me. > > Chris Dixon > Newcastle upon Tyne, UKGet more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download > : http://explorer.msn.com > >Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com