Cindy, I haven't done anything with the national archives myself. I wonder whether there's some way to see what the holdings consist of before you shell out the dough--like a notation of how many pages are available. Thanks for sharing your experience. The more discussion of the subject on the list, the more it will benefit people with like interests. Best wishes, Tim -----Original Message----- From: Cynthia Mac Suibhne [mailto:barkupthetree@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 2:16 PM To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ILLASALLE] ROBINSON Delos and the 1890 Special Civil War Pensioners Thanks again Tim, whether to pay $37.00 for the complete pension file is the tricky part. I sent for one and it was only five pages not much for $37.00. My vet served only a few months in one regiment before he must have been sent or joined another regiment. His records for some reason didn't follow him and I haven't found the other troop he was with. But I have a friend I do genealogy with and she has several files none under 50 pages long. I was so jealous the day she came to me with a new binder and 100 poly sheets for one file. That's worth $37.00 because it was full of information. Her vet married two women during the war and it wasn't until he died and both were widowed that they applied for their loving husband's pension only to find out there was another woman. Another one of hers was in Anderson Prison and wounded and the file came with drawings of the location of his wounds. That would be an extreme but something more lengthy then 5 pages would be nice, for pensio! n a vet has to prove his place of birth, maybe testimony of another family member as to where, place of marriage, children ect. anyway Thanks for the muster roll site I'm going to request that. Cindy

Here I am interrupting a perfectly sad discussion of the records cost at the Nat. Arch. And I can go there any old times. Let me know what yo want and I'll run down there and get it for you. How about an exchange? I'll go to the Nat Archives if you will find info at LaSalle Co for me about an ancestor of mine. If you are agreeable to this do let me know I need to go looking for a REv War ancestor of my own in the next couple of weeks. Jane Bubier (drane@comcast.net0 On Apr 23, 2005, at 3:49 PM, Tim Bryant wrote: > Cindy, > > I haven't done anything with the national archives myself. I wonder > whether > there's some way to see what the holdings consist of before you shell > out > the dough--like a notation of how many pages are available. Thanks for > sharing your experience. The more discussion of the subject on the > list, the > more it will benefit people with like interests. > > Best wishes, > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cynthia Mac Suibhne [mailto:barkupthetree@yahoo.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 2:16 PM > To: ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: [ILLASALLE] ROBINSON Delos and the 1890 Special Civil War > Pensioners > > > Thanks again Tim, whether to pay $37.00 for the complete pension file > is > the tricky part. I sent for one and it was only five pages not much for > $37.00. My vet served only a few months in one regiment before he must > have > been sent or joined another regiment. His records for some reason > didn't > follow him and I haven't found the other troop he was with. But I have > a > friend I do genealogy with and she has several files none under 50 > pages > long. I was so jealous the day she came to me with a new binder and > 100 poly > sheets for one file. That's worth $37.00 because it was full of > information. > Her vet married two women during the war and it wasn't until he died > and > both were widowed that they applied for their loving husband's pension > only > to find out there was another woman. Another one of hers was in > Anderson > Prison and wounded and the file came with drawings of the location of > his > wounds. That would be an extreme but something more lengthy then 5 > pages > would be nice, for pensio! > n a vet > has to prove his place of birth, maybe testimony of another family > member > as to where, place of marriage, children ect. anyway > Thanks for the muster roll site I'm going to request that. > Cindy > > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >