Hi Tom many thanks I would think its a great idea, (awaiting Michael's approval) if anything the National Archives could benifit from it, in some ways,   I have one I could send in as well as a Royal Navy Record, more we have, the more examples of the infomation that can be obtain  from these records that could  help Carlow researchers.     all the best Terry   --- El lun, 10/5/10, Tom LaPorte <tlaporte@mts.net> escribió: De: Tom LaPorte <tlaporte@mts.net> Asunto: Re: [IRL-CARLOW] Royal Hospital Chelsea Soldiers Service records Para: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Fecha: lunes, 10 de mayo, 2010 04:16 Hi Michael Thanks Terry. This is a great reference list for family history research.  I've made some of my biggest breakthroughs with these kind of pension records. I have copies of the four documents for John Boels of Carlow which are listed on this page.  Others may have others of these documents and perhaps some members will order copies now that they've seen the list online. I doubt very much these documents are copyrighted and the National Archives doesn't usually care if the copies they provide are published as long as they're not used for profit. Would we consider including links to the original document for the ones in that list that we have?  It might help other people out so they don't order the same copy again and it would make interesting reading for anyone. I would be glad to make scanned images of mine available. Tom -----Original Message----- From: irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-carlow-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Michael Brennan Sent: 09 May 2010 03:04 To: irl-carlow@rootsweb.com Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Royal Hospital Chelsea Soldiers Service records Over the past few months Terry Curran has been very busy putting together a record of the Royal Hospital Chelsea Soldiers Service records of Carlow Soldiers who claimed a pension after discharge from the British Army.  Dates vary from the 1700's to the 1900's. These records show the age of the soldier (if known) on discharge and the the year/s of service (if known) and the regiments served in.  He also provides a URL link if you want to purchase the full record from the National Archives at Kew, England. The recorders are presented in alphabetical order over 12 pages: http://www.igp-web.com/carlow/Royal_Hospital_Index.htm Regards Michael Brennan ======================================= Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must subscribe to the List. Its FREE! --------------------------------------- To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com  with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message