How does one go about inquiring about pension records? Who can you contact and what information is helpful? Thanks, Terri --- Max Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > Just to digress - my favorite example in my family > is a veteran who married > his 3rd wife approximately 10 days before he died at > a very advanced age and > his 3rd wife applied for a widow's pension. The > investigator did his job, > though. > > She didn't get a pension because it was ruled that > the marriage was not > legal. She had said that she split up with her last > husband 10 years earlier > and heard or assumed that he was dead. The > investigator tracked him down in > a neighboring county and essentially said, "No he > isn't, I talked to him". > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] pension records > > I got my great-great grandfathers pension file and > more information than I > ever dreamed of. His wife was trying to get his > pension and they were > denying > it. There was a file about 2 inches thick legal size > paper. The > correspondence > went on for a number of years while thegovernment > investigated her and him > > and their marriage --letters from relatives and > friends that knew them. > Letters from people that did not like her. All the > childrens birth > records-which I still can't find anywhere else. > Marriage records. All for > the $37 > dollars. As they say-you never know what you are > going to come across in > that file. > > Barbara Rossow > > > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at > http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
http://www.archives.gov/research/order/orderonline.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] pension records > How does one go about inquiring about pension records? > Who can you contact and what information is helpful? > > > Thanks, > Terri > --- Max Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just to digress - my favorite example in my family > > is a veteran who married > > his 3rd wife approximately 10 days before he died at > > a very advanced age and > > his 3rd wife applied for a widow's pension. The > > investigator did his job, > > though. > > > > She didn't get a pension because it was ruled that > > the marriage was not > > legal. She had said that she split up with her last > > husband 10 years earlier > > and heard or assumed that he was dead. The > > investigator tracked him down in > > a neighboring county and essentially said, "No he > > isn't, I talked to him". > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:24 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MABERKSH] pension records > > > > I got my great-great grandfathers pension file and > > more information than I > > ever dreamed of. His wife was trying to get his > > pension and they were > > denying > > it. There was a file about 2 inches thick legal size > > paper. The > > correspondence > > went on for a number of years while thegovernment > > investigated her and him > > > > and their marriage --letters from relatives and > > friends that knew them. > > Letters from people that did not like her. All the > > childrens birth > > records-which I still can't find anywhere else. > > Marriage records. All for > > the $37 > > dollars. As they say-you never know what you are > > going to come across in > > that file. > > > > Barbara Rossow > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************** See what's > > free at > > http://www.aol.com. > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to > > [email protected] with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > > to [email protected] with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message