This morning I sat down to write step-by-step instructions on how to order Civil War Pension Records and realized that there are articles online that have already done a really good job of this. Here are a couple. Ordering Civil War Pension Records - Union & Confederate at http://www.genealogybranches.com/civilwar Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War at http://www.pacivilwar.com/nara.html A couple of personal points I would like to add up front are: 1. The cost for a Complete Civil War Pension File copy is now $75.00 for 100 pages of the file. I can not find any information stating what happens if the file is over 100 pages, but I did find a reference stating that the average file is 106 pages long. I wonder what happens to those last 6 pages??? :-) Another reference stated that the $75.00 covers the cost for a copy of the entire file. 2 There are two types of copies available - the Complete File and the Compiled File (or Pension Packet). It is more expensive, but definitely well worth the money to request the Complete File. In the Compiled File you get just some of the papers - those deemed important by the people copying the file. In the last Civil War Pension File I received, I was delighted to find out that my fourth great grandfather was 5'4" tall. I don't know if the affidavit containing this information would have been copied in the abbreviated copy request. It is really not difficult to order a Civil War Pension File, but you do need to have information on hand before generating your request. The articles listed above explain what information is needed. I'm personally thrilled with the new online ordering system the National Archives has on their website. They do walk you through the entire ordering system. I hope this helps. ~Susan

Susan thank you so much for clarifying this and providing the additional info as well. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Faulkner" <denmother4@hotmail.com> To: <mobarry@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:18 AM Subject: [MOBARRY] Ordering Civil War Pension Records > This morning I sat down to write step-by-step instructions on how to order > Civil War Pension Records and realized that there are articles online that > have already done a really good job of this. Here are a couple. > > > > Ordering Civil War Pension Records - Union & Confederate at > http://www.genealogybranches.com/civilwar > > > > Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War at > http://www.pacivilwar.com/nara.html > > > > A couple of personal points I would like to add up front are: > > 1. The cost for a Complete Civil War Pension File copy > is now $75.00 for 100 pages of the file. I can not find any information > stating what happens if the file is over 100 pages, but I did find a > reference stating that the average file is 106 pages long. I wonder what > happens to those last 6 pages??? :-) Another reference stated that the > $75.00 covers the cost for a copy of the entire file. > > > > 2 There are two types of copies available - the > Complete > File and the Compiled File (or Pension Packet). It is more expensive, but > definitely well worth the money to request the Complete File. In the > Compiled File you get just some of the papers - those deemed important by > the people copying the file. In the last Civil War Pension File I > received, > I was delighted to find out that my fourth great grandfather was 5'4" > tall. > I don't know if the affidavit containing this information would have been > copied in the abbreviated copy request. > > > > It is really not difficult to order a Civil War Pension File, but you do > need to have information on hand before generating your request. The > articles listed above explain what information is needed. I'm personally > thrilled with the new online ordering system the National Archives has on > their website. They do walk you through the entire ordering system. > > > > I hope this helps. > > > > ~Susan > > > > Please tell us about your Barry county ancestors. The list-admin is Donna > Cooper, address - (saarisr@sbcglobal.net) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MOBARRY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message