============================================================DATABASES OF THE DAY (Free for 10 Days!)============================================================CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX (IMAGES ONLINE)More than 2.5 million original American Civil War pension index cards are thefirst available images in Ancestry.com's new Images Online project. (For moreinformation on the Images Online Project see,http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/1931.asp.) Each Civil War pension card--a record of a veteran's application for federalsupport--records the veteran's name and the state in which the application wasreceived. (Because these pension files were for federal benefits, thiscollection only contains the names of Union veterans.) If a widow or a childfiled the application, his or her name and relevant information is included.Until now, the pension cards were only available through microfilm copiescontained at the National Archives and limited repositories. Ancestry's exist! ing Civil War Pension Index contains a link to a digitized imageof the index card itself. This image will contain additional information on theindividual, such as unit of service, date of filing and application, andcertificate numbers for the pension case file (which often contains additionalpages of individual information) housed at the National Archives and RecordsAdministration in Washington, D.C. Going beyond the detail of indexes andinformation summaries, the online images are an added source for information onCivil War ancestors. Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. "Civil WarPension Index." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Data indexedand imaged from: National Archives and Records Administration. "General Index toPension Files, 1861-1934." T288, 544 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archivesand Records Administration.Search the Civil War Pension Index and/or read the extended description at:http://www.ancestry.com/search/! rectype/inddbs/4654.htm --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere!