I don't know if this will help any as it doesn't go back quite as far as you need. The average inflation rate since 1926 is 4% per year. That includes the Jimmy Carter years when it was up as high as 16%. -- Harold Templeton Round Lake Beach, IL cfp@iwc.net CT: Barnes, Horsford, Lamb, Richardson. KY: Shields. NH: Lindsay, Morse, Templeton. NJ: Beam, Riker. NY: Austin, Blakeney, Fish, Kent, Mayo, Shields, Van Woert VT: Davis, Johnson, Mayo, Templeton. Canada: Bonett, Elsey, Mayo. kevin and rika wrote: > > When Charles Page died during the Civil War , his widow Lucy applied for a > pension . She received $8.00 a month , plus $2.00 extra for each child under > 16 until it turned 16 . I know currency has inflated many times since . > Would anyone know any prices at the time or know where to find such > information . Mahalo , Kevin > > ==== NHROCKIN Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb Mailing Lists Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > Rockingham County, NH, GenWeb: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1706/