The files are the same, the former soldier had to prove his disability in order to qualify for a pension. When the soldier applied for the pension himself he only had to prove his service and his qualification for the pension so there is frequently little or nothing about his family. Dependents filing for a claim also had to prove their relationship to the soldier so there is usually much more genealogical information in those files. You should make sure that you have the entire pension file. For $10 you get about 14-20 "selected" pages, you need to specify if you want the entire file and pay a per-page charge. NARA has proposed a new fee schedule eliminating the selected pages option and automatically send the entire file for a fee of $40. -----Original Message----- From: Patti600@aol.com [mailto:Patti600@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 11:24 AM To: NY-Military-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NY-Mil] Pension vs. disability application Does anyone know whether a pension record differs from applying for disability? I have my great grandfathers' record from the Archives but it concerns ONLY applying for disability - no personal family information whatsoever. Wondering if the pension record is something different? Also if you write them can they tell you how many pages there are to the pension record? Do you need a form for that? Thanks, Patti ______________________________