Ancestry.com has opened up several of its Civil War databases for no charge in remembrance of Memorial Day. These databases are open (and free) until June 10. These databases are free only when accessed through the PaCivilWar site at http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html . Although hosted by a PA Civil War site, these databases give free access to the vets from all the states in the database. **FREE Civil War Pension Index Images of 2.5 million Federal pension application cards that includes the veteran's name, state, regiment. It also contains the certificate number that can be used to order a soldiers' service and pension records from NARA. Many times, these pension records are gold mines of genealogy information. **FREE 1890 Census Veterans Schedule Often used as a head-of-household substitute for the 1890 Federal Census that was destroyed by fire, the Veterans' Census of Union and some Confederate soldiers is one of the newest census digitized by Ancestry. **FREE Disabled Soldiers Home Soldiers at various National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1895. Information includes name of soldier, company or regiment, rank, length of service, birth, age, where admitted from, occupation, married or single, and more. This invitation is being offered only to PACivilWar visitors at http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html Follow the instructions on the page to register at Ancestry.com as PACivilWar's guest, and have fun! If you want to share this invitation with friends, just forward this email to them, so they can take advantage of this limited time free access. If you think another mailing list or message board might want to know, please invite them. ------------------ Please note: This was posted on a Rootsweb email list, with permission to forward to other interested lists. Because I have an Ancestry.com subscription, I don't know if there are any requirements to be able to access the special free offering. If you try it and find there are credit card requirements or other hoops, please post an update. Remember that Ancestry is accessible at the SCGS Library and is free to SCGS members. ==== CA-SCGS Mailing List ==== Have you stopped by the SCGS Library lately? Check our website for hours and directions. www.scgsgenealogy.com