Hello, Early 2004 I requested from NARA onlilne order the Civil War Service file and Pension file for a Lake County Veteran George VORCE. He enlisted in New York but resided in Lake County after his release, his widow requested his pension. NARA sent me a letter stating that this file was not in their possesion and that I should request it from Cuyahoga County Veterans Affairs. I did and heard nothing, then I called and tried to speak to someone there, someone who had no idea they had Civil War files. I waited and heard nothing. I have written 3 other letters none have been answered. Someone told me to request them again through NARA because if the researchers can't seem to locate them right away they tell you to look elsewhere, I did that and I just recieved an email from NARA saying they can't locate his file and will send me a letter, no doubt telling me to contact Cuyahoga County VA. Has anyone had to deal with the VA for this purpose? I live out of town but if it meant getting the pension file I'd make the drive. Another question why is a Lake County Veteran's file with Cuyahoga County and not with NARA or Lake County. Both he and his widow died and are buried in Lake County and she was a lifelong resident. Okay any insight would be helpful. Thanks, Cindy --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour

Cindy, If I may make a suggestion; contact r.m.cousins@reevesweb.com . Peggy Reeves does research at the National Archives, and she is excellent. She may be able to find the file that they seem to have "misplaced". Her rates are also very reasonable. She was able to locate a file of my great grandfathers, that contained 247 pages of personal information that I would not have received had I gone through the NARA. Just a thought Good Luck Roberta Bear ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynthia Mac Suibhne" <barkupthetree@yahoo.com> To: <OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 7:15 AM Subject: [OHCUYAHO] Cuyahoga County Veterans Affairs > Hello, > Early 2004 I requested from NARA onlilne order the Civil War Service file > and Pension file for a Lake County Veteran George VORCE. He enlisted in > New York but resided in Lake County after his release, his widow requested > his pension. NARA sent me a letter stating that this file was not in their > possesion and that I should request it from Cuyahoga County Veterans > Affairs. I did and heard nothing, then I called and tried to speak to > someone there, someone who had no idea they had Civil War files. I waited > and heard nothing. I have written 3 other letters none have been answered. > Someone told me to request them again through NARA because if the > researchers can't seem to locate them right away they tell you to look > elsewhere, I did that and I just recieved an email from NARA saying they > can't locate his file and will send me a letter, no doubt telling me to > contact Cuyahoga County VA. > Has anyone had to deal with the VA for this purpose? I live out of town > but if it meant getting the pension file I'd make the drive. Another > question why is a Lake County Veteran's file with Cuyahoga County and not > with NARA or Lake County. Both he and his widow died and are buried in > Lake County and she was a lifelong resident. > Okay any insight would be helpful. > Thanks, > Cindy > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Mail > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour > > > ==== OHCUYAHO Mailing List ==== > Please remember to change your subject lines to correspond with your > message and capitalize all surnames. > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >