Hi Beth: Here's my 3 cents worth... The fact that your ancestor rec'd a military pension is crucial to what I'm abt to tell you...This Pension was a Veteran's Benefit....Therefore you are eligible to receive copies of his Veteran's Records (ie the complete packet) at no charge... and I just verified that with the local VA Office. Write a letter to your local VA Office...(& if you don't know where that is, phone 800 827-1000) Address it to Privacy Desk, Veterans Benefits, at the local address...Include all relevant information regarding that vet ..and VERY IMPORTANT...STATE HOW HE IS RELATED TO YOU...You must include information that will help them find the record and narrow down to his records --Usually via the National Records Center in St Louis, not the NARA...This info should/could include his full name, birth date, rank, place of enlistment, miltary unit or whatever, place of enlistment, place of retirement (Where they mailed the retirement checks); If he has a vet's monument you might want to include where he's buried), Widows name, when she was b and d., etc., etc. If you live near the local VA office, you could hand deliver it ..(mine is just 3 miles)... FYI this holds true for all vets who rec'd benefits such as pension, disabiltiy, education, etc... It's a benefit that they have passed on to you, their descendant. When I spoke with the VA I verified that I will be able to follow the same procedure to obtain veteran's records for one of my gr grandfathers who was one of this country's first marines (1775) and died as a result of capture 3 days after returning home in 1783 Wishing you great luck in your search shirley hulett, San Diego On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 20:42:06 -0500 "beth hunt" <kazze@accnorwalk.com> writes: > I am wondering - I have two types of forms for ordering civil war > records. One for the pension records and one for military service > records. Is one better than the other as far as genealogy info or > should I order both or is one all inclusive. Any help appreciated > Thanks Beth > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I have been reading this thread with interest. I went ahead and went to the National Records site and ordered info on my dad and my brother. Then I printed out the form to order stuff on my grandfather. Now, a question.... do you think that if I include a copy of my grandfather's registration card with his order it will help? I do not know when he was discharged or where he served and I can only guess that it was Navy or Marines. He served in WW1 and he also helped to make the Panama Canal (which is another thing I wonder aobut, how do I get records on that?). So, if I include a copy of his registration card, will that help them to locate my grandfather's records? I am sending for the military service records as opposed to pension since all of these services occurred after 1900. Sande s j hulett <marcompro@juno.com> wrote: --Usually via the National Records Center in St Louis, not the NARA...This info should/could include his full name, birth date, rank, place of enlistment, miltary unit or whatever, place of enlistment, place of retirement (Where they mailed the retirement checks); If he has a vet's monument you might want to include where he's buried), Widows name, when she was b and d., etc., etc. Please support me in my walk to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/AlecsandraBihlmaier "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, but some just have a bunch of nuts. Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." ~ Unknown ~ --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

Hello Sande: Hope you don't mind my butting in, but I had a great uncle who worked for the railroad in the Canal Zone. He and my great-aunt lived there for many years. I had a heck of a time getting his records, but finally got them (for a small fortune). 135 pages of delightful and sometimes distressful reading. I can get you the address where I got them, but not for a while. We are in FL for the winter and all of those things are at home.... Next time one of my children call, I will ask if they can look up that info for me and get it to you. I know it took me a LOT of letter writing and research to find out WHERE to send for them. After that it was just the wait.... It was well worth it. It was almost a daily record of his life working there. If you know what your grandfather did while living there, it would help. Will make a note to myself to get it for you, if you don't have any luck before I head home. Just my two cents worth.........Peg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sande" <aunt_sande@yahoo.com> To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [OHLORAIN] civil war records >I have been reading this thread with interest. I went ahead and went to >the National Records site and ordered info on my dad and my brother. Then >I printed out the form to order stuff on my grandfather. Now, a >question.... do you think that if I include a copy of my grandfather's >registration card with his order it will help? I do not know when he was >discharged or where he served and I can only guess that it was Navy or >Marines. He served in WW1 and he also helped to make the Panama Canal >(which is another thing I wonder aobut, how do I get records on that?). > > So, if I include a copy of his registration card, will that help them to > locate my grandfather's records? I am sending for the military service > records as opposed to pension since all of these services occurred after > 1900. > > Sande > > s j hulett <marcompro@juno.com> wrote: > --Usually via the National > Records Center in St Louis, not the NARA...This info should/could include > his full name, birth date, rank, place of enlistment, miltary unit or > whatever, place of enlistment, place of retirement (Where they mailed > the retirement checks); If he has a vet's monument you might want to > include where he's buried), Widows name, when she was b and d., etc., > etc. > > > Please support me in my walk to find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis > http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/AlecsandraBihlmaier > > "Some family trees have beautiful leaves, but some just have a bunch of > nuts. > Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." > ~ Unknown ~ > > > > > --------------------------------- > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHLORAIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >