I began with only ordering the pension files for my ancestors, but now I'm going back and ordering the military service records. The service record I received last week of my 2nd great-grandfather contained his birth date and birth place which the pension file did not and also gave a physical description of him (I just had a birth year from his tombstone). It also mentioned the name of his guardian. I had not been able to place him in the 1850 census, but with this new info, I located him in his county of birth and now have his possible mother and siblings to research and will be checking on a guardianship record for him to confirm his father. My motto is you can never have too much information on an ancestor. Yolanda Campbell Lifter Malabar, FL member, Association of Professional Genealogists http://apgen.org Ohio Family Research http://ohiofamilyresearch.com OH Genealogy http://ohgenealogy.com county coordinator, Brown County, OHGenWeb http://ohgenealogy.com/brownco county coordinator, Pike County, OHGenWeb http://ohgenealogy.com/pikeco county coordinator, New Castle County, DEGenWeb http://ohgenealogy.com/newcastleco ----- Original Message ----- From: "beth hunt" <kazze@accnorwalk.com> To: <ohlorain@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: [OHLORAIN] civil war records >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 >