Dear Listers I already have the first 19 pages of my great great grandfather Silas Pearson's pension papers and hope that by going ahead and ordering it all ( 154 pages ) that I will in fact discover new information that I didn't know yet. Let me ask, is it usually worth seeing the whole record as opposed to just the small part that the person sent me years ago, ( 1970s to early 80s sometime ), from the Nat. Archives? In other words did they look through the entire 154 pages and pull out the "important stuff" and leave the rest ( little to no information ) to save money? You have to admit, $189 is a lot to spend especially if I am not going to acquire anything of worth by buying the entire file. Can anyone elaborate on this for me from experience? Thanks, Steve Pearson