YES, get the whole pension record. I have many ancestors in the Civil War and have gotten six pension records. Some may be short, but one was 200 pages! I cannot begin to tell you how glad I am that I got the records. If nothing else, you can get more glimpses in their personal lives. The most poinent story is one who moved to New Orleans after the war and never contacted his family again. His family never knew what happened to him. Family lore said that he joined the Confederates. A letter in the pension papers was from his family asking the government if it knew his fate. To my knowledge, the government never wrote back. So the family never knew what happened to him. We also saw that his widow tried to claim his pension even though she had remarried. She only collected a small amount before she was found out. Also, you should read everything. Ruth Ann EvansColumbus OH"Old genealogists never die, they just lose their census."> To: ohmiami@rootsweb.com> Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:24:03 -0500> From: cat2397@juno.com> Subject: Re: [OHMIAMI] Question for the list re: Civil War Pension files> > > Steve,> Yes! The entire pension file is worth it. From the affidavits various> people have given you may find much information about the soldier's> family, not only his spouse and children but his parents and siblings. In> one civil war pension file I found the name of an aunt to the widow, I> had been looking for this person for several years, she was listed as> being present at the birth of one of the soldier's children.. You have to> try to read a lot of hand written pages, but you can find many snippets> of information, which can lead to bigger finds. I think the whole pension> file is worth it. I always order the entire file. Why are you paying> $189.00? I know the entire file price has gone up to $75.00. Just> curious.> > -Cindy> tdn-net.com/genealogy> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHMIAMI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! http://biggestloser.msn.com/