can anyone tell me how to get my hands on pension records from the war of 1812? You can go to the National Archives website <www.nara.gov> and there you will find a place to request the forms necessary for getting the pension applications. For the War of 1812, the Bounty Land and Pension applications are usually combined. This would be NATF 85. You have your choice of requesting a partial file, which contains copies deemed by the person at NARA as most genealogically important, or the complete file. The partial pension packet is (at present) $14.75, the complete pension file is $37, and the Bounty Land file is $17.25. The index to these files has been microfilmed by NARA and is available either on interlibrary loan or at larger libraries and repositories. As an additional note, the "Official Roster" for OH War of 1812 soldiers is far from complete, so if your ancestor is not listed and you think he may have served, please check additional sources, such as the National Archives, Daughters of the War of 1812, Society of War of 1812, etc. The number of men listed in the roster may be only as few as 1/4 of the men who actually served. Since the Indians were allies of the British, and were still an active force in OH at the time, nearly every able-bodied man in OH between the ages of 16 and 50 (or younger or older) served at some time or another. Tacy