My wife got this a couple of days ago and I am just getting the chance to send it and see if it has or has not been posted to PABRADFO as a source for information on Civil War Pensions. Happy hunting to all. May the ancestors come out of the woodwork for you all Ernest Warren > >Ancestry has just posted this..and it looks great so far. It is free >for >the next 10 days... >You might want to check it out. >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- - >-- >CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX (IMAGES ONLINE) > >More than 2.5 million original American Civil War pension index cards >are >the >first available images in Ancestry.com's new Images Online project. (For >more >information on the Images Online Project see, >http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/1931.asp.) > >Each Civil War pension card--a record of a veteran's application for >federal >support--records the veteran's name and the state in which the >application >was >received. (Because these pension files were for federal benefits, this >collection only contains the names of Union veterans.) If a widow or a >child >filed the application, his or her name and relevant information is >included. >Until now, the pension cards were only available through microfilm >copies >contained at the National Archives and limited repositories. > >Ancestry's existing Civil War Pension Index contains a link to a >digitized >image >of the index card itself. This image will contain additional >information on >the >individual, such as unit of service, date of filing and application, and >certificate numbers for the pension case file (which often contains >additional >pages of individual information) housed at the National Archives and >Records >Administration in Washington, D.C. Going beyond the detail of indexes >and >information summaries, the online images are an added source for >information >on >Civil War ancestors. > >Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. "Civil >War >Pension Index." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Data >indexed >and imaged from: National Archives and Records Administration. "General >Index to >Pension Files, 1861-1934." T288, 544 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National >Archives >and Records Administration. > >Search the Civil War Pension Index and/or read the extended description >at: >http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4654.htm > >An Advanced Search form is available at: >http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/military/cwpi/main.htm