At a "duplicate book sale" at our local genealogy club, I picked up "Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications in the National Archives", Bicentennial Edition, pub. by National Genealogical Soc., 1976. Although I am certain the index must be available online somewhere, I will happily do lookups (which include soldier's name, many contain wife's name, state, and pension file number-which is coded giving additional information, ie. "rejected", which mine was) for listmembers should anyone be interested. Another listmember recently went to the National Archives at my request and retrieved my ancestor's file, and perhaps it was just the luck of the draw, but my ancestor's wife had troubles being approved for the pension, and was ultimately rejected, so the file contained numerous affidavits from relatives and acquaintances about my ancestor, and really has allowed me to flesh out him and his family. There were even decorative pages that must have been out of a family bible or from the church wedding ceremony to document their marriage, and a touching account of his last days, specifying his final request as to what chapter and verse of the bible he wished to hear before he died. Receiving this file has made a "believer" out of me! If you want me to do any lookups, please email me privately so as not to clutter the List/Archives. (I hope this isn't considered too "off-topic"???... my apologies to any who may consider it so.) Virginia Burke vyburke@earthlink.net