I'm planning a family trip to D.C. soon and am wondering if I could squeeze in time to copy a Civil War pension file while I am there. I have the info from the index on Ancestry.com. But I have never been to NARA before and am not sure of the procedures. How long would it take? How do I go about it? If I could save the $75 and do it myself in a short amount of time, that would be great! Thanks for any help you can give.

Civil War shouldn't be a problem. You will need ID. All your stuff in a locker except for pencils and paper. Go in and ask for it and wait. Get the military records also. Now this was some time ago and things may have changed a bit but waay before 9/11 you needed ID. I wouldn't plan on parking real near. Barbara At 07:32 AM 7/31/2008, you wrote: >I'm planning a family trip to D.C. soon and am wondering if I could >squeeze in time to copy a Civil War pension file while I am there. I >have the info from the index on Ancestry.com. But I have never been to >NARA before and am not sure of the procedures. How long would it take? >How do I go about it? If I could save the $75 and do it myself in a >short amount of time, that would be great! > >Thanks for any help you can give. > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message