Be sure to get to the archives early in the day. The last time I was there, you had to order the file and then come back in a few hours to view it. Helen -------------- Original message -------------- From: Barbara & George Grenier <[email protected]> > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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