Actually what I was hoping for is some kind of info could be found in the PA Archives Ser? Vol?. Thank you for your help. Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 6:24 AM Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO] War 1812 > > In a message dated 8/2/2008 5:19:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Yes, the reason I'd hoped for a little more verification was the expense > of > NARA. I don't want to have going thru what you did. > > > > At one time, when I was young and agile, we traveled to DC every 2 months > to > get pension records from the NARA. My husband had over a dozen and I had > even more. > > To "pay our dues" for being allowed to go, I would take a request or two > with me and copy those pensions for others. It made me feel good and > someone > else got the benefit of my trip. > > I used to have a contact, a PA woman, who went to Albany, NY every few > months and I would have her request records for me at the archives. I > would pay > her a few dollars above the cost. With enough of us, she paid for her > trip > and we would get a response from NY in 3 weeks, not 6 months. > > Gee, it would be nice to be young(er) and agile. <smile> > > Shirley > > > > > **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your > budget? > Read reviews on AOL Autos. > (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 > ) > > ------------------------------- > 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 >