This happened because Ancestry does not know what it is dealing with. The actual title of the series of records is "General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934". It covers not only the Civil War but the Spanish-American War, Philipine Insurrection, Boxer Rebellion and the Regulars. WWI is not well represented because the Veterans Administration (now Bureau of Veterans Affairs) took the disability system over during WWI. Looking for connections for William Poythress, 12th Virginia Infantry, died Point Lookout, Maryland and William Poythress, 12th Va. Artillery Battn., CSA pension, resided Petersburg. Looking for connections for William D. Poythress who married Louisa O. Taylor. Craig Craig R. Scott, CGRS Willow Bend Books 65 East Main Street Westminster, MD 21157-5026 www.WillowBendBooks.com [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Koscheski" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 12:43 AM Subject: Another place to search > this was on the ancestry email in case anyone missed it. Thought it might be helpful to some. Patti > LATER MILITARY ENTRIES FOUND IN CIVIL WAR PENSION INDEX > > My grandmother's family all lived in southeastern Pennsylvania > during the Civil War, so although her grandfathers would have been a > little too old and her father too young to be soldiers, it seemed > that checking the Civil War Pension Index for my surnames would still > be a good idea. I was surprised to find her father, James Fraley > GOERKE, listed in the Index. He had not served in the Civil War, but > his record showed service in 1896-98 (Infantry) and again in 1917-20 > (Navy). I don't know what he was doing on the Civil War Index, but I > thought that others might want to check for their "too young" great- > grandfathers as well. You might get lucky! > > Kary Nelson > Fort Collins, CO > > Ancestry.com Data Subscribers can access the Civil War Pension Index > at: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/military/cwpi/main.htm > > > > > ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== > Poythress Geneaology Research Web > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/ >