Dear Gerald: A fine response but you are partly wrong. The formerly Confederate States, all that I am aware of, paid their state's pension benefits to the then veteran in residence, regardless of his state of Confederate Service. Fruthermore, the vast majority of libraries, all locals that I have been to, do not carry Broadfoots Confederate Compiled Service Records and Units Indices. A few carry them for thier respective state's veterans but most don't even do that. I have never been to Texas but from what i have been told and see on the web, you folks put a lot of money into your Confed resources, North Carolina and Virginia do also but not the remaining states that I am familiar with. Also, the Confederate Web Ring and knowledgeable researchers have websites, esp. SC, that are very good. Julian "Gerald E. Forsythe" wrote: > Just a note to pass along to the list. I don't care to get involved in an on going debate but thought I'd add a few comments. > These may have already been covered, if so I apologize to the list. > Research is like money. Personal interest dictates how well it is managed. > > I personally have researched several hundred individuals that served in the Confederate State of America. > As a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans part of our duty is to find, document and place markers for these soldiers. I'm > sorry I have a long list already so I don't have time for anymore. > > In my home state of Texas we have researched cemeteries , ordered markers and then held dedication ceremonies for these > veterans. In regards to research, problems may arise along the way but the individual must be persistent. In dealing with the > National Archives I have been very fortunate. When filling out these forms they will only research one area, pension, period > or compiled service records, at a time. Also only on company at a time. > > Since Confederate pension records are not kept in Washington it is useless to check the pension box , for a confederate > soldier. If your ancestor served in more than one company at a time, a separate form has to be submitted for each. When the > form is returned it may state e.g.. that a person by the same name also appears in Company D, F, & K besides the Co. C you > submitted. The reason for this is consolidation of the companies and the information is all in one card file. On other > occasions the individual may serve in the infantry go home wounded, not return, and reappear in a cavalry company, every > infantryman's dream. > > The NA form ask that you complete as much info as possible, where born, died, served etc. If I want to eliminate a possible > company of service, I just give the individuals name, state, branch and company. Submit several forms at the same time with > the basic info but for the different companies he may have served in. You will only pay for the ones that match. Remember > people misread names back then just as they do now. > > State Archives, college and university libraries usually have microfilm card index files for the Civil War, pertaining to the > state where the repository is. The complete service file has to come from Washington. If you live in Texas and/or researching > a veteran that served in a Texas unit, Hillsboro College Research Center has almost all the complete microfilm rolls of Texas > units. > > Many universities have microfilm newspapers of the period. Battle reports were often submitted to the papers for publication, > containing list of killed and wounded. Papers in Virginia, Texas and Louisiana are some states that I am personally aware of > published reports. > > I could go on but there are books on this subject and sites on the web that also deal it. Even the Official Record of the War > of the Late Rebellion ( referred to as OR) is on CD-ROM. Broadfoot has published a complete list of Confederate veterans that > appear in the NA microfilm records. The several volume set is available at most large genealogy libraries. Our on library, a > town of 32,000, has this set in the genealogy room, bought by donations. > > County Courthouses through out the south have pension application books, when available, and indigent list of widows and > orphans. Some counties, I have found, also have the membership books of the United Confederate Veterans. These were usually > given to the county when the aging veterans no longer had enough members for a quorum. These books usually state unit, > company and branch of service, minutes of meetings. I have asked for these books all across the south, many times told no > such book, but would find the book sometimes. Court house employees really don't know what all is in the records. It is up to > the INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHER to find this information. Be positive, patient and convinced that you will find something. If you > don't you gave it a good shoot. > > One last thought if your veteran had a brother that served in the same unit, usually they did, send to your state archives > for his pension also. The amount of information is really surprising in the pension applications; often stating brothers, > fathers that served in the same Co.; when they migrated to the state they are submitting the application. etc. If your > veteran later moved to Texas you may be in luck. All southern states would only give pensions to individuals that served from > the home state. Texas was an exception, granting pensions to anyone that met residency and financial requirements required by > law, usually six months in a county of the state. > GERALD > > ==== SCHORRY Mailing List ==== > The Horry County Web Site needs your help and support with Census > data, old letters, pictures, any Horry County historical info, grave-yard > inscriptions etc. If you can help, Please contact the Horry County > Site webmaster, Marceline Beem, at-http://www.mindspring.net/~marceline/horry/index.html > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/