From: "Christopher Gray" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TGF] XC file Hi - as someone from over the pond, while very interested in the topic, I don't understand the acronyms. What is a VA and XC? Chris Chris, The VA is the U.S. Veterans Administration. The XC number on a pension file indicates that it was still active with someone receiving benefits around 1928 and was probably not transferred to the National Archives with the other pension files. It would still be at the Veterans Administration. See this article on the blog of the National Archives for details: http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=1702 Angela McGhie