You can also get them online.. I do a web site for the WBTS in SC and have it listed here: http://rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/howto.htm This should help you some.. the forms link is on that page along with how to order them. Traci kay w. davis wrote: > Dear Karla, > > Requests for old pensions (any war prior to WWI) must be made on a form > provided to you by the National Archives in Washington, D.C. > > Request as many forms (NATF - 80) for the number of persons you are > inquiring about, and use one for each. You must be able to provide some > info for them: > Veteran's full name, branch of service, state from which he served, > war in which he served, and Union or Confederate if in Civil War. > There are additional blanks to fill out if you know more (like the > pension application number, his widow's name, etc. > > You are not charged until the research is located and then they send the > form back with charges to see if you wish for them to go ahead. A search > with positive results used to cost $10. It is a time-consuming process, > but the info received is usually valuable. > > Request forms from: Textual Reference Branch (NWDT1) > Natl. Archives and Records Administration > 7th and Pennsylvania AVE. NW > Washington, DC 20408 > > For info regarding veteran's of WWI and WWII write to: > Natl. Personnel Records Center (Military Records) NARA > 9700 Page Boulevard > St. Louis, MO 63132 > I haven't done this, so I don't know their cost or procedure. > > Also valuable information can be obtained (but not the pension record > maybe) from the Confederate Research Museum and Library at Hill County > College in Hillsboro, TX if you know much about the veteran. Sorry I > don't have their address. > > Kay Davis > > ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ==== > The Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative hosts many of the USGenWeb Project and TXGenWeb sites with no cost to the coordinator, as well as providing many other genealogical services. Consider helping rootsweb provide more resources for the genealogical community at: http://www.rootsweb.com/