Okay - I'm liking it :) but it sounds like you need to KNOW that they were in the war? True? I'm trying to find some people, to find out where they went - all I know is around when they got married - and the husband's and wife's name. do you think I would be wasting their time with only so little information? Julie Jan Hensley <janhensley@cox.net> wrote: The 1812 pension files are held by The National Archives in Washington, D.C. and have NOT been microfilmed. If you are at the Archives, they must be pulled (done hourly during week days only) and you can see and copy the original file. Pension files contain all the correspondence on land bounty, pensions for veteran, and pensions for widows. Additionally, you can pull the actual land bounty certificate and the company payrolls. The payroll forms sometimes are endorsed by the veteran. So to sum it up, to get a complete file on your ancestor you need to pull three items: the pension file, the land warrant file, and the company payroll. These files are virtual treasure troves of family information and many are quite thick. Best, Jan --------------------------------- Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing.