Elizabeth Abbott asked: >Can anyone please tell me how I can find the pension records for my gggg-grandfather, Joel Farnham, who fought in the War of 1812? According to the "History of Coos County, Town of Lancaster" (New Hampshire), he was a Private with the US Regiment Infantry in the Roster of Captain John W. Weeks. Ancestry.com said he enlisted March 9, 1813, was placed on the pension roll May 16, 1818 and his commencement of pension was Feb. 17, 1815. I am hoping the official pension records will show the name of his wife and children.< Elizabeth, Contact the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in Washington, DC, or better yet, a faster approach is to visit their special web page at https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=Start There, you can order the pension file and charge it to a credit card or pay by check, and if they don't find the record you request, there's no charge. Dean