Tom, If I am hearing you correctly, you are reading the card numbers correctly.When the CMSR's were compiled, a card was filled out with a number on it everytime a persons name was on a document. These cards were dropped in a file for the individual and the numbers written on the back as a control process. If you would have had four numbers on the card number page and received only the page with the three listings on the payroll, it would have indicated there was another listing of his name somewhere that you hadn't received. FYI The other place that information might exist on an ancestor is: (1) in the spelling of the name. No effort was made to distinquish if individuals were the same for different spellings. A whole new file would have been made. So if John Smith, John Smyth, John Smith Jr., John Smithe, John Smeth, Jon Smith, J. Smith, and so on all would have received their own file. (2) Your ancestor may have served in more than one Regiment and even in another State, all of which would have created a new file for him. ----- Original Message ----- From: <WrightSrStuff@aol.com> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 10:35 AM Subject: Question: NARA records: Card Numbers > Hi Listers, > > Just received record sent for from NARA of War 1812 individual. Two pages > came with data, one page is the company pay roll in which there are 3 > seperate payroll entries. The other is the card number page in which there > are 3 card numbers. Are the card numbers the description for each payroll > entry? Might I be on the correct track reading this? > > Your input is greatly appreciated. > TIA > Regards, > Thomas Allan Wright Sr (Tom Sr) > WrightSrStuff@aol.com > New York State > > > ==== WARof1812 Mailing List ==== > UNSUBSCRIPTION DIRECTIONS > Warof1812-L-request@rootsweb.com UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] > Warof1812-D-request@rootsweb.com UNSUBSCRIBE [in body of message] > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >