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    1. The Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War website
    2. Julia A. Krutilla
    3. The Pennsylvania Volunteers of the Civil War website, http://www.pacivilwar.com , has partnered with Ancestry.com to open several Ancestry military databases for NO CHARGE until June 10. These databases cover all states and are FREE only when accessed through the PA Civil War site at http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html . The databases are: **FREE 1890 Census Veterans Schedule Often used as a head-of-household substitute for the 1890 Federal Census that was destroyed by fire, the Veterans' Census of Union and some Confederate soldiers is one of the newest census digitized by Ancestry. **FREE Civil War Pension Index Images of 2.5 million Federal pension application cards that includes the veteran's name, state, regiment. It also contains the certificate number that can be used to order a soldiers' service and pension records from NARA. Many times, these pension records are gold mines of genealogy information. **FREE Disabled Soldiers Home Soldiers at various National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in 1895. Information includes name of soldier, company or regiment, rank, length of service, birth, age, where admitted from, occupation, married or single, and more. This invitation is being offered only to PACivilWar visitors at http://www.pacivilwar.com/freepension.html Follow the instructions on the page to register at Ancestry.com as PACivilWar's guest, and have fun! The registration to receive a user name and password to access the databases is free. If you want to share this invitation with friends, just forward this email to them, so they can take advantage of this limited time free access.

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