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These Civil War Pension Index Cards are also known as the "[http://linealarboretum.blogspot.com/2010/03/determining-if-your-ancestor-had-civil.html Organization Index]". Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. | These Civil War Pension Index Cards are also known as the "[http://linealarboretum.blogspot.com/2010/03/determining-if-your-ancestor-had-civil.html Organization Index]". Each card gives the soldier’s name, application and certificate numbers, state of enlistment, and might include rank and death information. The majority of the records are of Civil War veterans, but the collection also includes records for veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, the Indian Wars, and World War I. | ||
Images of the actual index cards are available at [http://www.footnote.com/title_57/civil_war_and_later_veterans_pension_index Footnote.com] ($) In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. These records are also available free at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms] and any library providing free access to Footnote.com. | Images of the actual index cards are available at [http://www.footnote.com/title_57/civil_war_and_later_veterans_pension_index Footnote.com] ($) In the future, these records will be [http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2007/nr07-41.html made available at no charge] through the National Archives web site. These records are also available free at [http://www.archives.gov/locations/archival-research.html National Archives research rooms] and any library providing free access to Footnote.com. | ||
The actual pension records that the "Organization Index" and "General Index" refer to are currently only available through the National Archives. Footnote.com is in the process of digitizing records of approved pension applications for the years 1861-1910, the "Civil War "Widows' Pensions". You can check their progress at [http://www.footnote.com/title_24/civil_war_widows_pensions Footnote.com]. For information on how to order pension records from the National Archives see [[Requesting copies of Civil War service and pension records]]. | |||