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| CID = CID3326851
| CID = CID3326851
| title = Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967
| title = Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967
| scheduled=
| location = Virginia
| location = Virginia
| LOC_01 = Virginia
| LOC_01 = Virginia
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| FS_URL_01 = [[GuidedResearch:Virginia|Virginia Guided Research]]
| FS_URL_01 = [[GuidedResearch:Virginia|Virginia Guided Research]]
| FS_URL_02 = [[Virginia Research Tips and Strategies#Virginia Record Finder|Virginia Record Finder]]
| FS_URL_02 = [[Virginia Research Tips and Strategies#Virginia Record Finder|Virginia Record Finder]]
| FS_URL_03 = [[Virginia Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_03 = [[Virginia Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present]]
| FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]]
| FS_URL_05 = [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]]
| FS_URL_05 = [[Virginia Genealogy ]]
| FS_URL_06 = [[Virginia in the Civil War]]
| FS_URL_06 = [[Virginia Vital Records]]  
| FS_URL_07 = [[Virginia Military Records]]
| FS_URL_07 = [[Virginia Census]]
| FS_URL_08 = [[Beginning United States Civil War Research]]
| FS_URL_08 = [[Virginia Archives and Libraries]]
| FS_URL_09 = [[Begin a search for confederate records]]
| FS_URL_09 = [[Virginia Newspapers]]
| FS_URL_10 = [[Confederate Pension Records]]
| FS_URL_10 = [[Virginia Church Records]]
| FS_URL_11 = [[Confederate Service Records]]
| FS_URL_11 =  
| FS_URL_12 = [[Confederate Soldiers Home Records]]
| FS_URL_12 =  
| FS_URL_13 = [[Confederate Unit Histories]]
| FS_URL_13 =  
| FS_URL_14 = [[Confederate Veterans and Lineage Society Records]]
| FS_URL_14 =  
| FS_URL_15 = [[Locating a Confederate Civil War Soldier (1861–1865)]]
| FS_URL_15 =
| RW_URL_01 =  
| RW_URL_01 =  
| RW_URL_02 =  
| RW_URL_02 =  
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| RW_URL_09 =  
| RW_URL_09 =  
| RW_URL_10 =  
| RW_URL_10 =  
| custodian = [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Virginia State Library]]
| custodian = Virginia State Library and Archives
}}
}}
== What is in This Collection? ==
== What is in This Collection? ==
This collection is an index & images of records of the relief committee, Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy, for a Confederate pension granted to needy daughters and sisters of Confederate soldiers, sailors, and Marines.
This collection is an index and images of applications for a Confederate pension granted to needy daughters and sisters of Confederate soldiers, sailors, and Marines.
 
=== Image Visibility ===
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=== Index and Image Visibility ===
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Image:Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967 008675257 00022.jpg|1965 Pension Application
Image:Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967 008675257 00022.jpg|1965 Pension Application
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=== Inventory ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Film !! DGS !! Collection
|-
| 2031631 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675234}} || Index to applications, 1915-1967 (images 10 -107);  Abbitt - Aunspaugh 1958-1967
|-
| 2031632 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675235}} ||  Austin - Blackenship 1958-1967
|-
| 2031633 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675236}} ||  Blankenship - Bumpass, Sarah 1958-1967
|-
| 2031634 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675237}} || Bumpass, Stella - Childrey 1958-1967
|-
| 2031635 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675238}} ||  Chites - Crouch 1958-1967
|-
| 2031636 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675239}} ||  Crowther - Duke, Kate 1958-1967
|-
| 2031637 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675240}} ||  Duke, Mattie - Fisher, Mattie 1958-1967
|-
| 2031638 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8573377}} ||  Fisher, Nannie Ann - Goodwin 1958-1967
|-
| 2031639 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675241}} ||  Gordon - Harrie 1958-1967
|-
| 2031640 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675242}} ||  Harris - Houff 1958-1967
|-
| 2031641 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675243}} ||  Houghton - Jones, Elizabeth 1958-1967
|-
| 2031642 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675244}} ||  Jones, Fannie - Light 1958-1967
|-
| 2031643 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675245}} ||  Ligon - Mays, Bessie 1958-1967
|-
| 2031644 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675246}} ||  Mays, Laura - Moore, Sallie 1958-1967
|-
| 2031645 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675247}} || Moore, Virginia - Parker 1958-1967
|-
| 2031646 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675248}}|| Parks - Powers, M. R. 1958-1967
|-
| 2031647 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675249}} ||  Powers, Nora - Rodgers, Emma 1958-1967
|-
| 2031648 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675250}} ||  Lucy - Slusser 1958-1967
|-
| 2031649 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675251}} ||  Smiley - Taylor, Emma 1958-1967
|-
| 2031650 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675252}} ||  Taylor, Hattie - Vaughan, Elvira 1958-1967
|-
| 2031651 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675253}} ||  Vaughan, Florence - Wiginton 1958-1967
|-
| 2031652 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675254}} ||  Wilhelm - Yeager 1958-1967
|-
| 2031653 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675255}} ||  Yeatman - Christian, Bessie 1958-1967
|-
| 2031654 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675256}} ||  Christian, Grace - Harper, Mattie 1958-1967
|-
| 2031655 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675257}} ||  Harper, Rose - McCloud 1958-1967
|-
| 2031656 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675258}} ||  McCowen - Seek 1958-1967
|-
| 2031657 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675259}} || Seekford - Wood, Bettie 1958-1967
|-
| 2031658 ||  {{FSHI|DGS=8675260}} || Wood, Lily - Zimmerman 1958-1967
|}
== How do I Search This Collection? ==
== How do I Search This Collection? ==
To use these records it is helpful to know:  
To use these records it is helpful to know:  
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*Other identifying information such as the approximate marriage date and place
*Other identifying information such as the approximate marriage date and place
=== Search the Index ===
=== Search the Index ===
{{Search Collection Link | CID=CID3326851 }}
{{Search Collection Link
| CID=CID3326851
}}
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===  
=== How Do I Analyze the Results? ===  
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log |research log]].
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a [[Use_Appropriate_Forms#Prepare_a_Research_Log | research log]].
== What Do I Do Next? ==
== What Do I Do Next? ==
=== I Found the Person I was Looking for, What Now? ===
=== I Found the Person I was Looking for, What Now? ===
*Add any new information to your records
*Use the name and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information  
*Use the name and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information  
*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a  birth records and parents' names  
*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a  birth records and parents' names  
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*Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor
*Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor
=== Research Helps ===
=== Research Helps ===
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]].
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]].
* [[GuidedResearch:Virginia|Virginia Guided Research]]
* [[GuidedResearch:Virginia|Virginia Guided Research]]
* [[Virginia Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Virginia Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present]]
* [[Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]]
 
== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.
 
=== FamilySearch Catalog ===
*{{FSC|474918|item|disp=Confederate pension applications, Virginia, acts of 1888, 1900, 1902 ; index, 1888-1934}}
*{{FSC|2744224|item|disp=Roster of Confederate pensioners of Virginia}}
*{{FSC|783774|item|disp=United Daughters of the Confederacy, Virginia Division, Relief Committee,  Application for the relief of needy Confederate women, 1915-1967}}
*{{FSC|478773|item|disp=''Magazine of Virginia genealogy'' Richmond, Virginia : Virginia Genealogical Society, 1983- FS Library 975.5 B2vs}}
 
=== FamilySearch Historical Records ===
*{{RecordSearch|1932382|Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865}}
 
=== FamilySearch Digital Library ===


== Citing This Collection ==
== Citing This Collection ==
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== How Can I Contribute to the FamilySearch Wiki? ==
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What is in This Collection?[edit | edit source]

This collection is an index and images of applications for a Confederate pension granted to needy daughters and sisters of Confederate soldiers, sailors, and Marines.

Image Visibility[edit | edit source]

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What Can These Records Tell Me?[edit | edit source]

The following information may be found in these records:

  • Name of applicant
  • Name of soldier
  • Relationship to soldier
  • Physical condition of applicant
  • Date of application

Collection Content[edit | edit source]

Sample Images[edit | edit source]

How do I Search This Collection?[edit | edit source]

To use these records it is helpful to know:

  • The name of the person
  • The name soldier
  • Other identifying information such as the approximate marriage date and place

Search the Index[edit | edit source]

Search by name on the Collection Details Page.
  1. Enter the information in the fields in the Search Collection section or click More Options to see additional fields
  2. Click Search to show possible matches

How Do I Analyze the Results?[edit | edit source]

Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?[edit | edit source]

I Found the Person I was Looking for, What Now?[edit | edit source]

  • Use the name and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information
  • Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a birth records and parents' names
  • Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records
  • Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records
  • Use the parent’s birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking for, What Now?[edit | edit source]

  • Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names
  • Look for another index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records
  • Search the indexes and records of nearby counties
  • Be aware that, as with any index, transcription errors may occur
  • Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor

Research Helps[edit | edit source]

The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Virginia.

Citing This Collection[edit | edit source]

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Collection Citation:
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