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=== Index and Image Visibility === | === Index and Image Visibility === | ||
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== What Can These Records Tell Me? == | == What Can These Records Tell Me? == | ||
The following information may be found in these records: | The following information may be found in these records: | ||
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{{HR Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at | {{HR Tip|More images are available in the FamilySearch Catalog at {{FSC|1911763|item|disp=North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953}}. Some catalog records link to multiple references. In this case, click on a reference to find a camera icon to see images.}} | ||
=== 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]]. | ||
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When you have located your ancestor’s pension application, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. The pieces of information in the record may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. This information will often lead you to other records. | When you have located your ancestor’s pension application, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. The pieces of information in the record may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. This information will often lead you to other records. | ||
=== 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 age to calculate an approximate birth date | *Use the age to calculate an approximate birth date | ||
*Use the birth date or age along with the residence or place of birth of the deceased to locate census, church, and land records | *Use the birth date or age along with the residence or place of birth of the deceased to locate census, church, and land records | ||
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*Death dates may lead to death certificates, mortuary, or burial records | *Death dates may lead to death certificates, mortuary, or burial records | ||
*Confederate records are often fragmentary due to incomplete muster and descriptive rolls. The records are otherwise considered a reliable source in family history research. The reliability, of course, depends on the accuracy of the informant | *Confederate records are often fragmentary due to incomplete muster and descriptive rolls. The records are otherwise considered a reliable source in family history research. The reliability, of course, depends on the accuracy of the informant | ||
=== I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | === I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names | *Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names | ||
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=== FamilySearch Catalog === | === FamilySearch Catalog === | ||
* | *{{FSC|332475|item|disp=John W. Moore, comp. ''Roster of North Carolina troops in the War between the States.'' 4 volumes. Raleigh, N. C. : Edwards, Broughton & Co., 1882.}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|360954|item|disp='' History Records Survey Roster (index) of North Carolina troops in the War between the States.''}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|665005|item|disp=Applications for Confederate soldier's and widow's pensions, 1885-ca. 1953}} | ||
'''Local Publications''' | '''Local Publications''' | ||
* | *{{FSC|2657036|item|disp=Alamance County, widow's military pension records, 1938-1945}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1277576|item|disp=Alamance County, Record of pension, 1921-1945}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|2246771|item|disp=Anson County, Pension Records, 1923-1942}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1286736|item|disp=Ashe County, Civil War pension records, 1885-1886, 1888, 1890, 1893, 1900-1919}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|263490|item|disp=Beaufort County, Military pension records, 1912-1930}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|2657037|item|disp=Buncombe County, military pension records, 1893-1959}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|2657038|item|disp=Craven County, pension records, 1902-1927}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|2246810|item|disp=Cumberland County, pension record, 1894-1914}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1671069|item|disp=Currituck County, Record of Pensions, 1908-1925}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|2657039|item|disp=Edgecombe County, military pension records, 1878-1927}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1285842|item|disp=Henderson County, Civil War pension records, 1861-1939}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1280934|item|disp=Guilford County, Confederate pension records, 1890-1972}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1285842|item|disp=Henderson County, Civil War pension records, 1861-1939}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1283294|item|disp=Lincoln County, pension records, 1885-1894, 1901-1907}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1306629|item|disp=McDowell County, pensions records, 1852-1939}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1299753|item|disp=Moore County, List of applications for pensions, 1883-1919}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|2657041|item|disp=New Haven County, pension records, 1926-1949}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|349608|item|disp=Onslow County, Names of applicants for pensions under the provision of an act for the relief of certain soldiers in the late War between the States}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|162304|item|disp=Pender County, Record of confederate pensions, 1927-1934}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1672485|item|disp=Perquimans County, 1907-1918}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|2657045|item|disp=Wake County, pension records, 1912-1923}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1262728|item|disp=Warren County, Declarations of service for Revolutionary War pensions, 1817-1848, 1860; Confederate pension records, 1885-1889, 1892, 1915-1934, 1936-1941; Confederate pension laws, 1921-1937}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|1305196|item|disp=Wilkes County, Pensions records, 1814-1927}} | ||
=== FamilySearch Historical Records === | === FamilySearch Historical Records === | ||
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=== FamilySearch Digital Library === | === FamilySearch Digital Library === | ||
* | *Louis H. Manarin, comp. ''A guide to military organizations and installations, North Carolina, 1861-1865.'' {{FSDL|435571}} | ||
* | *{{FSC|182029|item|disp= Walter Clark, ''Histories of the several regiments and battalions from North Carolina in the great war, 1861-1865.'' 5 volumes. Raleigh, North Carolina : E.M. Uzzell, 1901}} | ||
* | *'Guide to Civil War records in the North Carolina State Archives.'' Raleigh, North Carolina : [North Carolina Dept. of Archives and History}}, 1966 {{FSDL|162552}} | ||
== Citing This Collection == | == Citing This Collection == | ||
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. | ||
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{{Record Citation}} | {{Record Citation}} | ||
{{Image_Citation}} | {{Image_Citation}} | ||
[[Category:Civil War, 1861-1865]] | [[Category:Civil War, 1861-1865]] | ||