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{{US State HR Infobox  
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| record_type = applications for relief
| record_type = Lineage society
| start_year = 1915
| start_year = 1915
| end_year = 1967
| end_year = 1967
| 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|Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_03 = [[Virginia Research Tips and Strategies]]
| FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]]
| FS_URL_04 = [[Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present]]
| FS_URL_05 = [[Virginia Genealogy ]]
| FS_URL_05 = [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]]
| FS_URL_06 = [[Virginia Vital Records]]  
| FS_URL_06 = [[Virginia in the Civil War]]
| FS_URL_07 = [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results#count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AVirginia,%20%2Bkeywords%3AMarriage%20%2Bkeywords%3ARecords FamilySearch Library Catalog Keyword Virginia Marriage Records]  
| FS_URL_07 = [[Virginia Military Records]]
| FS_URL_08 = [[Virginia Archives and Libraries]]
| FS_URL_08 = [[Beginning United States Civil War Research]]
| FS_URL_09 = [[Virginia Newspapers]]
| FS_URL_09 = [[Begin a search for confederate records]]
| FS_URL_10 = [[Virginia Church Records]]
| FS_URL_10 = [[Confederate Pension Records]]
| FS_URL_11 = [[Virginia Census]]
| FS_URL_11 = [[Confederate Service Records]]
| FS_URL_12 =  
| FS_URL_12 = [[Confederate Soldiers Home Records]]
| FS_URL_13 =  
| FS_URL_13 = [[Confederate Unit Histories]]
| FS_URL_14 =  
| FS_URL_14 = [[Confederate Veterans and Lineage Society Records]]
| FS_URL_15 =
| FS_URL_15 = [[Locating a Confederate Civil War Soldier (1861–1865)]]
| RW_URL_01 = [http://usgwarchives.net/marriages/virginia/virginia.htm Virginia Marriage Records] at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.
| RW_URL_01 =  
| RW_URL_02 = [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3002 Virginia Marriages to 1800] at Ancestry ($).
| RW_URL_02 =  
| RW_URL_03 = [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3723 Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850] at Ancestry ($).
| RW_URL_03 =  
| RW_URL_04 = [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4498 Virginia Marriages, 1851-1929] at Ancestry ($). 
| RW_URL_04 =  
| RW_URL_05 = [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3976 Virginia Marriages, 1851-1929] at Ancestry ($). There are two separate Ancestry databases with the same title.
| RW_URL_05 =
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| custodian = [https://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Virginia State Library]]
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== 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 electronic index of marriages for the years 1785 to 1940 taken from the following sources:
{{HR Add}}
 
=== Index and Image Visibility ===
*Indexed church records
{{Image Visibility}}
*Civil registrations
*The Internet indexing project sponsored by the LDS Church
 
Church records and civil registration were official sources and are some of the most reliable sources of family history information.
 
This index is not complete for any particular place, region or time period. This collection may include information previously published in the [[International Genealogical Index (IGI) - FamilySearch Historical Records |International Genealogical Index]].


== 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:
 
*Name of applicant
'''Marriage'''
*Name of soldier
*Date and place of marriage
*Relationship to soldier
*Name and age of groom
*Physical condition of applicant
*Groom's race and marital status
*Date of application
*Birthplace and birthdate of groom
*Names of groom's parents
*Name and age of bride
*Bride's race and marital status
*Birthplace of and birthdate of bride
*Names of bride's parents
*Family History Library Microfilm and item numbers for the source materials
 
== Collection Content  ==
== Collection Content  ==
=== Coverage Table ===
=== Sample Images ===  
<gallery widths="160px" heights="120px" perrow="3">
Image:Virginia, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Applications for the Relief of Needy Confederate Women, 1915-1967 008675257 00022.jpg|1965 Pension Application
</gallery>


A Coverage table for this collection is available in the wiki article [[Virginia Marriages, Coverage Table - FamilySearch Historical Records]]
=== Inventory ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
===Coverage Map===
! Film !! DGS !! Collection
 
|-
To see a coverage map of FamilySearch's holdings of Virginia county marriages, click [http://user.xmission.com/~jsvare/FR/VA_FRM.html here].
| 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:  
*The name of the person at the time of marriage
*The name of the person  
*The name of the intended spouse
*The name soldier
*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
{{Search Collection Link | CID=CID3326851 }}
| 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? ==
Print or download a copy of the record, or extract the genealogical information needed. 
=== 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 marriage date 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 couple's 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  
*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records  
*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 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  
*Use the parent’s birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family
*Use the marriage number to identify previous marriages
*The name of the officiator is a clue to their religion or area of residence in the county. However, ministers may have reported marriages performed in other counties
*Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual
*Continue to search the marriage records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the bride and groom who may have married in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify
 
=== 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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*Be aware that, as with any index, transcription errors may occur  
*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
*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 in your research for your family in the state of [[Virginia, United States Genealogy|Virginia]].
The following articles will help you research 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|Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Virginia Research Tips and Strategies]]
* [[Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present|Step-by-Step Research]]
* [[Step-by-Step Virginia Research, 1880-Present]]
 
== Other FamilySearch Collections ==
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.


For a summary of this information see the wiki article [[United States, How to Use the Records Summary - FamilySearch Historical Records|United States, How to Use the Records Summary - FamilySearch Historical Records]].
=== 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}}


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== 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}}
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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.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Index and Image Visibility

FamilySearch provides images and indexes subject to contractual limitations and changes. Access to images and indexes may vary. Some collections may only have partial indexes without images. See Restrictions for Viewing Images for details.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

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

Sample Images

  • 1965 Pension Application

    1965 Pension Application

Inventory

Film DGS Collection
2031631 DGS 8675234 Index to applications, 1915-1967 (images 10 -107); Abbitt - Aunspaugh 1958-1967
2031632 DGS 8675235 Austin - Blackenship 1958-1967
2031633 DGS 8675236 Blankenship - Bumpass, Sarah 1958-1967
2031634 DGS 8675237 Bumpass, Stella - Childrey 1958-1967
2031635 DGS 8675238 Chites - Crouch 1958-1967
2031636 DGS 8675239 Crowther - Duke, Kate 1958-1967
2031637 DGS 8675240 Duke, Mattie - Fisher, Mattie 1958-1967
2031638 DGS 8573377 Fisher, Nannie Ann - Goodwin 1958-1967
2031639 DGS 8675241 Gordon - Harrie 1958-1967
2031640 DGS 8675242 Harris - Houff 1958-1967
2031641 DGS 8675243 Houghton - Jones, Elizabeth 1958-1967
2031642 DGS 8675244 Jones, Fannie - Light 1958-1967
2031643 DGS 8675245 Ligon - Mays, Bessie 1958-1967
2031644 DGS 8675246 Mays, Laura - Moore, Sallie 1958-1967
2031645 DGS 8675247 Moore, Virginia - Parker 1958-1967
2031646 DGS 8675248 Parks - Powers, M. R. 1958-1967
2031647 DGS 8675249 Powers, Nora - Rodgers, Emma 1958-1967
2031648 DGS 8675250 Lucy - Slusser 1958-1967
2031649 DGS 8675251 Smiley - Taylor, Emma 1958-1967
2031650 DGS 8675252 Taylor, Hattie - Vaughan, Elvira 1958-1967
2031651 DGS 8675253 Vaughan, Florence - Wiginton 1958-1967
2031652 DGS 8675254 Wilhelm - Yeager 1958-1967
2031653 DGS 8675255 Yeatman - Christian, Bessie 1958-1967
2031654 DGS 8675256 Christian, Grace - Harper, Mattie 1958-1967
2031655 DGS 8675257 Harper, Rose - McCloud 1958-1967
2031656 DGS 8675258 McCowen - Seek 1958-1967
2031657 DGS 8675259 Seekford - Wood, Bettie 1958-1967
2031658 DGS 8675260 Wood, Lily - Zimmerman 1958-1967

How do I Search This Collection?

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

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?

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?

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 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?

  • 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

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

Other FamilySearch Collections

These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

FamilySearch Historical Records

FamilySearch Digital Library

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.

Collection Citation:
The citation for this collection can be found on the Collection Details Page in the section Cite This Collection.
Record Citation:
When looking at a record, the citation can be viewed by clicking the drop-down arrow next to Document Information.
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