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-== Citation for This Collection  ==
+==Citations for This Collection==
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+'''Collection Citation'''<br>
 {{Collection citation | text= "United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files." Index. <i>FamilySearch</i>. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2013. Citing "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861- ca. 1934." <i>Fold3.com</i>. http://www.fold3.com : 2008.}}
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+'''Record Citation''' (or citation for the index entry):<br>
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+|title=United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files
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