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== Record Description == | == Record Description == | ||
This Collection will include records from 1861 to 1934. | This Collection will include records from 1861 to 1934. | ||
This collection consists of approved pension case files of widows and other dependents of soldiers submitted between 1861 and 1934 and sailors between 1910 and 1934. Some files may be for service in the War with Spain. The files are arranged numerically by certificate number. Orginal files are located at the National Archives in Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration. Index courtesy of Fold3.com (previously Footnote.com). Additional records will be added to this collection as they become available. | This collection consists of approved pension case files of widows and other dependents of soldiers submitted between 1861 and 1934 and sailors between 1910 and 1934. Some files may be for service in the War with Spain. The files are arranged numerically by certificate number. Orginal files are located at the National Archives in Record Group 15, Records of the Veterans Administration. Index courtesy of Fold3.com (previously Footnote.com). Additional records will be added to this collection as they become available. | ||
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{{Collection citation| text =<!--bibdescbegin-->"Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans." Fold3.com. http://www.fold3.com : 2012. <!--bibdescend-->}} | {{Collection citation| text =<!--bibdescbegin-->"Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans." Fold3.com. http://www.fold3.com : 2012. <!--bibdescend-->}} | ||
[[United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files (FamilySearch Historical Records)#Citation_Example_for_a_Record_Found_in_This_Collection|Suggested citation format for a record in this collection.]] | |||
== Record Content == | == Record Content == | ||
[[Image:Civil War Federal Soldiers' Widows Claims DGS 4591908 2.jpg|thumb|right | [[Image:Civil War Federal Soldiers' Widows Claims DGS 4591908 2.jpg|thumb|right]] | ||
Key genealogical facts found in this collection may include: | Key genealogical facts found in this collection may include: | ||
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A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article [[Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections]]. | A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article [[Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections]]. | ||
=== Citation Example for a Record Found in This Collection === | |||
"United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files" Index, ''FamilySearch'' (https://ds.familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F9FL-WWL : accessed 8 May 2012), Betsey Johnson Green widow of Charles M Green; citing Civil War Records, application WC4193; Adjuntant General's Office, NARA, Washington, D.C., United States. FHL digital images, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Index courtesy of Fold 3, Orem, Utah. | |||
[[Category:United_States|Military]] | [[Category:United_States|Military]] | ||