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*An important index available on microfilm is: | *An important index available on microfilm is: | ||
{{Block indent|1=United States Veterans Administration. ''Pension Index File, Alphabetical; of the Veterans Administration''. Washington, D.C.: Veterans Administration, Publications Service, 1953. (On 544 FS Library films beginning with film {{FSC|184124|title-id|disp=0540757}}.) To obtain copies of the actual pension files, you will want to write to the National Archives in Washington, D.C.|2=1}} | |||
The actual pension records are available only at the National Archives. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]]. | The actual pension records are available only at the National Archives. For more information see [[Union Pension Records|Union Pension Records]]. | ||
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*Miljat, Leslie Elizabeth. ''Admission Applications, 1867–1872, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,'' ''Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.'' Wauwatosa, Wisconsin L. E. Miljat, 1991. (FS Library book {{FSC|569462|title-id|disp=977.595 M28m}}.) This lists Civil War soldiers from many parts of the country. | *Miljat, Leslie Elizabeth. ''Admission Applications, 1867–1872, National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers,'' ''Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.'' Wauwatosa, Wisconsin L. E. Miljat, 1991. (FS Library book {{FSC|569462|title-id|disp=977.595 M28m}}.) This lists Civil War soldiers from many parts of the country. | ||
{{Block indent|1=The applications contain family history information about each veteran, such as name of spouse, father, siblings, or children; Civil War unit; discharge or death date; and burial place. The FamilySearch Library has the original applications and records of this home for the years, 1867–1934 (FS Library films beginning with film {{FSC|828816|title-id|disp=1561060}}.)|2=2}} | |||
For records of national old soldier homes including the home in Waupaca, Wisconsin, see: | For records of national old soldier homes including the home in Waupaca, Wisconsin, see: | ||
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*United States. Veterans Administration. ''Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866–1937''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (FS Library films beginning on {{FSC|828816|title-id|disp=1561060}}.) | *United States. Veterans Administration. ''Registers of Veterans at National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866–1937''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988. (FS Library films beginning on {{FSC|828816|title-id|disp=1561060}}.) | ||
{{Block indent|Includes general indexes for each of the twelve homes, but some volumes are indexed separately. These Historical Registers may list the soldier's name, date and place of enlistment, rank, military unit, length of service, date and place of discharge, place of birth, age, physical description, religion, occupation, previous residence, marital status, nearest relative, pension, soldier home admission and discharge dates, disability, death date, or cause of death.|2}} | |||
*See also {{RecordSearch|1916230|United States, National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938}} - FamilySearch Historical Records | *See also {{RecordSearch|1916230|United States, National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938}} - FamilySearch Historical Records | ||
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