United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions

*Death dates may lead to death certificates, mortuary, or burial records.

*Use the names along with the residence of the widow to locate census, church, and land records.

*Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname as the deceased; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual.

*When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.

*This index is to widow’s pensions, but you will still need some information on the soldier.

*This index is for widows whose husbands died during the war. It does not include widows whose husbands died after the war.

*Indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.

*Your ancestor may have used a nickname or an alias. In addition, ages may have been altered to allow men to serve who were not of the appropriate age.