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North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records: Difference between revisions
North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records (view source)
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== What Do I Do Next? == | == What Do I Do Next? == | ||
When you have located your ancestor’s pension application, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. The pieces of information in the record may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. This information will often lead you to other records. | When you have located your ancestor’s pension application, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. The pieces of information in the record may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. This information will often lead you to other records. | ||
=== I Found | === I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now? === | ||
*Use the age to calculate an approximate birth date. | *Use the age to calculate an approximate birth date. | ||
*Use the birth date or age along with the residence or place of birth of the deceased to locate census, church, and land records. | *Use the birth date or age along with the residence or place of birth of the deceased to locate census, church, and land records. | ||