[Genealib] 1860 Census & Civil War Pension Cards going online

[crscott]

When we describe the General Pension Index as the Civil War Pension index we 
do a diservice to our ancestors who fought in other wars prior to World War 
I and civilian retirees of the period.

I am not picking on Tom, but now this is the third group to put up a Civil 
War Pension Index on line.

Ancestry.com has put up General Index to Pension Files, 1861 - 1934. This is 
NARA publication T288.

Footnote has put up Organizational Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who 
Served Between 1861 and 1900. This is NARA publication T289.

Familysearchlabs.org has also put up the Organizatonal Index.

There are differences in the two publications.

The Organizational index does not include the name of the spouse, one key 
component of what we know about a soldier. For example, there are four 
William F. Scott's in Illinois. Which is mine. I have to consult the 
Ancestry version to know that William F. Scott, with wife Melissa J. Scott 
is in Company E, 71st Illinois Infantry.

Footnote allows you to see the Organizational Index in the context of the 
cards around it. This is a good thing as the value of the Organizatonal 
Index is that it is sorted by state, by regiment, by company so that you can 
see the comrades of your soldier. This is especially helpful if your soldier 
did not apply for a pension, you can look at the pensions of the people who 
were around him during the war.

It is a shame that the FamilySearchLabs version did not include a view of 
the original card. Original records are good, or so I have been told. <G>

Thought some of you reference types might want to know the differences. Hope 
I wasn't wrong.

For those just waiting with bated breath for a new Heritage Books catalog, 
it was shipped from Wisconsin (our printer) two days ago.



C.

Craig R. Scott, CG
President and CEO
Heritage Books, Inc.
100 Railroad Ave, Ste. 104
Wesminster, MD 21157
crscott at HeritageBooks.com
800 876-6103
410 876-6101
fax 410 871-2674


On Tue, 13 May 2008 02:05:32 -0400, Tom Kemp wrote
> FamilySearchLabs is putting up the 1860 Federal Census and Civil War
> Pension Card Index at http://familysearchlabs.org
> 
> I blogged about it at:
> http://blog.genealogybank.com/2008/05/1860-census-civil-war-pension-
index.html
> 
> Tom
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Craig R. Scott, CG
President and CEO
Heritage Books, Inc.
100 Railroad Ave, Ste. 104
Wesminster, MD 21157
crscott at HeritageBooks.com
800 876-6103
410 876-6101
fax 410 871-2674