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

[Tom Kemp]

Yes. According to the FHL-Labs site this index is the Footnote.com index.

Tom
http://blog.genealogybank.com/2008/05/1860-census-civil-war-pension-index.html

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 7:17 AM, crscott <crscott at heritagebooks.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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