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

[Martha Grenzeback]

Thanks, I do like to know the differences!  This is very helpful.

Martha Grenzeback
Omaha Public Library




At 06:17 AM 5/13/2008, crscott 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.
>
>Craig R. Scott, CG
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>
>
>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
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