Pensions

Fold3 Update on Digitization of War of 1812 Pension Files

Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry, Federation of Genealogical Societies, FGS, fold3.com, Uncategorized  , , ,  3 Comments

The War of 1812 U.S. pension records have been on subscription site Fold3.com for many years. It’s an ongoing project that began under the auspices of the former Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) and the U.S. National Archives. FGS embarked on a fund-raising project to ensure these were digitized and then remain FREE for researchers. […]

Minnesota Digital Library & Civil War pension correspondence

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I recently learned of a new addition to the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL). The Northwest Minnesota History Center at Minnesota State University Moorhead recently contributed the Solomon G. Comstock collection, which includes documents and correspondence “with over 200 Civil War veterans or widows of veterans about their pension claims, from about 1889-1891.” I knew that […]