by Brian Rhinehart
October 20, 2020
Do you have a military ancestor but have never found a pension file for him? Try looking in the Old War pension index on FamilySearch. https://www...
by Brian Rhinehart
October 01, 2020
If you have family who served in the war of 1812, you need to check to see if they ever applied for bounty land. Many of these bounty land applica...
by Brian Rhinehart
September 28, 2020
Did you know that many Civil War soldiers were paid money to enlist? Some soldiers did fight out of a sense of patriotic duty, but many also saw i...
by Brian Rhinehart
September 15, 2020
You know the story– great uncle so-and-so ran away from the south, changed his name and joined the Union Army against his father’s wishes. Every f...
by Brian Rhinehart
April 21, 2020
A question I get asked frequently is if it’s still worth it to order the Civil War pension file for a soldier who’s application wasn’t approved. T...
by Brian Rhinehart
March 09, 2020
Another interesting find at the National Archives. John Grant enlisted in the US Army in 1804. His enlistment papers show his birth place, his age,...
by Brian Rhinehart
February 09, 2020
Another interesting find in a military pension file at the National Archives. George Tarkleson served in the Mexican War in the late 1840s. After h...
by Brian Rhinehart
December 14, 2019
Daniel Myers, a young soldier from Streetsboro, Portage County, Ohio, enlisted in Company G of the 115th Ohio Infantry in 1862. His Civil War servi...
by Brian Rhinehart
December 03, 2019
Another example of the benefits of getting your ancestor’s Civil War pension file at the National Archives.
Marquis Jaquay enlisted in the 151st PA...
by Brian Rhinehart
October 21, 2019
Another interesting find at the National Archives today. Alexander Culnan enlisted in the US Army in 1819, when he was 15 years old. Since he was a...
by Brian Rhinehart
September 15, 2019
Here’s a little known solution to a common genealogical problem: You find an ancestor who served in the War of 1812, but there is no indication tha...
by Brian Rhinehart
August 15, 2019
From slave to soldier to citizen, this Civil War pension file tells the power that is in a name
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Do you have a military ancestor but have never found a pension file for him? Try looking in the Old War pension index on FamilySearch. https://www...
If you have family who served in the war of 1812, you need to check to see if they ever applied for bounty land. Many of these bounty land applica...
Did you know that many Civil War soldiers were paid money to enlist? Some soldiers did fight out of a sense of patriotic duty, but many also saw i...
You know the story– great uncle so-and-so ran away from the south, changed his name and joined the Union Army against his father’s wishes. Every f...
Another interesting find at the National Archives. John Grant enlisted in the US Army in 1804. His enlistment papers show his birth place, his age,...
From slave to soldier to citizen, this Civil War pension file tells the power that is in a name
From slave to soldier to citizen, this Civil War pension file tells the power that is in a name