Reminder -- War of 1812 pensions freely available at Fold3

This is such an exciting project for genealogists that we want to remind you about it.

As the War of 1812 pensions are being digitized (see previous posts below and check out this FGS page) they are freely available to all at the Fold3 (previously Footnote) website.

Currently about 69,000 documents (less than 1% of the entire collection is now available). The complete series consists of approximately 180,000 pension and bounty land warrant application files relating to claims based on service between 1812 and 1815. The files generally contain documentation submitted in support of a claim, such as the original application form, affidavits, and statements from witnesses.

The following information will be captured with the images and available to researchers when it exists in the file.

·        Veteran's name

·        Age

·        Place of residence

·        Widow name

·        Service data & dates

·        Organization & rank

·        Widow’s maiden name

·        Acres Granted

·        Marriage date

·        Soldier death date

·        Widow death date

·        Year of BLM act

·        Warrant number

·        Additional names

Editors Note: Previous posts about this project on UpFront with NGS can be found at $10000 Match Challenge, IArchives Announces Collaboration with the Federation of Genealogical Societies, and Footnote.com Publishes First Digital Versions of War of 1812 Pension Application Files.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

copyright © National Genealogical Society, 3108 Columbia Pike, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia 22204-4370. http://www.ngsgenealogy.org.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

Republication of UpFront articles is permitted and encouraged for non-commercial purposes without express permission from NGS. Please drop us a note telling us where and when you are using the article. Express written permission is required if you wish to republish UpFront articles for commercial purposes. You may send a request for express written permission to [email protected]. All republished articles may not be edited or reworded and must contain the copyright statement found at the bottom of each UpFront article.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Follow NGS via Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and Twitter.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Think your friends, colleagues, or fellow genealogy researchers would find this blog post interesting? If so, please let them know that anyone can read past UpFront with NGS posts or subscribe!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Suggestions for topics for future UpFront with NGS posts are always welcome. Please send any suggested topics to [email protected].