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From: "juanita" <juanita2@cox.net>
To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com, "Wilson, Peggy" <PWilson@dvc.edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:48:26 -0500
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Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Civil War Pension Index! What next?
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Request the pension record from the National Archives.  It could 
provide a lot of interesting information for you.  Looks like John 
Golden was in Co. "B", 60th Massachusetts Infantry.  Apparently his 
wife filed for a widow's pension.  The widow's pension record I 
received gave much info such as date and place of marriage, veteran's 
birthplace and date of birth, children, etc.

Check out http://www.archives.gov/research/index.html
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/

juanita
> 
> I'm just a beginner but I've been reading a lot and trying hard to
> catch up and I think I've just hit a genealogy mother lode! The
> trouble is I don't know what to do with it. 
> 
> I found a Civil War Pension Index for a serious road-block on my
> genealogy quest. 
> 
> It has his name John Golden.
> His wife's name Ellen Golden
> Next to a title I can't read it says: B 60 Mass. Inf.
> 
> Then it has the Date of filling, class, application no., certificate
> no., and State From ? Filed for both John and then Ellen. 
> 
> There must be something I can do with all those wonderful numbers and
> dates. What do I do next?
> 
> Thank you
> I am so happy:)
> Peggy Wilson
>