When I request any vets' records, I write in the margin of the form, "ALL PAPERS, Please". If you do not so do, it is likely that some Archives clerk will decide which of the papers she finds you "probably" need. That can sometimes deprive you of MUCH valuable information. Then too, Craig Scott has added, and I surely agree: "...get the final pension payment or the settled account for those wars prior to the Civil War. Craig Craig R. Scott, CGRS CEO & President Heritage Books, Inc. Willow Bend Books (the Bookstore division of Heritage Books, Inc.) 65 East Main Street Westminster, MD 21157-5062 800 876-6103 Visit our websites at www.HeritageBooks.com and www.WillowBendBooks.com To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html