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ADDRESSES TO REQUEST INFORMATION
Write here to request NATF Form 80. Upon receiving this form, you must complete it, by filling in your Civil War relative's name and military outfit. When filling out, make sure to write that you wish to receive the "complete and not abbreviated military records available" on your fellow.
National Archives Pension Records Website
You can now E-Mail
NNU. This is the response Nathan Burns received when he asked to be sent
forms. Welcome to the National Archives e-mail reference and information
service: "inquire@nara.gov"! Operated by the staff of the User Services
Division, "inquire" is intended to provide timely response to reference
requests, or at least get the process started quickly, and to answer general
inquiries about the National Archives and Records Admin. This message is
automatically generated whenever the word "form" or "forms" is detected
in the text of a message because we've found that it is most frequently
used to obtain genealogical information. If your request is for genealogical
information, certain kinds of genealogical requests must be submitted on
specific forms. The numbers and subjects of these forms is as follows:
Form 80 (Military service and pension records prior to World War I, including
the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, and Spanish-American War)
Form 81 (Passenger Arrivals)
Form 82 (Copies of Census Records)
Form 83 (Eastern Cherokee Applications)
Form 180 (Military service records, World War I and later).
If you have not already done so, please indicate the FORM NUMBER, the QUANTITY
needed, and YOUR POSTAL MAILING ADDRESS. Requests for really large numbers
of forms for institutional use may have to filled by another office (we'll
take care of it!), but in general our goal is to mail the forms and related
leaflets within 3 working days. If your inquiry concerns a different subject
or requires a more substantive reply, it will be evaluated by an archivist
(a real person, honest!) and either answered directly, or referred to the
proper reference or other office. As with any new system, bugs may emerge.
Please send your comments, complaints, or praise about "inquire" to: rick.blondo@arch2.nara.gov
"The Union: A Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War," by Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers. This guide provides an opportunity to study the vast collection of US Government documents in the National Archives that relate to the Civil War. Originally released in 1962, 721 pages, cost $ 25.00.
"The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America," by Henry Putney Beers. This companion volume to the Union Guide is a guide to the official archives of the government of the Confederate States of America. The bulk of the book describes materials held by the National Archives, but Confederate records maintained at the Library of Congress and at 29 other institutions also have been covered-and information obtained from repository guides and registers., fromt he National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collections, and from bibliographies regarding the holdings of other repositories has been incorporated as well. Originally released in 1968, 536 pages, cost $ 25.00.
Confederate Research
Sources, by James Neagle
P.O. Box 476
SLC, UT 84110
Hmmmm....trying to find the best location for the following: Guess this is as good a place as any..let us know... Gettysburg area Civil War reenactor will do research at the National Archives for CW Veterans info. (military and pension records). Only charge for mileage, the Metro, copies and McDonald's. Does this for personal interest and ask only for money to cover costs which averages around $ 45.00. Any interested person can contact AJ Schaffner at 717-642-6947 or e-mail AJSchaff@mail.cvn.net. The average research time is 1-3 hours. AJ needs full name, unit number and Company. Confederate info. is significantly more difficult to access than Union. [please contact me at jreb@cox.net whether you are satisfied or not with AJ's assistance]