United States, Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection consists of two card indexes to widows who had applied for a pension renewal. The first covers service between1812-1860 and is NARA microfilm publication M1784. The second covers service in the Civil War and later and is NARA microfilm publication M1785. Both indexes are part of RG 15 Records of the Veterans Administration. The files are located at the National Archives.

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 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 4 March 2011), entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.


 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2011), entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.

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"United States, Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942." FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org). NARA microfilm publications M1784 and M1785, RG 15 Records of the Veterans Administration. National Archives and Records Administration. Washington D.C. FHL microfilm, 8 reels. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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