Programs are held on the second Wednesday morning of the month at 9:30 a.m at The Library Center. The business meeting is conducted after.
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Estate Records
Types
- Testate (executors)
- Intestate (administrators)
- Guardianship (guardians)
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Pension Files: A Glimpse Into Your Ancestors' Lives
Different pension types at different times required proofs of service, war-related injuries, inability to support oneself, debilitated health, and familial relationships. All of these make for sources which add rich details to understanding our ancestors' lives.
Before the Civil War, pension files were more free form and contained a variety of things that would answer some of these types of questions. Pre-Civil War files are smaller than Civil War pension files.
Only the Revolutionary War pension files have been microfilmed. A fire destroyed at the War Department destroyed records before 1800 and once again records were destroyed during the War of 1812. All pension files from other wars are only found in the original records at the National Archives. I won't be discussing WWI and II pension files which are not found at the National Archives.
Finding your ancestor's pension file
Establish which ancestors could have served in the military. Know your wars.
- Revolutionary War 1775-1783
- War of 1812 1812-1815
- Indian Wars 1817-1898
- Mexican War 1846-1848
- Civil War 1861-1865
- Spanish American War 1898
- World War I 1917-1918
- World War II 1941- 1944
NARA information on military records
Indexes by Virgil D. White -- Not all that have been published are described here.
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Program
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May 14:
Dallie Howerton will talk about Cherokee Indians: Both Sides of the Trail of Tears. She will discuss the different views expressed in The Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People by Thurman Wilkins and The Proud and The Free by Janet Dailey.
June 11:
Buried Treasures in Tax and License Records by Robert Neumann, Archives Supervisor of the Greene County Archives.
July 9:
Genograms by Ann Naegler. As defined by Wikipedia, a genogram is a pictorial display of a person's family relationships and medical history. It goes beyond a traditional family tree by allowing the user to visualize hereditary patterns and psychological factors that punctuate relationships. It can be used to identify repetitive patterns of behavior and to recognize hereditary tendencies.
August 13:
A spokesperson from the Nathan Boone Homestead will be presenting.
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