From the February 7, 2013, "Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems."
The National Archives reports that pension files for the War of 1812 are among the most-requested materials now available to people online. Once they were only available at the site in Washington, DC, or, you had to order copies from them.
But now, The Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Archives, Ancestry.com and Fold3 have partnered up to digitalize some 7.2 million pages of War of 1812 Pension Records online.
It is an ongoing process, but some of it is already online and can be viewed for free at Fold3.com.
This Is Called Getting Right Down With Your Primary Source Material. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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