War of 1812 Geneaolgy Now Available Online-- Part 2

I went to the Fold3.com site to take a quick look at what they had.

There are approximately 180,000 pension and bounty land warrant applications that will be available once all 7.2 million pages are digitalized.  I'll have to find out what the bounty land warrants are, but would guess it would be western land in return for military service.

Other items:

**First War of 1812 applications based on disability or death of a soldier, beginning in 1871 and based on service.  (Does this mean that pensions to these veterans were not available until 1871?)

**  Prize cases, Southern District Court, New York: documents relating to captured ships, their owners and cargoes.  (Lots of privateers operating out there.)

**  Letters received by the Adjutant General from officers and enlisted men of the Army, Secretary of War, President, government officials, Members of Congress, civilians and business firms.

**  Service Records.

Worth a Look.  --Brock-Perry

War of 1812 Geneaology Now Available-- Part 1

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