(US) War of 1812 Pension Applications Free on Fold3.com

[Jan Meisels Allen janmallen@att.net]

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The Federation of Genealogical Societies has fundraised for five years to
support the digitization of the pension records of the War of 1812. They
raised more than $3 million and digitized 7.2 million pages. Ancestry.com
provided a dollar for dollar matching grant. The fundraising and Ancestry
matching grant have made the pages free for everyone. The digitized images
are being posted incrementally and added to over the coming months,
currently the records cover through last names to the letter "Q".

The (US) National Archives is the repository of the original documents which
are fragile from multi-years of handling. According to the National
Archives states these are among the heaviest requested materials.

The records include the veteran's name, age, place of residence, widow's
name, date of marriage, military service, date of veteran's death and more.
According to Fold3.com the War of 1812 pension applications consist of
approximately 180,000 pension and bounty land warrant applications relating
to claims based on service between 1812 and 1815. The files contain
documentation in support of the claim such as affidavits, the original
application and witness statements. To read more about the FGS campaign
see: http://www.preservethepensions.org/

To access the files on Fold.com, which is part of the Ancestry.com family of
companies, go to: https://go.fold3.com/1812pensions/
.
While Fold3.com is a subscription site, the War of 1812 Pension application
files are totally free. An example, is the application of Jacob Cohen whose
alias is John Cohen and whose widow is Sarah Cohen. The application was
filed in 1878. Note they could not find a Jacob Cohen but did find John
Cohen in the service records. The file contains 53 pages.

Browsing is available without registration, However, you will have to
register for a free account to download or print any of the documents.
Registration requires providing an email address and password. On the upper
right side there is an icon depicting tools. Click on the "tools" to print,
download, share the record and more.

Note: There are additional War of 1812 records on Fold3.com which are
accessible through the aforementioned url:
https://go.fold3.com/1812pensions/

I have no affiliation with Fold3, or Ancestry.com and am posting this
solely for the information of the reader.

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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