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Probably James and Margaret Hood with their children George, James, Robert, and Samuel--see especially the children's names listed in the widow's pension certificate file, WC 41,394 (91st Pennsylvania Infantry, co.H)

I know that certificate numbers were formerly searchable, but they seem not to be now. (At least, I just tried searching for one--WC78602--that I know you've digitized, and the search failed.) Have you stopped indexing them? I, at least, found them useful--I'm studying one regiment, have all the certificate numbers from the pension indices, and have used them in the past to find soldiers who served in multiple regiments (including mine) and are listed under a different regiment. Doing that by name (or by looking at every regiment soldiers served in) will be much harder. ...more

Served in the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War.

Thanks for digitizing these records; this is invaluable. Are you scanning them in certificate number order? I ask because some certificates seem to be missing (even when I search by widow's name). Also, the information says certificate numbers are searchable, but I haven't been able to get that to work, even for files I know you have. Thanks