Navy Survivors' Certificates
Records: 39,387 · Complete: 96%
A typical pension includes the application and original jacket; a brief of the case prepared by the Pension Bureau; a statement of the service record supplied by the Navy Department; affidavits, and other documentary evidence submitted in support of the claim; correspondence from interested persons; and occasionally a certificate of discharge, a death certificate, and papers relating to claims for burial expenses.
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Fold3, Navy Survivors' Certificates (/title/120/navy-survivors-certificates :accessed June 6, 2020), database and images, https://www.fold3.com/title/120/navy-survivors-certificates
- Publication Title
- Navy Survivors' Certificates
- Total Records
- Records: 39,387 · Complete: 96%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number:
- M1469
- Record Group:
- 15
- Published on Fold3
- January 11, 2008
- Last Updated
- February 27, 2015
- Description
- NARA M1469. These files document the name, age, residence, date and place of birth of Navy veterans submitted between 1861 and 1910.