These files are a record of a veteran's service.  They typically -- but not always -- contain a veteran's rank, unit, and the dates in which he joined or left the service.  They sometimes contain information on battles in which he fought, medical information, and on rare occasions biographical information such as date of birth, height, hair and eye color.

For each service record you order, I charge $29.  This price includes the research, copies of the service record up to 20 pages, and postage.  If a service record goes over 20 pages, I charge an additional copying fee and possibly an additional postage fee depending on how large the file is. 

Pension Applications:
    These files are potentially the most genealogically valuable.  They contain applications for pensions made by a veteran or his spouse or heirs.  These files can be a treasure trove of genealogical information, because they contain whatever the veteran, his spouse or heirs thought might help prove a pension claim.  This can be anything you might imagine, including letters, marriage, birth and death certificates, pages from family bibles, witness depositions and affidavits, discharge papers and other items.

For each pension record you order, I charge $49.  This price includes the research, copies of the service record up to 40 pages, and postage.  If a pension record goes over 40 pages, I charge an additional copying fee and possibly an additional postage fee depending on how large the file is.  Ordering these same records through NARA can cost you up to $75 and can take up to six months to receive.