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The Featured Spotlight

May 23, 2012 by | Comments Off on The Featured Spotlight

Last fall, Fold3 introduced Featured Spotlight, a section of our home page showcasing intriguing historical events and images. Updated a few times each week, the Featured Spotlight has become a fresh and engaging focal point for site visitors as we … Continue reading

Revolutionary War Final Payment Vouchers: Delaware and Georgia

May 16, 2012 by | Comments Off on Revolutionary War Final Payment Vouchers: Delaware and Georgia

If you search the Final Payment Vouchers Index for Military Pensions, 1818-1864 and discover Revolutionary War pensioners living in Delaware or Georgia, you now have a way to quickly access their final pension papers—on Fold3. The files may fill in … Continue reading

The Homestead Act

May 2, 2012 by | Comments Off on The Homestead Act

President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862. It was “an act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain,” and increased westward expansion through settlement of surveyed government lands in thirty states. The law allowed … Continue reading