Preserve the Pensions seeks to preserve and digitize 7.2 million pages of War of 1812 Pension Records with the help of the genealogy community.
The bicentennial of what’s been called “America’s Second Revolution” began on June 18, 2012 and over the next three years, the public will turn its attention towards key anniversary events including the Burning of the White House and the Writing of the Star Spangled Banner.
What better time than now to also highlight the importance of saving the War of 1812 Pension Files? Our community has a proven track record of winning previous document preservation battles and we will win this fight.
Thankfully we have partners such as the Federation of Genealogical Societies, the National Archives, fold3 and Ancestry.com who have generously donated time, money and resources. But event with this level of support we can’t do it alone.
Stay tuned here at the Preserve the Pensions blog for updates, success stories of researchers using the War of 1812 Pension Files and more.
The facebook link said volunteers should contact you through this link. I could not find anything about what opportunities were available. Susan
Susan, thank you so much for contacting us! We have a variety of opportunities available, but left the message rather vague in the hopes that more people would ask questions.
We have room on the committee for marketing, social media, research, blogging, direct outreach to historical and genealogical societies and associations, and much, much more.
If there is something that particularly interests you, please let me know.
Thank you so very much! I look forward to discussing this with you and finding a good fit!
Regards,
Jen Baldwin
Social Media Chair
Preserve the Pensions
I am the treasurer of the Nebraska chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812. Our chapter would like to donate money to the Preserve the Pensions, War of 1812 project. We would like to donate with a check. Would you please tell me who to make the check out to, and email me the address of where to send the check? Also, you might want to include an address on your website’s donation page.
Thanks,
Sharon
Thank you, Sharon, we will email you!
Was looking to volunteer my time since im Laid off anyways.
Thank you so much, Phillip. We would be happy to have your assistance on the program. Can you please email me at ancestrablreezes at gmail dot com so that we can further discuss the opportunities?
Thank you,
Jen Baldwin
Social Media Chair
Preserve the Pensions War of 1812
I donated last year and am planning to donate again this year. My question is – are these donations tax deductable for yearlyl tax purposes? This is such a worthy endeavor; I do appreciate this work.
Hi Terry, thank you for your continued support! Yes, you can deduct these donations each year that you contribute.
Hello,
I tried to donate, but my new credit card has an expiration date of 2021. That date is not available on the donation site. Just thought that you should be aware so you could change that.
Thanks,
Jane
Thank you, Jane, we’ve notified our webmaster of this error – appreciate the heads up!