Articles and Reference
Finding Your Patriot: Basic Sources for Starting Revolutionary War Research
by Curt Witcher, FUGA (Ancestry Magazine, May/June 1996, Vol. 14, No. 3)
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or look for it at your local bookstore or newsstand.)
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy,
edited by Loretto D. Szucs and Sandra H. Luebking, Chapter 9,
"Research in Military Records,"
by Johni Cerny; revised for the current edition by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck and David Thackery
(Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry, 1997). The Source is also available for purchase from The Shops@Ancestry.com.
Libraries, Organizations, and Web Sites
Daughters of the American Revolution, National Society
1776 D Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5303
Tel: 202-628-1776
www.dar.org
Sons of the American Revolution, National Society
1000 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40203
Tel: 502-589-1776
ww.sar.org/
David Library of the American Revolution
1201 River Road
P.O. Box 748
Washington Crossing, PA 18977
Tel: 215-493-6776
Fax: 215-493-9276
E-mail: dlar@dlar.org
www.dlar.org
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20408-0001
www.archives.gov
Military Service Records
www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/veterans_service_records.html
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Location:
Building 35
102 Fourth Avenue
Fort McNair
Washington, DC
Mail:
103 Third Avenue
Fort McNair, DC 20319-5058
Tel: 202-761-5413
E-mail: cmhweb@cmh-smtp.army.mil
www.army.mil/cmh-pg/default.htm
Bibliography: The Continental Army
www.army.mil/cmh-pg/reference/revbib/general.htm
Naval Historical Center
Washington Navy Yard
901 M Street, SE
Washington, DC 20374-5060
Library:
Tel: 202-433-4132
Fax: 202-433-9553
Museum:
Tel: 202-433-4882
Fax: 202-433-8200
Operational Archives:
Fax: 202-433-2833
Ships History Branch
Tel: 202-433-3643
Fax: 202-433-6677
www.history.navy.mil/
Wars & Conflicts of the U.S. Navy - Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
www.history.navy.mil/wars/index.html#anchor1450
Revolutionary War
www.revwar.com/
(Links, information, chats, and message board)
Revolutionary War Land Warrants
(" . . .list of Virginia veterans who received military warrants for use in the Kentucky Military District.")
from the Kentucky Secretary of State's page
www.sos.state.ky.us/intranet/revwscr.htm
Revolutionary Records—Library of Virginia's Electronic Card Indexes
A List of Classes in Culpeper County for January 1781 for Recruiting this States' Quota of Troops to Serve in the Continental Army
Land Office Military Certificates
Revolutionary War Bounty Warrants
Revolutionary War Pensions
Revolutionary War Public Service Claims
Revolutionary War Rejected Claims
www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/mil/index.htm
USHistory.org
http://ushistory.org/
Databases Available at Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has a large collection of databases from the Revolutionary War, as well as from other conflicts in American history. Ancestry.com subscribers to the U.S. Records Collection can access military databases at:
www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/military/main.htm
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)
(Also a subscriber database)
Helpful Publications and CD-ROMs
U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources
by James C. Neagles
(Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1994)
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy
edited by Loretto D. Szucs and Sandra H. Luebking, Chapter 9, "Research in Military Records," by Johni Cerny; revised for the current edition by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck and David Thackery (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997)
SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register
The data on this CD is compiled from the Revolutionary War Graves Register.
Tennessee Soldiers in the Revolution: A Roster of Soldiers Living During the Revolutionary War in the Counties of Washington and Sullivan
by Penelope Johnson Allen
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