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Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 14:58:15 -0500
From: "Kathie Harrison" <harrison28@gmail.com>
To: "Mike Harmer" <mharmer@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] Revolutionary War Military Records
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You will not be able to find them online quite that easily. The place
to get Rev. war records is the National Archives. Some things still
need to be done by regular US Postal Service. But you can get a good
start on their website and explore it for some great stuff.

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/
http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/index.html
http://www.archives.gov/research/arc/topics/revolutionary-war.html




On 8/7/06, Mike Harmer <mharmer@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>        I am trying to locate Rev. War Pension/Service records, is there an online
> database or index?   Have not
>            been able to find any.   Maybe I am not looking in the right
> spots.  (General Harmer)
>
>        Thanks,
>        Mike
>
>


-- 
Kathie Harrison
Family Trees Grow with Love
Ancestral Whispers
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