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Re: Revolutionary genealogy
Thomas Richardson
Jan 29, 2016 2:37 PM
1 person found this helpfulHello Leah!
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Re: Revolutionary genealogy
Thomas Richardson
Feb 18, 2016 12:09 PM
1 person found this helpfulHello again Leah,
Thank you for your patience as we work to find some resources for you to use! Some of the materials that you are looking can most likely be found in local archives in the New England region; they contain extensive collection relating to the Revolutionary War. Universities such as Yale and Harvard retain large special collections from this time period. In your case, here are some collections to start out with:
Yale University has an American Revolution collection that includes military and logistical information on troops from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York, such as payroll, receipts, addresses, and commission papers.
Yale Finding Aid Database : Guide to the American Revolutionary War Collection
The Special Collections at Colonial Williamsburg has documents and accounts from Charles Joseph de Losse de Bayac that focus on the early years of the Revolutionary War. This includes American operations in Canada.
The University of Michigan holds a collection from Charles Grant vicomte de Vaux, who supported the Revolutionary War and eventually relocated to Canada himself, along with other soldiers.
Charles Grant, vicomte de Vaux papers 1756-1805
The Massachusetts and Connecticut Historical Societies both have large collections on the American Revolution, some of which include American operations in Canada and information on American soldiers following the war.
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Re: Revolutionary genealogy
Dear Leah,
I would just add a couple of leads to those that Thomas Richardson has mentioned. Apologies if you already have searched these! You can try the Connecticut State Archives/Library for possible content that addresses your interests. Try browsing through the finding aids to these holdings at www.library.org/state-archives-finding-aids/ with a particular focus on the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods (RG 001 seems to contain the earliest government records for the colony/state). You might also try the Connecticut Archives Online website located at library.wcsu.edu/cao - a neat resource because you can search across multipl CT based archives as the same time.
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Re: Revolutionary genealogy
Sarah Swanson
Apr 7, 2016 8:33 PM
2 people found this helpfulYou could also check with the New England Historic Genealogical Society. This week, until April 13th, they are allowing free searches of all their databases. AmericanAncestors.org