[or-roots] Finding ancestors in Revolutionary and Civil War

Mon Sep 21 13:28:05 PDT 2009

SUZANNE THOMAS wrote:

> Can anyone tell me a good way to see if my ancestors were in the 
> Revolutionary or Civil War?  

Maybe -- were your ancestors landed in this country before either 
event?  Were they males between 15 and 50 years of age?  Were they not 
Friends or Quakers?  Perhaps then they were soldiers in those wars.

Google gives a number of hits if you fill in their search line with the 
above Subject.  Also see the FamilySearch and Cyndi'sList websites for 
more hints, but the first step is knowing who your ancestors were, and 
when they were where.  The SAR and DAR are also good references.

Godspeed!

Bill Strickland
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