A Quick Start to Researching Your Revolutionary War Ancestors

• Search the following databases in Ancestry Library Edition:
  • U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783—will give rank and state fought with.
  • Revolutionary War Pension Index—will give rank and state fought with.
• Search HeritageQuest Online’s Revolutionary War Documents:
  • The documents include select items from pension files which may include vital genealogical details such as birth/death/marriage dates and places of the soldier and his family.  Military service details will also be given.
  • Check out our HeritageQuest tutorials at: http://www.buffalolib.org/libraries/collections/genealogy/databases.asp 
• Browse Daughters of the American Revolution publication indexes:
  • Index of the Rolls of Honor (Ancestor’s Index) in the Lineage Books of the N.S.D.A.R—Gro E202.5 .A15
  • DAR Patriot Index Centennial Edition—Gro E255 .D33
  • These publications may give data such as birth, marriage and death dates; place of birth and death; wife’s name; military rank; state fought for; and other details.