Category Archives: Military

Hot Off The Press! Soldiers of the American Revolution In Illinois

I’m excited to share news about a new publication from Illinois State Genealogical Society (ISGS).  I know that many hours were spent on this book, so a special congratulations to Howard Manthei and Jayne Cates who spearheaded this project.  Below is the press release from […]

Friday Finds – 07/26/13

Weekly column sharing genealogy-related things that I’ve found.

Genealogy By the States – Week 12 – North Carolina

My husband’s family has ties to North Carolina, although I haven’t done much research on them or in the state.  I decided to do some more digging on the Boone family.  Although I couldn’t find any records in the few hours I searched, I did […]

Genealogy By the States – Week 11 – New York

Part of the reason I took on the Genealogy By the States challenge is because I knew it would force me not only to post something every week, but it would allow me to get in some research time.  Only 11 weeks in and I […]

Genealogy By the States – Week 10 – Virginia

I don’t have too many ties to Virginia, but I thought I’d take some time and write about a cousin who ended up in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Southern Branch in Hampton, Virginia.

An Example of a Record Found in the British Army Pensioners – Royal Hospital Kilmainham Collection at Findmypast.com

A little bit ago, I posted about a new collection added to Findmypast.com.  It seemed like an interesting collection so I decided to check it out further and share with you what I found.

Findmypast.com Releases Thousands of British Army Service Records from 1760 to 1902

I received the following press release earlier today from Findmypast.com.  Looks like an interesting collection of records.  Not sure if it will help me out, but perhaps it will help out one of my readers.  I will post an example shortly. LOS ANGELES (Dec. 7, […]

Take 2 – My Revolutionary War Patriots

This post first appeared on this blog on July 3, 2010.  It has been slightly modified. In honor of Independence Day, I thought I’d write a post about my ancestors who are Revolutionary War patriots.