NEHGS Commemorates
Memorial Day with FREE Access to Important Military Databases on
AmericanAncestors.org
Family Historians May
“Honor the Fallen” by Searching FREE on AmericanAncestors.org for Patriots on
the Family Tree Who Served in Colonial Times
May 20, 2015—Boston, Massachusetts—In the spirit of Memorial
Day and to make ancestral research even more productive this holiday weekend,
AmericanAncestors.org and New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)
have made several online military databases accessible FREE to all who wish to
search for patriots in early American colonial wars.
Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775
is accessible FREE this week through next Wednesday, May 27. Prior to the
American Revolution, many men served in the militia and fought against Native
Americans, the French, and other opponents. Many of these battles were
extensions of European wars. This database contains more than 35,000 records of
service for individuals in Massachusetts and other New England states who
served from the seventeenth century to the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
These records, originally published by the New England Historic Genealogical
Society with support from the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, were compiled from many different sources to create as
comprehensive a list as possible.
Massachusetts Revolutionary War Pensioners’ Receipts
1799-1807 and Massachusetts Revolutionary War Pensioners’ Receipts
1829-1837 are also accessible through Wednesday, May 27. Many of the
soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War were given pensions from the
federal government for their service. These manuscript collections at NEHGS
contain a number of original receipts with the soldiers’ signatures, acknowledging
the receipt of their pension funds. These two searchable databases contain
images of these receipts, including the original signatures or marks of the
pensioners.
Registration at AmericanAncestors.org is required as a FREE
Guest Member to gain access to these valuable resources. Guest User accounts
allow web visitors to use a limited suite of AmericanAncestors.org databases
and access web content such as making purchases from the online store.
Unlimited access to all 450+ million records and other benefits is through
membership at NEHGS.
Family historians may start their search for their ancestors
who bravely served in our country’s colonial times at this site:
AmericanAncestors.org/memorialday.
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