The links below are online search sites and organizations and are offered to those interested in seeking information related to their ancestry. They may be helpful but are not meant to be used as proofs of lineage.
This is the largest genealogical site on the internet but caution is recommended as entries may not be accurate. It is a good place to start.
Similar to ancestry.com; includes large number of European resources.
This site is focused on military records. Digitized Revolutionary War pension applications, muster rolls, final payment vouchers are of particular use.
A free genealogy database website; excellent resource for digitized vital records, deeds, wills, estate records, court records, etc. and their indices which may be searched by location.
A free website with user-supplied photographs of extant gravestones; good source for grave photos which may be used to provide evidence of birth/death dates and locations of burial. Information on birth and deaths which do not appear on a provided photograph is “user-generated” and not generally accepted as proof.
Genealogical Research System has a database of proven (to DAR) participants in the Revolution for military, civil and patriotic (supporting the cause) service which can provide citations for the service indicated .
https://www.dar.org/library/collections/dar-lineage-resources
Genealogical Research System has a database of proven (to SAR) participants in the Revolution for military, civil and patriotic (supporting the cause) service which can provide citations for the service indicated .
This site provides an excellent listing of known troops in North Carolina https://carolana.com/NC/Revolution/revolution_patriot_troops_nc.html
Individual state archive sites vary in material available; some (such as North Carolina) offer a digital collection which includes Family Bible records. Other records (such as payment vouchers. State Comptroller Records, etc.) are also available via search.
The National Archives has the census schedules available from 1790 to 1950, and most have now been digitized by our digitization partners. Family researchers generally find it most helpful to begin with the most current census and work backwards as a strategy for locating people in earlier generations.
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