Massachusetts Genealogy Guide: Difference between revisions

With the first permanent settlement at Plymouth, militias were formed to protect the early settlers. The most famous is the Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts Bay established in 1637. This guide is an overview, war-by-war, of histories and published records for those who served. There were other skirmishes of a lesser degree not listed here. To learn about the myriad involvements, consult the wikipedia entry for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Wars United States Wars].  

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<center>'''Revolutionary War'''</center>  

This is the first war where there are a large number of governmental and private records created for us to better understand the war and the individuals who served in it.  

'''State Records:'''  

*[http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ARC/arccol/colidx.htm#military Massachusetts Revolutionary rolls] are located at the [[#Archives|Massachusetts Archives]]. This collection is the source for the published version listed below.

'''Published Records:'''  

*''Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. A compilation from the archives'' (Boston, 1896-1908), 17v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12601336 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|213956|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M23m v.# or film 238343 (1st of 17) or fiche 6046890}}.<br>Note: Entries are under the exact spelling in the record; therefore, always look for variant spellings. The most common spelling with have an entry listing all the other variants found in the records.<br>Digital database with all volumes found at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7726 Ancestry] ($). Select the digital link for individual volumes from the table below.<br>

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| Vol. 17  

| [http://archive.org/details/massachusettssol17mass Internet Archive]  

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*Charles E. Hambrick-Stowe and Donna D. Smerlas, eds., ''Massachusetts Militia Companies and Officers in the Lexington Alarm'' (Boston, 1976), xlii, 72 pp.<br>[Note: Published records drawn from the originals in the [[#mac|Massachusetts Archives Collection]]]<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2968507 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|91597|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2h}}.<br>  

*Rufus Lincoln, James Minor Lincoln, ed., ''The Papers of Captain Rufus Lincoln, of Wareham, Mass.'' [''i.e. Mass. 7th Infantry Regt.''] (Cambridge, Mass., 1904; rep. New York, 1971), 272 pp.<br>Digital versions at [http://archive.org/details/paperscaptainru00lincgoog Internet Archive] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=EF7ZEE7OeBwC Google Books]<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/135564 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|101237|item|disp=FHL film 924669 Item 2 or fiche 6078176}} (with digital link).<br>

'''Federal Records:'''  

*Cards Concerning Revolutionary War Service and Imprisonment, [http://research.archives.gov/description/1756473 NARA HMS I-18 523].<br>ONLINE at [http://www.fold3.com/title_747/revolutionary_war_service_and_imprisonment/ fold3.com] ($).<br>  

*Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872, [NOT found on NARA website under T718 series], {{FHL|42194|item|disp=FHL film 1319381 (1st of 23)}}.<br>ONLINE at [https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2069831 FamilySearch.org], only browsable by volumes A through V.<br>

'''Published Records (General):'''  

*Virgil D. White, ''Genealogical Abstracts of the Revolutionary War Pension Files'' (Waynesboro, Tenn., 1990-1992), 4v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/23035911 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|476517|disp=FHL book 973 M28g}}.<br>  

*Virgil D. White, ''Index to Revolutionary War Service Records'' (Waynesboro, Tenn., 1995), 4v.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32816867 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|745712|item|disp=FHL book 973 M22wv}}.<br>

'''Regimental History:'''  

*Frank A. Gardner, “Colonel Joseph Read’s Regiment. Colonel Joseph Read’s 6th Regiment, Provincial Army, April-July, 1775. Colonel Joseph Read’s 20th Regiment, Army of the United Colonies, July-October 1775” in ''The Massachusetts Magazine'', 9 [1916]: [http://archive.org/stream/massachusettsmagv9sale#page/n179/mode/2up 87-106].<br>  

*Frank A. Gardner, “Colonel Jonathan Brewer’s Regiment. Colonel Jonathan Brewer’s 19th Regiment, Provincial Army, April-July, 1775. Colonel Jonathan Brewer’s 6th Regiment, Army United Colonies, July-December, 1775” in ''The Massachusetts Magazine'', 9 [1916]: [http://archive.org/stream/massachusettsmagv9sale#page/n279/mode/2up 137-153], [http://archive.org/stream/massachusettsmagv9sale#page/n383/mode/2up 189-204].<br>

'''History:'''  

*Dirk Hoeder, ''People and Mobs: Crowd action in Massachusetts during the American Revolution, 1765-1780'' (Berlin, 1971), vii, 700 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1259944 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; Not at FHL.<br>  

*John W. Lynn, ''Massachusetts Lineages of Revolutionary War Regiments'' (Grand Junction, Colo., 1986), 47 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16644927 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|510252|item|disp=FHL book 974.4 M2Lj}}.<br>

'''General Guides:'''  

*Craig R. Scott, ''The "Lost" Pensions: Settled Accounts of the Act of 6 April 1838'' (Lovettsville, Va., 1996), [xi], 374 pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34633606 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|767486|item|disp=FHL book 973 M2sL}}.<br>  

*Craig R. Scott, ''Revolutionary War Genealogy Research'' ([Baltimore], 2011), [4] pp.<br>[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/746833636 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|1948013|item|disp=FHL book 973 M27scr}}.<br>

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