Revolutionary War Service Records: Difference between revisions

Other notations on card abstracts sometimes refer to numbers preceded by the letters "R" or "P". These references are to file citations in the general correspondence of the Records and Pension Office of the War Department. The index to it is available as "Index to General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904" (M686).<ref name="M881 pamphlet">United States. National Archives Microfilm Publications. ''[http://www.fold3.com/pdf/M881.pdf Pamphlet Describing M881]: Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War''. Washington, National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1976.</ref><ref name="M880 pamphlet">United States. National Archives Microfilm Publications. ''Pamphlet Describing M880: Compiled Service Records of American Naval Personnel and Members of the Departments of the Quartermaster General and the Commissary General of Military Stores Who Served During the Revolutionary War''. Washington, National Archives and Records Service, 1975.</ref>  

==== Soldiers  ====

*{{RecordSearch|1849623|United States, Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783}} (FamilySearch) - Index only  

*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1309 U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783] (Ancestry) ($) ''Note'': Records on Ancestry are not indexed by name. See the index mentioned below under indexes or use Fold3 or FamilySearch to first determine what state the individual fought under, then use the browse option on Ancestry to locate an individual in the records. Additional note: The collection on Ancestry also includes records of M880.

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