Columbus Library

The Last Muster: Images of the Revolutionary War Generation, by Maureen Taylor is an amazing book.  It is a collection of seventy photographic images of persons who lived during the Revolutionary War era.  Included are participants from both sides of the war, African Americans, Native Americans, women and individuals who, as children, witnessed the war.  The author painstakingly researched each person using historical and genealogical information to provide their life history, especially as it pertains to their connections to the American Revolution.  Check out Dick Eastman's review of The Last Muster and reserve your copy today!

 

If you think you might have an ancestor who participated in the Revolutionary War, then the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) might have information for you.  They have made searching for our ancestors easier by providing a collection of databases to help us find our Revolutionary War ancestors.  It is called the  DAR Genealogical Research System and is a collection of information collected by the DAR since it's founding in 1890.  Read the introduction for a detailed description of the collection and how to search for a Revolutionary War ancestor, their descendants and more including access to  the DAR Library catalog.  Remember there are limits to the information found here and you'll be given instructions on how to find more information at the DAR.

 

I'd like to remind you that we have an extensive genealogy collection at the Main Library that includes Revolutionary War information.  You'll find research guides, rosters, pension lists (including HeritageQuests online "Revolutionary War Era Pension  & Bounty-Land Warrent Application Files") , and more in the Genealogy, History and Travel division.