{"id":10942,"date":"2015-06-26T11:45:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T15:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=10942"},"modified":"2023-06-21T16:32:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T20:32:52","slug":"revolutionary-war-ancestry-our-top-6-how-to-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/revolutionary-war-ancestry-our-top-6-how-to-posts.html","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War Ancestry: Our Top 6 How-to Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Fourth of July approaching, America prepares to celebrate Independence Day \u2013 and genealogists\u2019 thoughts turn to their Revolutionary War ancestry. There are many good sources of information about this crucial period in American history, including historical newspaper archives, museums, and various Revolutionary War and military websites that can tell you about the times your ancestors lived in, the roles they played, and details of their individual lives.<\/p>\n<p>This blog post highlights some of the past articles we\u2019ve published on the GenealogyBank Blog about researching Revolutionary War ancestors. Just click on the title of any article that interests you to read the full blog post. Also, please note that in addition to the 27 Colonial newspapers listed in the graphic below, we just added 450+ newspaper titles from the 1700s and 1800s to GenealogyBank\u2019s archives, creating one of the most comprehensive online resources for researching your Colonial and Revolutionary period ancestry on the web.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/27-colonial-newspapers-to-trace-your-early-american-ancestry.html\">27 Colonial Newspapers to Trace Your Early American Ancestry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0721-2014-colonial-american-newspapers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0721-2014-colonial-american-newspapers.png\" alt=\"list showing 27 Colonial American newspapers in GenealogyBank's online collection\" width=\"308\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0721-2014-colonial-american-newspapers.png 308w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0721-2014-colonial-american-newspapers-164x300.png 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/tracing-your-colonial-revolutionary-ancestry-in-newspapers.html\">Tracing Your Colonial &amp; Revolutionary Ancestry in Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10946\" style=\"width: 792px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/illustration-0721-2014-washington-crossing-delaware.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10946\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/illustration-0721-2014-washington-crossing-delaware.png\" alt=\"Painting: &quot;Washington Crossing the Delaware,&quot; by Emanuel Leutze (1851)\" width=\"792\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/illustration-0721-2014-washington-crossing-delaware.png 792w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/illustration-0721-2014-washington-crossing-delaware-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/illustration-0721-2014-washington-crossing-delaware-472x300.png 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting: Washington Crossing the Delaware, by Emanuel Leutze (1851). Source: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/top-7-ancestry-websites-for-revolutionary-war-genealogy.html\">Top 7 Websites for Revolutionary War Genealogy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10947\" style=\"width: 647px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/screenshot-0728-2014-dar-genealogical-research-system.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/screenshot-0728-2014-dar-genealogical-research-system.png\" alt=\"screenshot of the Daughters of the American Revolution website\" width=\"647\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/screenshot-0728-2014-dar-genealogical-research-system.png 647w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/screenshot-0728-2014-dar-genealogical-research-system-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/screenshot-0728-2014-dar-genealogical-research-system-339x300.png 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Daughters of the American Revolution<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/where-was-george-washington-revolutionary-war-fact-checking.html\">Where Was George Washington? Revolutionary War Fact Checking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10949\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10949\" style=\"width: 748px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0702-2014-philipse-manor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0702-2014-philipse-manor.png\" alt=\"photo of Philipse Manor\" width=\"748\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0702-2014-philipse-manor.png 748w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0702-2014-philipse-manor-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/photo-0702-2014-philipse-manor-416x300.png 416w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Philipse Manor. Source: Library of Congress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/revolutionary-war-ancestors-life-stories-are-in-old-newspapers.html\">Revolutionary War Ancestors\u2019 Life Stories Are in Old Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10950\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0731-1840-isaac-van-wart-obituary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0731-1840-isaac-van-wart-obituary.png\" alt=\"obituary for Isaac Van Wart, Barre Gazette newspaper article 31 July 1840\" width=\"447\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0731-1840-isaac-van-wart-obituary.png 447w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0731-1840-isaac-van-wart-obituary-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/barre-gazette-newspaper-0731-1840-isaac-van-wart-obituary-404x300.png 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barre Gazette (Barre, Massachusetts), 31 July 1840, page 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/revolutionary-wars-forgotten-patriots-remembered-in-newspapers.html\">Revolutionary War\u2019s Forgotten Patriots Remembered in Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10951\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/minerva-newspaper-0529-1797-mary-wyckoff-obituary.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/minerva-newspaper-0529-1797-mary-wyckoff-obituary.png\" alt=\"obituary for Mary Wyckoff, Minerva newspaper article 29 May 1797\" width=\"348\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/minerva-newspaper-0529-1797-mary-wyckoff-obituary.png 348w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/minerva-newspaper-0529-1797-mary-wyckoff-obituary-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minerva (New York, New York), 29 May 1797, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/genealogybank\/revolutionary-war-genealogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revolutionary War Genealogy<\/a> (GenealogyBank Pinterest Board)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/genealogy-research-with-legal-notices-in-newspapers.html\">Genealogy Research with Legal Notices in Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/genealogy-research-with-military-records-in-newspapers.html\">Genealogy Research with Military Records in Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog post highlights some of the past articles we\u2019ve published on the GenealogyBank Blog about researching Revolutionary War 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