{"id":16047,"date":"2016-08-11T11:57:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T15:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=16047"},"modified":"2017-02-01T16:00:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T21:00:58","slug":"marriage-records-in-newspapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/marriage-records-in-newspapers.html","title":{"rendered":"Revolutionary War Veterans\u2019 Marriages"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interesting that almost 40 years after the Revolutionary War, these two grooms were identified in the newspaper as \u201ca revolutionary hero\u201d and \u201ca revolutionary Patriot.\u201d Remembering those that served held a powerful impact on the public long after the war ended \u2013 and it has that same impact on us now.<\/p>\n

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Haverhill Gazette (Haverhill, Massachusetts), 15 March 1823, page 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The National Archives has the service records that have survived \u2013 but that is not the only record of these veterans\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n

GenealogyBank has millions of newspaper articles written about these patriots during the rest of their lives, long after the war ended: biographical sketches; their marriages; the birth of their children; their old age and their obituaries.<\/p>\n

I checked one of the largest online family tree sites, and both of the marriages reported above were not recorded. We need to fill in these Revolutionary War veterans\u2019 stories. Find the details of their lives, including their spouses and children.<\/p>\n

Pay it forward \u2013 let\u2019s document every Revolutionary War soldier and put the information on the large online family tree sites. Let\u2019s get all the facts about their lives. We can do this!<\/p>\n

Dig into GenealogyBank\u2019s old newspapers to find and document our Revolutionary War patriots and their families.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/em><\/strong> An online collection of newspapers, such as GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a>, is not only a great way to learn about the lives of your ancestors \u2013 the old newspaper articles also help you understand American history and the times your ancestors lived in, and the news they talked about and read in their local papers. Did any of your ancestors serve in the Revolutionary War? Please share your stories with us in the comments section.<\/p>\n

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