Although Spain didn't declare war on England until 1779, The Spanish provided support beginning in 1776. The official period for the DAR is Dec. 24, 1776 to Nov 26, 1783. Winston De Ville selected and edited information from Miliatry lists that were compiled by Charles Robert Churchill and publishedin 1991 in a book entitled Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns

..and to continue on this subject, Stephen White published an article containing the names of the Acadians from New Brunswick who fought in the American Revolution in the Eddy Rebellion when they tried to take Fort Beauséjour. The article can be found on my Website at www.acadian-home.org/frames.html click on STEPHEN WHITE then click on AMERICAN REV. and you will find the article posted with Mr. White's permission. It is likely that many people on this list who are from the north or places other than Louisiana would qualify for DAR or SAR if they descend from one of these Acadian Ancestors. Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home www.acadian-home.org Am-Can Gen Soc www.acgs.org CMA 2004 - www.cma2004.com Grand-Pré - http://www.grand-pre.com/ www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html -----Original Message----- From: Cajun [mailto:cajun@thecajuns.com] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:01 AM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] DAR/SAR Eligibility Period - Clarification Although Spain didn't declare war on England until 1779, The Spanish provided support beginning in 1776. The official period for the DAR is Dec. 24, 1776 to Nov 26, 1783. Winston De Ville selected and edited information from Miliatry lists that were compiled by Charles Robert Churchill and publishedin 1991 in a book entitled Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the person who posted. Your concerns will be addressed. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

PS I should have added that the difficulty comes in finding the records to prove lineages to those Ancestors who fought in the American Revolution so much Acadian documentation is lacking. I've been working on this. Michel Bourque who was married to Ursule Forest is one of the men who fought under Col. Jonathan Eddy. <<The uprising known as "Eddy's Rebellion" reached its peak in November of 1776 with an unsuccessful attack on Fort Cumberland [originally Fort Beauséjour, renamed when it fell to the British and called Fort Beauséjour today as part of Parks Canada's historic sites]. Readers interested in a gripping day by day account of the conflict are urged to read Ernest Clarke's definitive analysis: The Siege Of Fort Cumberland - An Episode Of The American Revolution. Published in 1995, the book is still in print and available from local bookstores.>> http://www.tantramar.com/trib/2001/05/09/columns.html Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home www.acadian-home.org Am-Can Gen Soc www.acgs.org CMA 2004 - www.cma2004.com Grand-Pré - http://www.grand-pre.com/ www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html -----Original Message----- From: Cajun [mailto:cajun@thecajuns.com] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 11:01 AM To: ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [ACADIAN-CAJUN] DAR/SAR Eligibility Period - Clarification Although Spain didn't declare war on England until 1779, The Spanish provided support beginning in 1776. The official period for the DAR is Dec. 24, 1776 to Nov 26, 1783. Winston De Ville selected and edited information from Miliatry lists that were compiled by Charles Robert Churchill and publishedin 1991 in a book entitled Louisiana Soldiers in the American Revolution Stanley LeBlanc http://www.thecajuns ==== ACADIAN-CAJUN Mailing List ==== The number one rule of this list is no flaming. If something is posted to the list that disturbs you, bring it to the _admin._, not the list or the person who posted. Your concerns will be addressed. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237