Hi Frank, My name is Donald L. Springer. I have chased my ancestors back to the NY 4th Regiment Continental Line. I subscribe to these lists on the of chance that I can find documentation much the same as described in Mike's query. Any help would be appreciated. The ancestors, two of them, both served in the same unit. The unit only lasted about one year, 1775 to 1776 and then was split up into other units. I have found them on the Mohawk Valley site in the above unit. The names are Isaac Springer as a Lt. and Isaac Springer, his son, as a private. Any documentation would surely help. Thanking you in advance, DLS Frank Goodway wrote: >Mike, >I am responsible for the site to which you were referred: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nysarato/sarapk.htm >Unfortunately, I've got the same problem as you; the records of NY >militia were lost in a fire. I do have some militia listed, obtained >from other sources. I also have Berthold Fernow's book, " New York in >the Revolution" and would be willing to do a lookup for you, if you send >me the names that you have. >Frank > > > >>Is there a way to search the patriot index by location? If there is, >> >> >can > > >>anyone tell me if there are any listed for Cambridge, now Washington >>County (then Albany County) NY. Or Salem or Easton NY. Payrolls and >>muster rolls seemed to have been destroyed in a fire for NY militia, >> >> >and I > > >>am trying to get an idea of how other local patriots were proven, other >> >> > > > >>than pension records. The men I am interested in were listed in the >>surviving militia rosters and have modern veterans markers stating Rev. >> >> > > > >>War service (but are not in Dar patriot index), but I can not find any >>documents in NYS archives to prove it. Only a 1900 church "vanity" >>history that says that they were in the American army in the Burgoyne >>Campaign. And one document that states a man by the same name of one >> >> >of > > >>his brothers was a LT. in that same militia regiment, but the brother >> >> >is > > >>not in my direct line. >> >>So what exactly is necessary to document service. I did find an old >>interview from the 1840s that stated that one of them tried to save the >> >> > > > >>local county judge from attack from a band of vengeful Tories back from >> >> > > > >>Canada during the war by warning him to stay away from his house. But >> >> >to > > >>me that sounds funny that he knew about it, and probably doesn't quite >>count as aiding the cause. >> >>So again, what is acceptable proof? Thanks! >> >>Mike >> >> > List Mom for the AMERICAN-REVOLUTION mailing list: >Diana Boothe philsbarbie1@arkansasfamilies.net > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > We have archives! Search for your AMERICAN-REVOLUTION information here..... >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AMERICAN-REVOLUTION > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out other genealogy resources on the net at John Fuller's most helpful site http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > >