In a message dated 9/9/2006 3:05:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Mary A. Christiansen wonders: << Revolutionists positions in the service as Soldiers during the W. Another question I have is perhaps some information more specific to what areas and towns and country's they came from >> By "positions" do you mean rank or location? For either, muster- and pay-rolls can tell you a lot. You have to research each one individually. Where to get the surviving records depends on whether the soldier was in militia (the County), State Troops (State) or Continental Regiment (National Archives and other general resources). There are exceptions that list members could help with if you would give the unit(s) each person served in. As for >>areas and towns and country's they came from<< do you mean the soldier himself or the immigrant ancestor in the paternal line or all immigrant ancestors? From Rootsweb's home page you can find a series of tutorials on how to do genealogical research. Many books and procedural guides have been written on this subject. Queries in this subject area should be directed to surname message boards or mailing lists, or the message boards or mailing lists for one place you know the soldier lived, not this mailing list. Good hunting, Judy