Amazing achievement in its infancy....3,500 men of Mass who fought in the Revolution. And that's for starters. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/state/revwar/index.html

Kathy Leigh efforts are to be commmended as she has obviously expended much time and effort on this project. I hope Kathy will continue her project as it provides and excellent online source for material which may not covered by the records preserved in the Mass. Archives. To the best of my knowledge, no one has previously attempted to index the secondary records applicable to Rev War soldiers. However, if one is looking for a Massachusetts (and Maine, part of Mass. 'til 1820) Rev War soldier or sailor, the place to start is the gold standard called "Massachustts Soliers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War" a.k.a. "MSSRW" comprising 17 volumes published serially by the Mass. Sec. of State 1896-1908. This 17 vol. series comprises approx. 20,000 pages with an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 discrete entries. Of course, many men have more than one entry but many entries also contain more than one record. Although MSSRW does not contain the ciotation used, it is availbale via a two step process utilizing either microfilm borrowed via interlibrary loan or via the records at the Mass Archives. First one starts with the microfilm of the abstract card files which contains the reference(s) to the original records. MSSRW contains only the abstracts of records contained in the Mass Archives collection. It is my understanding that Mass. donated sets of MSSRW to all the other State Libraries. I can't be certain about the state libraries of those states formed after 1916 but at least some of them have be given sets. Most major genealogical libraries have copies. In Mass and Maine many small libraries also have copies. A few years ago the entire set was available for purchase on a CD. I don't know what, if any, copyright restrictions exists but I would not be surprised to see MSSRW scanned and put on line in the near future. Also, don't forget the National Archives records for Mass. and Maine men who served in the Continental Army. Bob Brooks, retired on the downeast coast of Maine ----- Original Message ----- From: <JamRog624@aol.com> To: <AMERICAN-REVOLUTION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 8:48 AM Subject: [A-REV] Kathy Leigh's 3,500 Mass. men in the American Revolution webpages > Amazing achievement in its infancy....3,500 men of Mass who fought in the > Revolution. > And that's for starters. > > http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/state/revwar/index.html > > > ==== AMERICAN-REVOLUTION Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > 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 > >