Thank you so much for your leads on the War of 1812. anne ----- Original Message ----- From: NewEnglander1621 <NewEnglander1621@email.msn.com> To: <CT-RIVER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 1:37 AM Subject: [CRV] Records of War of 1812 > I have found some information that MAY assist someone searching VT military > records: > > "The printed list of Vermonters who served in wars from the Revolution to > the Korean War > were published by the Vermont Adjutant General's Office and are available > at most major > libraries" I would suggest contacting your library.....perhaps an > inter-library loan. > > Most original records whilch were kept in Vt before 1920 were destroyed in a > fire of 1945. > However, the Vt Adjutant General;s Veterans Affairs Office located at 118 > State St., Monteplier, > Vt 05602 will answer queries on military service records. > > The pension material is located at the National Archives in Washington,DC > > The "General Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension files" has now been > published by Virgil > E.White and the National Historical Publishing Co. in 3 volumes with a 4th > volume as a cross > index. > > War of 1812 pension applications have been abstracted and published. The > Vermont Historical > Society has a COMPLETE SET of BOTH published abstracts which can be found at > large libraries. > The original applications for the 1812 pensions are maintained at the > National Archives. > > Civil War records: National Archives [ these have not been abstracted > or published] > You will need a form NATF80 from the Reference Services Branch of the > General Service > Adminstration, Washington,DC 20408 to get copies of these files. > > The Henry Stevens papers at the Vermont State Archives has a limited group > of materials > on the War of 1812 concerning military recruits. > -----------------------------------below are addresses as referred > above------------------------ > Vermont State Archives > Sec.of State's Office > 109 State St > Monteplier,Vt 05609-11-1 > ------------------------------------- > Vermont Historical Society Library > 109 State St > Monteplier,Vt 05609-0901 > 802-828-2291 > -------------------------- > Vermont State Archives > 109 State St > Mont. VT 05609-1101 > ---------------------------------------------------- > Hope this will help...... > > Source: Collecting Vermont Ancestors by Alice Eichholz > > Cynthia > Moderator of : > Ct-River-Valley-L@rootsweb.com > CTHartfo-L@rootsweb.com > MANorfol-L@rootsweb.com > Ma-Bay-Colony-L@rootsweb.com > > Rootsweb sponsor > > > > ==== CT-RIVER-VALLEY Mailing List ==== > Conn.River Valley Genealogical Research Library: http://www.quadrangle.org (genealogical library for Conn River area) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > http://www.nehgs.org New Eng.Hist.Genealogical Society > Listowner: NewEnglander1621@msn.com > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >