Yes, footnote is a great resource! But, as usual, one must play around with the databases within. But honestly, one of the best technical websites going. Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: <goneresearching@comcast.net> To: <nygreene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 11:52 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Rev War and locality search > > I don't think you can do locality search on DAR system. > > And I don't think Steve Morse and his one-step search engines have gotten > there yet either. (I didn't double check that before sending this though.) > > But you can do a locality search on www .footnote.com in the pension and > service records databases by searching "Greene County" or "County of > Greene" though you may need to toss "New York" in with it. (Unlike > HeritageQuest / ProQuest which digitized the selected records microfilm, > Footnote digitized the complete files microfilm and has an every name > index instead of just the soldier whose file it is.) > > Using footnote I was able to put in my 5th or 6th great uncle's name and > find out who all had a letter in their file from Uncle Robert. Uncle > Robert did not get a pension for himself (he was doing well for himself) > but I learned that quite a few of guys he served with came to him for help > proving they served. > > I'd like to add to Sylvia's Rev War list but I'm pretty sure my uncle Job > planted in Rensselaerville Albany County and it was just his son Nathaniel > who moved between Albany Co and Catskill Greene Co. > > Lisa > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message