Kristi The books you seek that would include the Revolutionary War time period and before and after that would include Saratoga County are not really that plentiful (so to speak). At NYS Library and Archives are assorted records, reports, etc. but to say that it is all laid in nice organized and chronological order with names dates and places for just Saratoga County has not happened. AGAIN, everyone should always keep in mind that this was not Saratoga County until 1791. We were Albany County and that is where you need to be checking the earlier records of all kinds. We have the 1790 census on the Saratoga GenWebPage and that is what was extracted from the Albany County 1790 census which was the areas now known as Saratoga County. Go to the NYS Library website: <www.nysl.nysed.gov> Scroll down a little and you will see Excelsior Catalog - Webcat search engine. Click on that. Then Webcat, then Logon. Sometimes it is difficult to find things and you will not find some things as you think you will, so play with this in different combinations of words and phrases. Do phrases at all times - this is important unless you have a specific title or author and can be exact on those. The word "AND" in between words gives you a lot more options. Try things like Saratoga and Revolutionary War Saratoga and Albany Albany church records. and just keep doing these things and see what your "prizes are". For instance, I looked for Hessians alone. Came up with 8 books. When I searched Revolutionary War it came up with 237 books and included in their discriptions it listed some references to Hessians. But those books that included Hessians did not show up in the 8 books I found searching Hessian alone. Tricky but loaded with surprises and gooooood stufffffff. Remember the City of Albany is located in Albany County. It is the NYS Capital and that is where the NYS Library and Archives is also and they are zealous about collecting anything to do with NYS History and Albany history. It is also a federal repository so they do have RECORDS of all kinds. Unfortunately, they had a bad fire and a lot of the records on the Rev. War were lost. On microfilm are the Loyalist records - their reimbusement by the Crown for their service and losses. If your ancestor leaves, they may have been Loyalists (NYS had the largest quantity of any state of Loyalists) Within families, there were many splits and became instant enemies so your families may not be together. Archibald Crawford's house was burned down by his Loyalist brother in Poundridge, Westchester, NY. John and Jame Crawford were Loyalists and went to Canada. One place to start around here (Saratoga and Albany Co.) is to check out the church and cemetery records. If you can establish about where they were residing from those two sources, then you have more direction on which (of all the townships) areas you should be spending more time in to begin with. Remember that LOVE knows no bounds - which means: The young man married the girl nearby but she actually lives in the next township or county whose lines run between their houses. Most marriages took place in the girl's town and they went off to live where his home is. She dies young - usually buried back home with her family. He continues life where he is residing. These people really got around without super highways and up and moved great distances with wagons. You can do interlibrary loan from NYS Library and other libraries. View what you can and then consider obtaining a microfilm or microfiche copy of the books you want. I purchased a copy of the Southworth Genealogy for about $20. To have ordered a hard copy of that book would have cost me $119. years ago. That is a 500 page book. When you are serious about obtaining these microfilm, call Photo Duplicaton at NYS Library 518-474-5145 and discuss what books you have found in the collection and see what the price would be and how long. Many older, fragile books are already microfilmed and it just needs to be copied. Sure is worth invesitgating. I have only read small amounts in Turning Point by Richard Ketcham but several Heritage Hunter (HH) members were in the audience at Saratoga Springs Library when he spoke and had a book signing. One HH member (retired military) wondered what anyone could possibly write about the Battle of Saratoga that has not already been written. WELL, he rushed up to get a copy when Mr. Ketcham was done. Ketchum had found many diaries and papers of those who walked from NJ, PA, CT and everywhere to show the British they were dead serious about their independence declared the 4th of July the year before. He told of their personal accounts and stories of it all. So here are a couple of ways to shop, review and maybe save before buying. God Bless Ruth Ann [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.