Greetings, Apparently I have an ancestor served in the War of 1812. Have no data to show when he relocated. from NJ to PA so I'm not sure where he would have served. Are there any records or pensions similar like can be ontained for Civil War vets? Is this war still considered part of the American Revolution? Thanks Andrea

Andrea, I hope your still with us through all the great discussion. I'll keep my two cents to two sentences and reply to Barry's comment of, "From where I stand the underlying cause of the War of 1812 was money." What an understatement. Commerce often seems to be a cause for conflict, whether it's for animal fur, land or oil or whatever. Back to Andrea's query, can you give us the name of your ancestor? I have researched in Pennsylvania, and the PA Archives has published muster rolls of those who served in the War of 1812. I think the listing is in the 6th series. They have the original hand written muster and payment rolls on micro film at the Archives building in Harrisburg. National Archives has the pension and Bounty land records. When going through local newspapers of the early 1850's I found that several new bills were passed by the U.S. Senate that extended the provisions of the laws granting bounty lands. I had failed at finding pension records for my ancestor at the National Archives but when I requested records for an application for bounty land I received his letter and application. My ancestor Frederick Fronk was age 64 when he applied for the bounty land in 1852. His request was rejected. Marcia Fronk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Welter" <aylayla@mac.com> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 10:56 AM Subject: [WARof1812] new to war genealogy > Greetings, > > Apparently I have an ancestor served in the War of 1812. Have no data to show when he relocated. from NJ to PA so I'm not sure where he would have served. Are there any records or pensions similar like can be ontained for Civil War vets? Is this war still considered part of the American Revolution? > > Thanks > > Andrea