Greetings: I am researching a family member named RAYMOND who served as a non-commissioned officer in the following War of 1812 Connecticut Militia unit: The 3rd Regiment (Moore's) Connecticut Militia. I would appreciate receiveing any information list members might have about this unit, or about ways to find out more about it. Many thanks, Daniel Lovelace Williamsburg, VA

Depends how much work you are willing to go to, but it is surprising what you can locate and write up about a Regiment if you are willing to put in the effort. (1) Utilize a Ancestry.com Cd. Military Records: War of 1812 Muster Rolls CD, sku #2019. With this CD you can pull up the list and CMSR film #, of every person that served in that Regiment during the course of the War. You can also pull up the list of just the Captains, other officers, or the same surname that served in the Regiment. You can pull up just about anything that has data available. (2) Take the list of Captains and locate them in the 1810 census. The same can be done for any surname or rank that served, in order to determine the residency of the individual and hopefully the original location of the Regiment or Company. You can also use the 1820 for after war location, and tax records for during. (3) Locate some good books on the War of 1812, especially ones that address your Regiment or at least the State of your interest. This will provide you at least with a general idea of what possible conflicts, action, or service your ancestor may have seen. An example is "Encyclopedia of the War of 1812" , although very general with only a page and a half on Conn.'s involvement in the war, it lists the reference books where the information was obtained and the other areas in the book where Conn. was involved. Conn. is listed 46 times in the index without using a General or a Officers name, or a battle, etc., from the index. Needless to say there would be 100's of listings, or references to Conn. involvement. (3a) A book such as "the War of 1812 Land Operations" by George Stanley will be useful if there was any land action in the area. It is always helpful to view the action from the other side as well, and there are a number of good books on all the Canadian conflicts. (4) At minimum obtain the CMSR and pension records for your ancestor to determine his service dates and then others in the Regiment as well to expand the information about the Regiment that relates to your ancestors period of service. You may find that your soldier only served 3 days being called up to an Alarm. The indexes only refer to the individual soldier that had the CMSR or Pension, not to all the other names that are listed. There are some times as many as 6 to 8 witness records in a pension file. Even if your ancestor DID NOT have a pension file, his name may be listed on a witness statement on the pension file ofsomeone else whom he served with. (5) Utilize County and Town Histories to locate further information on the Regiment, Companies, officers, and soldiers. (6) A good librarian can put you onto all sorts of resources and films can be ordered through a FHL near you. (7) Now depending on time, finances and desire, there is still a lot more that could be done utilizing land, church, etc. records to provide even more of a story, but I'm sure if you begin to travel this path, the doors will open for you. Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: <DLovel1939@aol.com> To: <WARof1812-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 6:02 AM Subject: Conn. Militia Inquiry The 3rd Regiment (Moore's) Connecticut Militia. I would appreciate receiveing any information list members might have about this unit, or about ways to find out more about it.