<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18975"></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>The problem with Revolutionary War Records is that the United States was not a nation during that time.  Most of the records were local or colonial (state).  The Federal government began collecting records for pensions and bounty land and then there was that little disagreement with the British in 1814 and much of those early records were burnt. A lot of the Virginia records were lost when the Union troops burned Richmond.  Massachusetts have great records both at the town and state level. New Jersey records are horrible as most of the militia records were kept by the Captain and went home with him at the end of the war.  They do have an extensive collection of receipts for damages caused by the British troops.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So the first question should be what colony are you looking for? Do you have reason to believe the person served in wither local militia or the state levy to the continental levy. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>D.A.R and S.A.R as well as S.R. ( Daughter of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, and Sons of the Revolution) are all national organization who have collected a lot of records but by no means exhaustive.  There was a Daughters of the Revolution but it disbanded 30+ years ago. Last I heard their records are in a library on long Island. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia Coldren-Walker</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/22/2010 1:46:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, spirit76es@gmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial> <DIV>Does anyone know if there is a "good" depository for Rev War records?  One that is quite complete (if that does exist) ?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Many thanks!</DIV> <DIV>Ellie Swanger, CO</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>