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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 6:52 AM
Subject: [INGRANT] Revolutionary War Records to Go Online -- SLC, Utah
I received this notice from my cousin who is art of the Latter Day Saint
Church...
Pamm
Revolutionary War Records to Go Online
SALT LAKE CITY 16 May 2007 A treasure trove of U.S.
Revolutionary War records will soon be at the fingertips of millions of
family history researchers, thanks in large part to FamilySearch, a
nonprofit genealogical organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints.
A historic project to digitize and index the pension records
of U.S. Revolutionary War veterans will make genealogical information
readily available online to the millions of Americans who are descended from
patriots who fought for independence.
According to researchers, the military pension records now
being digitized and indexed are incredibly valuable due to the amount of
detail and the variety of information they include.
For example, a pension application might contain information
on an individual soldier's rank, unit, date mustered in and mustered out,
basic biographical information, medical information and military service
assignments.
The pension files also often contain supporting documents such
as narratives of events during service, marriage certificates, birth
records, death certificates, pages from family Bibles, family letters,
depositions of witnesses, affidavits, discharge papers and other supporting
papers.
The federal government and some state governments granted
pensions to officers, disabled veterans, needy veterans, widows or orphans
of veterans and veterans who served a certain length of time, and access to
such information about an ancestor is a researcher's dream.
The Revolutionary War was a long one, beginning on 19 April
1775 at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, between the local militia and
British troops and finally ending officially with the signing of the Treaty
of Paris in 1783. The eight-year military struggle generated a tremendous
volume of records on the approximately 250,000 military participants.
Pension records usually contain more genealogical information than other
types of military records.
The pension records are even more valuable because most of the
original service records and the earliest pension records of the
Revolutionary War were destroyed in fires in 1800 and 1814.
When complete, the images and indexes of this vast collection
of information will be viewable at the more than 4,500 Church-run family
history centers around the world. They will also be available online at the
Church Web site
FamilySearch.org, as well as through project partner
Footnote.com.
Footnote.com is one of the new breed of genealogy Web sites
working with FamilySearch to preserve digitally, index and publish the
world's records in concert with archives around the world. As part of the
agreement, FamilySearch will digitize the images currently held in the
National Archives Record and Administration's (NARA) collection in
Washington, D.C., and
Footnote.com will create the electronic indexes.
The historic Revolutionary War Pension Records project is the
first of many future projects the Church is undertaking to expedite access
to historical records. The new Records Access program initiated by
FamilySearch will result in a virtual tidal wave of online databases around
the world, according to FamilySearch officials.
"Records custodians worldwide are experiencing growing
pressure to provide access to their records online while maintaining control
and ownership," said Wayne Metcalfe, director of Records Services for
FamilySearch.
"At the same time, Web sites that provide digitizing and
publishing services are struggling with the staggering costs. The new
Records Access program takes advantage of FamilySearch's resources and
creates an economical and effective forum where records custodians and
genealogy Web sites can work together to accomplish their respective
objectives."
FamilySearch's new Records Access program provides tools and
assistance to records custodians who want to publish their collection using
state-of-the-art digital cameras, software and Web-based applications.
FamilySearch has representatives worldwide who can work with
archivists to determine how FamilySearch and affiliates can help them
achieve their digital preservation and publication needs.
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