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New Database: U.S., Revolutionary War Burial Index, 1775-1875
A new genealogical tool is now available at Ancestry.com: the U.S., Revolutionary War Burial Index, 1775-1875. This archive captures the final resting places of Revolutionary War veterans across a 100-year period beginning with the war's outbreak. Each soldier's information is preserved on a separate index card, though genealogists should recognize that not all who served are represented in this database. The source material originated from Brigham Young University's Harold B. Lee Library, where staff and volunteers compiled the "DAR Burial Index" in the early 1980s. They extracted burial site data from Daughters of the American Revolution annual reports to the Senate covering 1900 through 1982, as well as supplementary DAR publications from 1982 to 1987.
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