Free Record Access

In connection with the July 4th holiday, some genealogical sites are offering free short-term access to their Revolutionary War records.


Fold3.com is making available through July 15 access to its Revolutionary War records including:

• Revolutionary War Pension Files
• Revolutionary War Service Records
• Bounty Land Warrants
• Revolutionary War Muster Rolls

Ancestry.com is making available through July 8 access to its Revolutionary War records including:

• U.S. Sons of American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889 -1970
• Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books
• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

Additionally, Ancestry is making available access to its "Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage and Death Announcements, 1851-2003."


To take advantage of these freebies, go to the following websites. Free accounts will need to be be set up at each site.


Fold3.com:  http://go.fold3.com/revolutionary-war/


Ancestry.com:  http://www.ancestry.com/13colonies