What with the thirteen American Colonies and their territories being mostly east of the Appalachian mountains in the late 1700s, \u00a0it should come as little surprise that no Iowa soldiers fought in the Revolutionary War.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But that doesn\u2019t mean that\u00a0our\u00a0ancestors<\/em>\u00a0didn\u2019t fight—or that our Special Collections Center doesn\u2019t have resources that can help those Davenporters, or anyone else, find information on those ancestors.<\/p>\n Some of these resources are books and microfiche, including the DAR Patriot Index<\/em>, compiled by the Daughters of the American Revolution and Known Military Dead during the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 <\/em><\/strong>by<\/strong>\u00a0Clarence Stewart Peterson.\u00a0 We also have some published lists of soldiers from Massachusetts, Ohio, and other areas.<\/p>\n Our two genealogical databases have much to offer the Revolutionary researcher:<\/p>\n AncestryLibrary has several military record databases pertaining to the Revolution, nationally, or by state.\u00a0 There are plenty of local histories and other records available, too.<\/p>\n HeritageQuest has a search engine dedicated to selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files, not to mention a substantial searchable book collection, the Periodical Search Index (PERSI) and the U.S. Serial Set.\u00a0\u00a0 Plus, residents of Davenport with home Internet access don\u2019t have to wait to access this database—just plug in your library card number<\/a>!<\/p>\n So after the fireworks of Fourth of July are over, why not come in and learn something about the ordinary people who fought for our independence?\u00a0<\/p>\n We\u2019ll be open July 6th<\/sup> to help you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What with the thirteen American Colonies and their territories being mostly east of the Appalachian mountains in the late 1700s, \u00a0it should come as little surprise that no Iowa soldiers fought in the Revolutionary War.\u00a0 But that doesn\u2019t mean that\u00a0our\u00a0ancestors\u00a0didn\u2019t … Continue reading