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Rick Merrill

HQ new feature

Legg inn av Rick Merrill » 12 mai 2005 21:23:59

HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!

Robert Heiling

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 12 mai 2005 21:33:25

Rick Merrill wrote:

HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!

Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.

Bob

Rick Merrill

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Rick Merrill » 12 mai 2005 22:22:29

Robert Heiling wrote:
Rick Merrill wrote:


HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!


Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.

Bob


I just found an ancestor and the index card confirmed the dual spelling
of his last name! (Barrit / Barrett)

How did you find "relatives there"?

cecilia

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av cecilia » 12 mai 2005 23:27:33

Robert Heiling wrote:

Rick Merrill wrote:

HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!

Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.

Does it have both sides? On what sources does it draw?

Robert Heiling

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 13 mai 2005 00:32:05

Rick Merrill wrote:

Robert Heiling wrote:
Rick Merrill wrote:

HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!

Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.

Bob

I just found an ancestor and the index card confirmed the dual spelling
of his last name! (Barrit / Barrett)

How did you find "relatives there"?

I could get away with it because it's an uncommon surname. Do a lookup on
"Blandin". Jonathan Blandin(1753-1849) and Submit (Cook) Blandin(1768-1851)
were my 3g-grandparents. Francis & Lamech Blandin there are the relatives
and brothers of Jonathan.

Bob

Robert Heiling

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 13 mai 2005 00:39:27

cecilia wrote:

Robert Heiling wrote:

Rick Merrill wrote:

HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!

Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.

Does it have both sides?

Sorry, but no Rebs<g>

On what sources does it draw?

In brief: "Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and
Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files"

Bob

Bluegene

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Bluegene » 13 mai 2005 06:54:50

"Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> wrote in message
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cecilia wrote:
Sorry, but no Rebs<g

Bob,

Seems to me like they were ALL Rebs - no Loyalists allowed!

Henry
8>)

ALIDA SPRY

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av ALIDA SPRY » 13 mai 2005 14:44:34

"Rick Merrill" <jaynehm@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:afqdncVha4uPVB7fRVn-1w@comcast.com...
Robert Heiling wrote:
Rick Merrill wrote:


HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!


Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.

Bob


I just found an ancestor and the index card confirmed the dual spelling of
his last name! (Barrit / Barrett)

How did you find "relatives there"?

Rick,

Are you referring to Elijah Barrett? I too am a descendant of Elijah's.
What info does it give on him?
I've never heard of or used Heritage Quest before. How does it work? Is
there a subscription fee?

Thanks,
Alida

Robert Heiling

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 13 mai 2005 14:55:55

Bluegene wrote:

"Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:4283E92F.1A25DF3@comcast.net...
cecilia wrote:
Sorry, but no Rebs<g

Bob,

Seems to me like they were ALL Rebs - no Loyalists allowed!

<click> <reset> <gulp> Where in the world was I when I said that?<lol>
:-)

Bob

singhals

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av singhals » 13 mai 2005 15:03:47

cecilia wrote:

Robert Heiling wrote:


Rick Merrill wrote:


HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!

Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.


Does it have both sides? On what sources does it draw?

There was only one side ;)

Cheryl

Lesley Robertson

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 13 mai 2005 15:29:26

"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message
news:ivWdnWKoitteLhnfRVn-gQ@rcn.net...
cecilia wrote:

Robert Heiling wrote:


Rick Merrill wrote:


HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!

Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.


Does it have both sides? On what sources does it draw?

There was only one side ;)

Ye cannae have a war if there's only one side.....
It's not unlike the sound of one hand clapping.....
;}
Lesley Robertson

Donna

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Donna » 13 mai 2005 15:53:24

"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote
Ye cannae have a war if there's only one side.....
It's not unlike the sound of one hand clapping.....
;}
Lesley Robertson


ROFL


Donna

Dave Hinz

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 13 mai 2005 17:12:51

On Fri, 13 May 2005 06:55:55 -0700, Robert Heiling <robheil@comcast.net> wrote:
Bluegene wrote:

"Robert Heiling" <robheil@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:4283E92F.1A25DF3@comcast.net...
cecilia wrote:
Sorry, but no Rebs<g

Bob,

Seems to me like they were ALL Rebs - no Loyalists allowed!

click> <reset> <gulp> Where in the world was I when I said that?<lol

I was wondering that too, I figured one of us was all confuzzled.

Rick Merrill

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Rick Merrill » 13 mai 2005 18:07:47

Donna wrote:

"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote

Ye cannae have a war if there's only one side.....
It's not unlike the sound of one hand clapping.....

You don't suppose the OP of "both sides" ment to refer
to both sides of the person's lineage? This is after all
a genealogical forum (not a war forum, I hope).

But this feature gives Very Little Information and is not
useful as a tool, just as an end result and confirmation of
participation in the war for the freedom of America.

singhals

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av singhals » 13 mai 2005 20:02:12

Lesley Robertson wrote:

"singhals" <singhals@erols.com> wrote in message
news:ivWdnWKoitteLhnfRVn-gQ@rcn.net...

cecilia wrote:


Robert Heiling wrote:



Rick Merrill wrote:



HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!

Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.


Does it have both sides? On what sources does it draw?

There was only one side ;)


Ye cannae have a war if there's only one side.....
It's not unlike the sound of one hand clapping.....
;}
Lesley Robertson



Och lass, hae a dram on Bob. ;)

Cheryl

singhals

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av singhals » 13 mai 2005 20:06:33

Rick Merrill wrote:

Donna wrote:

"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote

Ye cannae have a war if there's only one side.....
It's not unlike the sound of one hand clapping.....


You don't suppose the OP of "both sides" ment to refer
to both sides of the person's lineage? This is after all
a genealogical forum (not a war forum, I hope).

But this feature gives Very Little Information and is not
useful as a tool, just as an end result and confirmation of
participation in the war for the freedom of America.

No, Cecelia was asking if it had British participants as well as
Colonials/Patriots/Americans. I chose to point out that in any conflict
there's only one side: The right one, a title both armies claim for
themselves.

I must say, it would be nice if someone would put up a site with British
and mercenary participants.

Cheryl

Robert Heiling

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 13 mai 2005 20:12:27

Rick Merrill wrote:

Donna wrote:

"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote

Ye cannae have a war if there's only one side.....
It's not unlike the sound of one hand clapping.....

You don't suppose the OP of "both sides" ment to refer
to both sides of the person's lineage? This is after all
a genealogical forum (not a war forum, I hope).

But this feature gives Very Little Information and is not
useful as a tool, just as an end result and confirmation of
participation in the war for the freedom of America.

Yes & no. I've always appreciated any little snippet of that hard to
find old New England information. Suppose that I hadn't already known
the name of the wife of my Jonathan Blandin. At least I would now have a
given-name to follow through on and I have an additional Source telling
me what her name was. You can search by given and/or surname or you can
leave both blank and simply browse through a state and perhaps
selectively display which particular service was involved: Continental
Army, Artillery, War of 1812, etc etc. Every little bit helps.

Bob

Rick Merrill

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Rick Merrill » 13 mai 2005 21:51:39

Robert Heiling wrote:

Rick Merrill wrote:


Donna wrote:


"Lesley Robertson" <l.a.robertson@tnw.tudelft.nl> wrote


Ye cannae have a war if there's only one side.....
It's not unlike the sound of one hand clapping.....

You don't suppose the OP of "both sides" ment to refer
to both sides of the person's lineage? This is after all
a genealogical forum (not a war forum, I hope).

But this feature gives Very Little Information and is not
useful as a tool, just as an end result and confirmation of
participation in the war for the freedom of America.


Yes & no. I've always appreciated any little snippet of that hard to
find old New England information. Suppose that I hadn't already known
the name of the wife of my Jonathan Blandin. At least I would now have a
given-name to follow through on and I have an additional Source telling
me what her name was. You can search by given and/or surname or you can
leave both blank and simply browse through a state and perhaps
selectively display which particular service was involved: Continental
Army, Artillery, War of 1812, etc etc. Every little bit helps.

Bob



Definitely. I didn't intend to be negative, just to slightly lower the
expectations of the person who was new to HQ.

My father was named after his revolutionary war ancestor. A decade ago
I discovered that that ancestor's wife was a descendant of Gov.
Bradford, and I was able to prove my connection to the genealogy general
of the M.S.M.D. My father was K.I.A. in WWII and this memorial day his
name and rank will be added to a war memorial.

cecilia

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av cecilia » 14 mai 2005 01:58:25

singhals wrote:
[...]Cecelia was asking if it had British participants as well as
Colonials/Patriots/Americans. [...]

In particular, Jacob Buffington (see
http://www.mainstreetnews.com/Arch/99/0 ... inion.html), who, along
the lines of Cheryl's point, no doubt thought of himself as a
Colonial/Patriot/American <grin>.

Robert Heiling's answer told me what I wanted to know - since I have a
copy of Jacob's round-robin letter bemoaning that fact that he had not
succeeded (apparently because he had not managed to get on a British
Army pay-list, being, he said, loyal enough to live off his own funds
<raised eyebrow>) in extracting a pension out of the Government in the
United Kingdom (and asking for donations instead. He got a few, but
nothing like the amount he had in mind. <grin>)

Phyllis

Re: HQ new feature

Legg inn av Phyllis » 14 mai 2005 22:53:11

I too found relatives there. All three LaMunyons are my ancestors.

Rick Merrill wrote:
Robert Heiling wrote:

Rick Merrill wrote:


HeritageQuestOnLine has a new (to me) feature:
"Revolutionary War" listings that are searchable!



Yes, it's been there for a while. I found 2 of my Rev War ancestors and
their relatives there some time ago.

Bob


I just found an ancestor and the index card confirmed the dual spelling
of his last name! (Barrit / Barrett)

How did you find "relatives there"?

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