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Finding Good Internet Sites about the War of 1812

 * 1) Check the Internet for good War of 1812 sites. Do a Google search for each state with War of 1812 for:
 * adjutant general, check the web site archive.org
 * historical society
 * state library
 * genealogical society
 * bicentennial committee
 * For example: Delaware war of 1812
 * 1) Add any of the sites that have name databases, lists of good links, or other things useful for genealogists.
 * 2) Put the name of the author first, then the name of the site.
 * 3) Put a link on the name of the site or a particular part of the site.
 * 4) Add a brief explanation about the site, i.e. why a genealogist would want to go there.

Alabama

 * Access Genealogy: Alabama - Some Military Land Grants For Soldiers of the War of 1812  and Pensions (hosted at USGenWeb Archives War of 1812 Project).  Search land grants by county.


 * Fold3: Digital images of Alabama War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetized by surname.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Connecticut

 * Internet Archive, Adjutant General Reports, section on the War of 1812.


 * Connecticut State Library, Research Guide to War of 1812 Sources, and the more general, Research Guide to Manuscript Military Resources, show what is available at the Connecticut State Libra
 * Internet Archive, Record of service of Connecticut men in the I. War of the Revolution, II. War of 1812, III. Mexican War (1889). Connecticut men in the militia and in the regular army. Compiled by Adjutant General's Office, Washington, D.C.


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Connecticut War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Delaware

 * Fold3 - Digital images of Delaware War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetical by surname.Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

District of Columbia

 * Fold3 - Digital images of District of Columbia War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Florida

 * Clark, Byron, ed., A List of Pensioners of the War of 1812, (Burlinton and Boston: Research Publication, 1904). Free digital images at Archive.org and FamilySearch Books
 * Fold3 - Digital images of Florida War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)
 * Access Genealogy: Florida Military Land Grants For Soldiers of the War of 1812. (Hosted by USGenWeb Archives War of 1812 Project). Search by county.

Georgia

 * Fold3 - Digital images of Georgia War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)
 * Access Genealogy: Georgia War of 1812 Pension Records. (Hosted by USGenWeb Archives War of 1812 Project).

Illinois

 * Illinois Sate Archives. Illinois War of 1812 Veterans, Index of Illinois militiamen listed on War of 1812 muster rolls (originally published in Adjutant General's 1882 report), compiled by Fred Delap.


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Illinois War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)
 * Access Genealogy: 1883 Federal Pension Roll by County, A Few 1812 Names (Hosted by USGenWeb Archives War of 1812 Project).

Indiana

 * Google EBooks: List of Pensioners on the Rolls January 1, 1883 giving the name of each pensioner, ...  Vol IV,  Washington, Government Printing Office, 1883. Under Indiana, pps. 3 - 239, search for pensioner first by county and then by post office; both are in alphabetical order.  Look for "1812" under "Cause for which pensioned" for those who served in this war.  Pensioners are not listed in any particular order.


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Indiana War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Kentucky

 * Fold3 - Digital images of Kentucky War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetical by surname.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)
 * Internet Archives: Report of the adjutant general of the state of Kentucky. Soldiers of the war of 1812 . Printed by authority of the legislature of Kentucky (1891).

Louisiana

 * Access Genealogy: Index to Louisiana Soldiers during the War of 1812. Also contains other military     records. (Hosted by USGenWeb Archives War of 1812 Project).


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Maine
* Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office; Baker, John Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the war of 1812-14, Includessoldiers mustered in Maine (a district of Massachusetts between 1812 - 1814) .(Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., state printers, 1913), Index of Names.


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Maine War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Maryland

 * Marine, William M. The British Invasion of Maryland 1812 – 1815 This Google Ebook includes Maryland roster of military units, a 310 page Appendix featuring an alphabetical list of military personnel (p.199) and 11,000 Name Index  with links (p. 509). Search field is available.
 * Fold3 - Digital images of Maryland War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office; Baker, John, Records of the Massachusetts volunteer militia called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a threatened invasion during the war of 1812-14, (Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Co., state printers, 1913), index of names.


 * Newberry Library, War of 1812 Resources


 * Massachusetts, War of 1812
 * Fold3 - Digital images of Massachusetts War of 1812 Pension Files . Aphabetical by surname.    Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Michigan

 * Google EBooks: List of Pensioners on the Rolls January 1, 1883 giving the name of each pensioner, ... Vol IV, Washington, Government Printing Office, 1883. Under Michigan, pps. 240 - 407, search for pensioner first by county and then by post office; both are in alphabetical order. Look for "1812" under "Cause for which pensioned" for those who served in this war. Pensioners are not listed in any particular order.


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Michigan War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)
 * Ancestry - Michigan Military Records, 1775 - 1836, Search over 1,000 man database by name.($)

Mississippi

 * Access Genealogy: Mississippi - Some Military Land Grants For Soldiers of the War of 1812, arranged by county. (Hosted by USGenWeb Archives War of 1812 Project).


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Mississippi War of 1812 Pension Files.  (Alphabetical by surname) and War of 1812 Service Records.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Missouri

 * Fold3 - Digital images ofMissouri War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

New Hampshire

 * Fold3 - Digital images of New Hampshire War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

New Jersey

 * Internet Archives; Record of officers and men of New Jersey in wars, 1791-1815. Includes Officers and men in the war with Great Britain, 1812-1815 and name index.


 * Fold3 - Digital images of New Jersey War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

New York

 * Access Genealogy: New York War of 1812 Military Records,  Pensions, bounty lands, payrolls and rosters for selected counties. (Hosted by US GenWeb Archives War 1812 Project).
 * Fold3 - Digital images of New York War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

North Carolina

 * Internet Archives: Muster Rolls of the Soldiers of the War of 1812 - Detached from the Militia of North Carolina  Printed by Stone &amp; Ussell, 1873.


 * Fold3 - Digital images of North Carolina War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Ohio

 * Ohio Historical Society, War of 1812 Roster of Ohio Soldiers
 * Fold3 - Digital images of Ohio War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Pennsylvania
* Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, editor,  Muster rolls of the Pennsylvania volunteers, in the war of 1812-1814, with pay rolls, etc (1907). Harrisburg Publishing Co., Haarrisburg, 1907.


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Pennsylvania War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Rhode Island

 * Fold3 - Digital images of Rhode Island War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

South Carolina

 * Fold3 - Digital images of South Carolina War of 1812 Pension Files. Alphabetical by surname.  Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Tennessee

 * Fold3 - Digital images of Tennessee War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Vermont

 * Clark, Byron N. Editor A List of Pensioners of the War of 1812 including army pay and muster rolls. With Search Field at Internet Archives. (Burlington &amp; Boston: Research Publications, 1904)


 * Fold3 - Digital images of Vermont War of 1812 Pension Files .  Alphabetized by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)

Virginia

 * Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 (Richmond, 1851) and Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812 (Richmond, 1852). www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn19_sold.htm Includes online searchable database of 40,000 names.
 * Fold3 - Digital images of Virginia War of 1812 Pension Files . Alphabetical by surname. Incomplete as of 5/2012 ($)