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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.

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 Library.

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

Ohio

 * Ohio Historical Society, War of 1812 Roster of Ohio Soldiers

Virginia

 * Library of Virginia has Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls of Virginia Militia in the War of 1812, published 1851 and 1852. Contains searchable database of 40,000 names.lva1.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/F/