5 November 2011
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Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Military
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
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Amazon.com: Military Records: War of 1812 Muster Rolls
A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
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Amazon.com: Military Records: War of 1812 Muster Rolls
A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
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Ancestry.com - War of 1812: Miscellaneous Canadian Records $
This is a collection of databases providing information on many Canadians and British in the War of 1812, with some American names. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
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Battlefield House Museum and Park
Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada.
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Cheektowaga Historical Association
Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York.
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The Battle of Chippawa, fought on July 5th 1814, was the opening engagement of the Niagara campaign of 1814, the longest and bloodiest military operation of the War of 1812.
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Colorado State Society, USD 1812
National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812.
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The Niagara 1812 Bicentennial Legacy Council was created in August of 2007, as a cross-border non-profit organization to increase public awareness and participation in the Bicentennial. The Bicentennial will mark the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the 200 years of peace between Canada and the United States that followed.
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Find a Grave: War of 1812 Cemetery
Williamsville, Erie County, New York.
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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (U.S. National Park Service)
Birthplace of the National Anthem
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Fort Meigs - Ohio's War of 1812 Battlefield
Located in Perrysburg, Ohio.
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Historic Congressional Cemetery
In 1807 the first burial ground in the new federal city was founded. Because of its close proximity to the seat of government members of Congress, military and government officials were interred, along with a number of ordinary citizens. The Association for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery maintains and operates the 35+ acres, 14,000 headstones, and burial place of over 55,000 people whose stories are part of our American History.
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)
National Military Park, Alabama.
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The residence of Canadian heroine Laura Secord from 1803 to 1835.
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Library of Virginia - Basic Search: War of 1812 Payroll
Index to War of 1812 Pay Rolls and Muster Rolls
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Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial
Official web site of the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission.
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Niagara Historical Society & Museum
Dedicated to understanding the history of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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The site of Canada's bloodiest battlefield in the War of 1812.
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Youngstown.
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Pathways to Peace - Western Corridor War of 1812-1814
The corridor links communities, including the First Nations, from the western tip of Lake Ontario in Burlington running south-west, along the north side of the Lake Erie coastline, ending at Middlesex County. The region is split by the Grand River as it travels south to Lake Erie.
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Sackets Harbor Battlefield Alliance
Following the outbreak of war between the United States and Great Britain in June 1812, Sackets Harbor became the center of American naval and military activity for the upper St. Lawrence Valley and Lake Ontario. Sackets Harbor, New York.
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The Battle that Saved Canada - The Friends of Crysler's Farm Battlefield Memorial
The Battle of Crysler's Farm, fought on muddy ploughed fields beside the St. Lawrence River on November 11, 1813.
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The Library of Virginia Soldiers of the War of 1812
Research guide: Soldiers of the War of 1812 (Research Notes Number 19)
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A PBS documentary, also available on DVD.
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War of 1812 Cemetery, Town of Cheektowaga, Erie County, New York
List off burials including soldiers from 12 states and Great Britian.
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Events of the War of 1812 and the people who participated in them.
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War of 1812 Discharge Certificates
Description of the collection from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
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War of 1812: Privateers and Letters of Marque
This site includes both American and British privateers and, where possible, accompanied by images of original documents. Includes some crew lists of American privateers captured by the Royal Navy.
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Wisconsin State Society U.S.D. 1812
A branch of the United States Daughters of 1812. The society requires lineal descent from an ancestor who rendered military, naval or civil service between the close of the American Revolutionary War in 1783 and the close of the War of 1812 in 1815, Military service may be in any one of sixteen recognized engagements between those dates.