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In honor of the Fourth of July, you’re getting two free
opportunities to search for early American and Revolutionary War
ancestors on subscription genealogy websites (you’ll need to set up a free account on each site to view records).

Now through July 8, Ancestry.com
has made 65 million records free,  including:

• US Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books
• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900
• Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage & Death Announcements, 1851-2003

Start searching the free Ancestry.com
Early American records here.

On Fold3.com, you have through July 15 to
search through these and other Revolutionary
War records for free:

• Revolutionary War Pension Files
• Revolutionary War Service Records
• Bounty Land Warrants
• Revolutionary War Muster Rolls

Start searching the free Fold3.com
Revolutionary War Collection here.

Also don’t miss our
post with even more online Revolutionary-era history and genealogy resources—or
our Ultimate
USA Genealogy Collection, featuring expert genealogy advice and tools for researching
family in US states, counties and cities.