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Finding Good Internet Sites about the War of 1812

 * 1) Check the Internet sites listed on the sites listed below.
 * 2) Add any of the sites that have name databases, lists of good links, or other things useful for genealogists.
 * 3) Put the name of the author of the site first, then the name of the site.
 * 4) Put a link on the name of the site or a particular part of the site.
 * 5) Add a brief explanation about the site, i.e. why a genealogist would want to go there.

General United States

 * National Society Daughters of the War of 1812, has a free search of its Ancestor Database and a list of other War of 1812 sites. It also has possibly the best library on the War of 1812.
 * National Society Daughters of the War of 1812, Great Timeline of the events of the war.
 * Naval History and Heritage Command, Officers of American Naval Victories in the War of 1812.
 * Naval History and Heritage Command, Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in the War of 1812.
 * Dartmoor Prison in England, American Deaths 1813-1815, The Society of the War of 1812 in the States of Illinois and Wisconsin, Compiled and verified by Ron Joy and Ira Dye, Lists Name, Rank, Unit/Ship, Date of Death, Home State/Town.
 * General Society of the War of 1812 has a list of state societies with contact information, and if available, links to their web sites. It also has a list of other War of 1812 sites.


 * America's Navy (U.S. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard), Bicentennial of the War of 1812 has a great interactive timeline. It also has a list of museums and memorials and a list of partner groups.


 * Naval History and Heritage Command, War of 1812, has links to many interesting sites, some with lists of soldiers names.


 * U.S. Naval Institute has a list of books and articles about the War of 1812.
 * Ancestry, War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815.] Search first by surname. ($)
 * Fold3, War of 1812 Pension Files ($)
 * Cyndi's List, 1820 Pension List for Revolutionary or Military Services January 20, 1820,The 1820 pension list is a report of the names, rank and line of every person placed on the pension list in pursuance of the act of the 18th March, 1818.
 * Cyndi's List, 1840 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services June 1, 1840, 1840 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary and Military Service as returned under the act for taking the sixth census.
 * DCGenWeb Archives Project: List for American soldiers killed or wounded at the Battle of Chippawa, 1814, Niagara, Upper Canada, during the War of 1812.
 * Fold3, War of 1812 Discharge Certificates Lists Units, Subunits, Company and Detachment Commanders, Soldiers by name and by unit.
 * Government Archives, War of 1812 Discharge Certificates, Listed by names, units, and subunits.


 * War of 1812, Family History Library Catalog
 * Name index to Pay Rolls of Militia Entitled to Land Bounty Under the Act of Congress of Sept. 28, 1850 and its supplement, Muster Rolls of the Virginia Militia in the War of 1812. Approximately 40,000 names are indexed.
 * Ancestry, War of 1812 Service Records Index (nearly 600,000 listings), $
 * National Archives, United States Army 39th Infantry Muster Roll A compilation of original muster rolls, dated May, 1814 from the listing soldiers who fought at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Colonel John Williams’ Regiment.
 * America POW's in War on 1812 who died at the British Internment Facility at Halifax.
 * List of Widows receiving pensions, War of 1812
 * Index of Awards on Claims of the Soldiers of the War of 1812, compiled by the New York Adjutant General's Office. The following list is an index of claims presented by members of Indian tribes mustered into the service of the United States in the War of 1812. Information is presented as follows: Claim number, name of warrior, claimant and amount awarded.


 * The Society of the War of 1812 in the State of Indiana. War of 1812 Pension Application Index. (Free). The index consists of links to alphabetical groupings of surnames (which includes all states but is not sorted by state) that connect to digital images of Pension Cards at Internet Archives. (Free). Further indexing by name of soldier is in progress.  Individual record cards may contain name of soldier and spouse, military unit, enlistment and discharge dates, bounty land warrant number, residency of soldier and widow, marriage date and place, and death of soldier and widow. (Accessed 10 June 2012).