Look into your Revolutionary War Veteran Ancestors this July!

On July 4 Americans will gather to celebrate the 238th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the moment when thirteen colonies formally declared themselves to be the United States of America.  Six years later that independence was officially realized at the conclusion of the Revolutionary War.  Take a moment to think about […]

This Week in the Scholar

We are continuing to sort through our collection of Revolutionary War books and adding them to the Scholar!  Books, state regimental histories, muster rolls and other records, we have a little bit of everything! We are also happy to announce that all books and records in our Military section, save a few files giving us […]

This Week in the Scholar

In addition to creating the American Genealogical-Biographical Index Godfrey Library founder Fremont Rider published a three volume set of the genealogy of the Rider (Ryder) families.  This set, titled, Preliminary Materials for a genealogy of the Rider (Ryder) Families in the United States*, is now a part of the Godfrey Scholar+ Online Library! Don’t let […]