Biographical Information for Revolutionary People

SUBSCRIPTION RESOURCES from the LBMS library homepage:

Biography Reference Bank – On the Find line, type in your person’s name (first & last name)

—must be spelled correctly

Gale Virtual Reference Library- 1. Select Gale Virtual Reference Library from the list

2. Click Continue-

Type in your person’s name on Basic Search Line

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Internet Sites:

Men of the Revolution

http://www.patriotresource.com/people.html

Men of the Revolution, both American and British

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/americanrevolutio1/Army_Leaders_of_the_American_Revolution.htm

Military leaders of the Revolution, American and British

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/index.htm

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

http://colonialhall.com/biodoi.php

Biographies of the Founding Fathers (signers of the Declaration of Independence)

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

Distinguished Women of Past and Present -- A  site with links to biographical information of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways.

DO NOT use Wikipedia if it comes up as a source. Choose only valid sources from the list.

http://www.americanrevolution.org/women/women.html

Women of the Revolution- If you use this site, the author is Edward St. Germain—it is a professional website

Men and Women:

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm

Biographies of people from the Revolution to Reconstruction.

http://kids.yahoo.com/directory/Around-the-World/Countries/United-States/History/Colonial-Life-(1585-1783)/American-Revolutionary-War/Biographies?pstart=1

American Revolutionary War biographies-links to information

Choose from the list of both men and women:

http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/RevoltBIOS/INDEX.html

http://www.42explore2.com/revolt3.htm

Revolutionary War biographies, links to information Not all links work—

http://www.biography.com

Type in name of your person to see if he/she is included in this web site