March 28, 2000, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada -- Progeny Publishing, a division of Progeny Software Inc., developers of quality genealogy software and CD-ROM products, today announced the release of the 2000 Edition of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Revolutionary War Graves Register.

This new edition has doubled in size since the 1998 version, containing over 140,000 names and burial locations of soldiers, sailors and civilian Patriots of the Revolutionary War, as well as many of their spouses.  The majority of records also variously contain details on birth, death, service, state served, township, and source of entry.   Progeny’s Family Explorer^TM utility provides a quick and easy way for users to find and print burial locations of Patriot Ancestors.   No other software is required.

From its founding in the 19^th Century, the SAR has sought to locate and record the final resting places of those who served the cause of the War for Independence.   Records are regularly gathered by members from burial sites and reported on forms, letters, index cards and tapes.  The first CD Edition of the SAR Revolutionary War Graves Register contained 69,000 records, and was comprised of the original 54,000 names published in book format (1993) plus 15,000 spouse names.  This was published for the NSSAR in 1998 by Progeny Publishing.

In order to publish the greatly expanded Millennium Edition, the SAR War Graves Committee, chaired by Robert Galer, conducted an intense acquisition program with the goal of doubling the number of grave sites in the Register.  In addition to the graves researched and reported by SAR members over the past two years, new sources for this 2000 Edition CD were found in the Annual Reports to Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR).

Americans who lived in the 13 original colonies from New Hampshire to Georgia make up the bulk of the Register.  They include 280 Lady Patriots and additional graves of the thousands of black soldiers and sailors who served the American cause.   There are more Canadian graves, and those of the French Allies who died on land or sea, or returned to their country to live out their lives.  The new Register also includes, for the first time, 300 Louisiana Patriots of different nationalities who fought with Bernardo de Galvez, and other soldiers of New Spain who served in the Presidios and missions of Alta California.

The SAR War Graves Register now indexes virtually all the Revolutionary War Patriot graves recorded over the last hundred years by the members of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) and SAR.

"With this latest publication of the War Graves Register," explains Bob Galer, "the SAR has made a tremendous contribution to the genealogy of patriotic Americans.  Every person interested in the history of the Patriots who won our independence from colonial rule will certainly find this CD a valuable research tool."

Bob Thomas, President of Progeny Software concurs with Galer.  "This CD will prove an invaluable research resource for genealogists.  We are pleased that our technology, which allows for the efficient update of CD based genealogy data, has made it possible for Progeny to participate in this important undertaking."

The SAR Revolutionary War Graves CD operates on Windows 95/98/NT, requires a 486 CPU or better, and 8 MB free hard disk space.  It is available for $29.95 US (plus $5.00 for shipping and handling in the US) direct from Progeny Publishing or through participating dealers.

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Buffalo, NY 14202

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