The battles fought in 1777 are viewed as the Turning Point of the American Revolution, when the British surrendered to the colonial army on a field in Saratoga County, New York. Now, when you visit Saratoga National Historical Park you can find out if your ancestors served in that army.
A new computer database, is the work of Heritage Hunters, a local genealogy and history group. It's 13 years in the making and contains information about 16-thousand of the roughly 17-thousand American soldiers who fought here.
You can read more in an article by Mark Mulholland in the WNYT-TV web site at http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S1790222.shtml?cat=300