[LI SNOWBIRD]

I'm thinking of joining as I have relatives that served and my wife is a amatuer genologist; but it seems the application process is daunting. If anyone belongs any info would be appriciated.
Many thanks in advance

[Carl in Tampa]

I joined the SAR in the mid-1970s while living in New Orleans but have not kept my membership up through the years. The local chapter in New Orleans was not very active and after I moved from there I simply lost interest and did not get in touch with other local chapters. I haven't paid dues in years and so in all likelihood I am no longer on their rolls.

I doubt that my enrollment experience will be of much help to you. My ancestor who served was a member of the Berks County (Pennsylvania) Militia and his service was recorded in a document in the Berks County Courthouse. I was able to write to the holder of the records and obtain a certified copy. That satisfied the first requirement for membership: proving the service of the person.

I was very fortunate regarding the second element: demonstrating my relationship to the individual. In the early 1900s, a relative of mine in Ohio suffered a heart attack that forced him to retire from regular employment. Still able to travel, and with an active mind, he began traveling to the homes of people with our surname and copying genealogical information from their family Bibles.

He was able to establish an extensive family tree of relationships which reached back not only to the arrival of our ancestors in this country through the Port of Philadelphia, but also could demonstrate the family dispersion along the southern border of Pennsylvania (which includes Berks County) and into Virginia (and later, W. VA.) and up into Ohio.

As he developed this information he provided it to a relative in Ohio who was a publisher who published confirmed genealogical information regarding several families in a monthly publication. He also condensed the information on individual families into books regarding specific families.

My father had, and passed on to me, several of the monthly publications and one of the books of our specific linage extending back to the arrival of our family in this country. The SAR accepted these publications as proof of my relationship to the serving member in the Revolutionary War.

If you can document the service of your ancestor and your linage from that ancestor, I don't know what the problem would be. I guess it is primarily a question of what the SAR will accept in demonstrating those facts.

What about the process do you find daunting?

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa

I joined the SAR in the mid-1970s while living in New Orleans but have not kept my membership up through the years. The local chapter in New Orleans was not very active and after I moved from there I simply lost interest and did not get in touch with other local chapters. I haven't paid dues in years and so in all likelihood I am no longer on their rolls.

I doubt that my enrollment experience will be of much help to you. My ancestor who served was a member of the Berks County (Pennsylvania) Militia and his service was recorded in a document in the Berks County Courthouse. I was able to write to the holder of the records and obtain a certified copy. That satisfied the first requirement for membership: proving the service of the person.

I was very fortunate regarding the second element: demonstrating my relationship to the individual. In the early 1900s, a relative of mine in Ohio suffered a heart attack that forced him to retire from regular employment. Still able to travel, and with an active mind, he began traveling to the homes of people with our surname and copying genealogical information from their family Bibles.

He was able to establish an extensive family tree of relationships which reached back not only to the arrival of our ancestors in this country through the Port of Philadelphia, but also could demonstrate the family dispersion along the southern border of Pennsylvania (which includes Berks County) and into Virginia (and later, W. VA.) and up into Ohio.

As he developed this information he provided it to a relative in Ohio who was a publisher who published confirmed genealogical information regarding several families in a monthly publication. He also condensed the information on individual families into books regarding specific families.

My father had, and passed on to me, several of the monthly publications and one of the books of our specific linage extending back to the arrival of our family in this country. The SAR accepted these publications as proof of my relationship to the serving member in the Revolutionary War.

If you can document the service of your ancestor and your linage from that ancestor, I don't know what the problem would be. I guess it is primarily a question of what the SAR will accept in demonstrating those facts.

What about the process do you find daunting?

I have just started looking into it The paperwork including proof of relationship seems alot. I heard that SAR can assign you a member to help if necessary.. Is that true?

[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by LI SNOWBIRD

I have just started looking into it The paperwork including proof of relationship seems alot. I heard that SAR can assign you a member to help if necessary.. Is that true?

I don't know. I had everything I needed so did not require any help.

You might find a way to contact them to inquire by looking on their web site at NSSAR | National Society, Sons of the American Revolution

The local chapter has a web site at SAR Lake-Sumter FL Home Page with a way to e-mail the local contact given at the bottom of the page.

Good luck.

[renielarson]

I am a registered DAR but can't help you because my sister is the one who provided all the required documentation.

[ejp52]

Not the 1st one, but will be for the 2nd one!

[wendyquat]

I got my DAR designation 6/13. The registrar of a local chapter helped me with all the paperwork. I was fortunate enough to have a book dating back to my patriot that furnished me with names, dates, etc. Many of my ancestors were from Georgia and due to many Georgia courthouses having been burned I was not able to obtain birth, death or marriage certificates but I have old family Bibles and they accepted photocopies from those. You may know that if someone along your lineage is already a member and you share the same patriot you may be able to just "prove" your connection to that member! That's what I did and only had to go back three generations. Good luck!

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by LI SNOWBIRD

I'm thinking of joining as I have relatives that served and my wife is a amatuer genologist; but it seems the application process is daunting. If anyone belongs any info would be appriciated.
Many thanks in advance

Not a member , however, there is a wealth of information on ancestry.com to which I've had a subscription for well over a dozen plus years now....

I did have a friend who could trace her ancestors; she was helped by our local museum which keeps records dating back to the revolutionary war. Unfortunately, she passed away two years ago.

Here is some info from my ancestry.com site.....

http://www.sar.org/

NSSAR / National Society, Sons of the American Revolution

Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
About U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. The applications are arranged in packets. It may be helpful to scroll through the images to find all information relating to the applicant.


As the Sons of the American Revolution website explains:
"The SAR is a ‘lineage’ society. This means that each member has traced their family tree back to a point of having an ancestor who supported the cause of American Independence during the years 1775–1783."


Applications require a pedigree and accompanying information to demonstrate a generation-by-generation link to a patriot ancestor. Genealogical information submitted may include references to Revolutionary War pension files, baptismal records, marriage records, cemetery records, census records, family Bible records, deeds, court records, documented family and local histories, and copies of applications to other lineage societies. Applications also typically include a short summary of the ancestor’s service.


These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships. Applications can be searched by name, place and date of birth and death, and application year.

If you wish to submit an application for membership in the SAR based on an old SAR application, please be advised that the SAR will require a 'record copy' of the old application. To obtain a record copy, please click here. Also, please be advised that many older SAR applications are not sufficiently documented pursuant to current SAR genealogy standards. You may need to supplement the old SAR application with additional documentation. Please review the SAR's genealogy standards and procedures on its website.
Features of this collection
These 145,000 applications with 1.2 million records can give you a direct link to an ancestor who served the cause of freedom during the Revolutionary War Era. When you find an ancestor here, you’ll
go back generations in a single document.

See who else has proven their patriotism
A whole list of prominent Americans can be found
in the Sons of the American Revolution applications, proving their patriot pedigree. Take
a closer look and see what kind of information you
can discover in each application.


Discover more about your
Revolutionary War ancestors
Some 217,000 American service members fought
in the Revolution, each with their own unique
tale of bravery, sacrifice and honor. Search our
vast collection of Revolutionary War military
records to find them.


Related data collections
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783


This database is a collection of records kept by the U.S. National Archives listing men who fought for the colonies during the war. Each record provides the soldier's name, category, rank information, and NARA microfilm roll number to aid the researcher in locating the original record. Images of the records are also included.


U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783


This database contains Compiled Military Service Records for individuals who served in the American Revolutionary War. The Compiled Service Records consist of a jacket-envelope for each individual, labeled with their name, rank, and unit or special corps in which they served. The jacket-envelope contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original records such as muster rolls; payrolls; rank rolls; inspection, provision, and clothing returns; receipts for pay and bounty; accounts for subsistence, pay, rations, clothing, and ordnance; abstracts of muster and pay rolls; and correspondence. All Military in the Card Catalog

More help
Search tips
Understanding records
What do I do next?
What can I do with this?


__________________________________________________ ___________________


http://www.dar.org/


DAR / Daughters of the American Revolution


1776 D St., NW
Washington, DC 20006
www.dar.org


THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE SOCIETY IS National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

[LI SNOWBIRD]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

Not a member , however, there is a wealth of information on ancestry.com to which I've had a subscription for well over a dozen plus years now....

I did have a friend who could trace her ancestors; she was helped by our local museum which keeps records dating back to the revolutionary war. Unfortunately, she passed away two years ago.

Here is some info from my ancestry.com site.....

http://www.sar.org/

NSSAR / National Society, Sons of the American Revolution

Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
About U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
This database contains applications for membership in the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution approved between 1889 and 31 December 1970. The applications are arranged in packets. It may be helpful to scroll through the images to find all information relating to the applicant.


As the Sons of the American Revolution website explains:
"The SAR is a ‘lineage’ society. This means that each member has traced their family tree back to a point of having an ancestor who supported the cause of American Independence during the years 1775–1783."


Applications require a pedigree and accompanying information to demonstrate a generation-by-generation link to a patriot ancestor. Genealogical information submitted may include references to Revolutionary War pension files, baptismal records, marriage records, cemetery records, census records, family Bible records, deeds, court records, documented family and local histories, and copies of applications to other lineage societies. Applications also typically include a short summary of the ancestor’s service.


These records can be an excellent source for names, dates, locations, and family relationships. Applications can be searched by name, place and date of birth and death, and application year.

If you wish to submit an application for membership in the SAR based on an old SAR application, please be advised that the SAR will require a 'record copy' of the old application. To obtain a record copy, please click here. Also, please be advised that many older SAR applications are not sufficiently documented pursuant to current SAR genealogy standards. You may need to supplement the old SAR application with additional documentation. Please review the SAR's genealogy standards and procedures on its website.
Features of this collection
These 145,000 applications with 1.2 million records can give you a direct link to an ancestor who served the cause of freedom during the Revolutionary War Era. When you find an ancestor here, you’ll
go back generations in a single document.

See who else has proven their patriotism
A whole list of prominent Americans can be found
in the Sons of the American Revolution applications, proving their patriot pedigree. Take
a closer look and see what kind of information you
can discover in each application.


Discover more about your
Revolutionary War ancestors
Some 217,000 American service members fought
in the Revolution, each with their own unique
tale of bravery, sacrifice and honor. Search our
vast collection of Revolutionary War military
records to find them.


Related data collections
U.S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783


This database is a collection of records kept by the U.S. National Archives listing men who fought for the colonies during the war. Each record provides the soldier's name, category, rank information, and NARA microfilm roll number to aid the researcher in locating the original record. Images of the records are also included.


U.S. Compiled Revolutionary War Military Service Records, 1775-1783


This database contains Compiled Military Service Records for individuals who served in the American Revolutionary War. The Compiled Service Records consist of a jacket-envelope for each individual, labeled with their name, rank, and unit or special corps in which they served. The jacket-envelope contains card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original records such as muster rolls; payrolls; rank rolls; inspection, provision, and clothing returns; receipts for pay and bounty; accounts for subsistence, pay, rations, clothing, and ordnance; abstracts of muster and pay rolls; and correspondence. All Military in the Card Catalog

More help
Search tips
Understanding records
What do I do next?
What can I do with this?


__________________________________________________ ___________________


http://www.dar.org/


DAR / Daughters of the American Revolution


1776 D St., NW
Washington, DC 20006
www.dar.org


THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE SOCIETY IS National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

WOW now that's helpful! Many thanks ... I think I'm well on my way now

[senior citizen]

Originally Posted by LI SNOWBIRD

WOW now that's helpful! Many thanks ... I think I'm well on my way now

You are very welcome. If not already familiar with the wealth of records on ancestry.com......you might be surprised once you start researching. It's all fascinating. Good luck...