Do you have a Revolutionary Patriot in your family tree?

 

 

Membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) honors and preserves the legacy of your Patriot ancestor who fought and sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today. As a member of DAR you can continue this legacy by actively supporting historic preservation, promotion of education, and patriotic endeavor.

 

 

 

 

Step One: Establishing Your Lineage

 

 

There are many tools to assist you through the logical step-by-step process, beginning with your pedigree chart.

 

 

 

 

Step Two: Identify Your Patriot Ancestor
First, check the Acceptable Service link to identify the time period and categories of acceptable service. (Your Patriot did not necessarily have to fight; he/she could have provided civil or patriotic service.) Next, the DAR Patriot Index Lookup Service will search our database of previously submitted ancestors. If your ancestor isn't listed, check the records in the state in which your ancestor lived. Our publication Is That Service Right? lists well-documented sources for each of the original thirteen states, and the DAR Library has many of these sources. Finally, Chapter and State Lineage Research Chairmen will assist you throughout the application process.

 

 

 

 

Step Three: Let Our Chapter Know You're Interested
Next, you need to contact us and make arrangements to attend a meeting as a guest.
You need not complete an application worksheet before attending a chapter meeting. You do not even need to have identified your Patriot Ancestor. At a local chapter meeting, you will meet experienced DAR members who will assist you in obtaining your goal of DAR membership.

 

 

 

 

Step Four: Application Process
To begin the application process you must provide proof of each generation (name, date, and place) starting with yourself and going back lineally to your Patriot. For the three most recent generations, these proofs should consist of photocopies of birth, marriage, and death documents. For prior generations, one or more of the following items is usually considered acceptable proof: cemetery records, tombstone inscriptions, obituaries, probate records, wills, census records, Bible records, local histories, and well-documented genealogies. Relationships between generations MUST be proven. Data submitted as proof is subject to DAR standards and interpretation. For further information concerning acceptable proof or to locate sources of proof, contact the Chapter Registrar.

 

 

 


If you would you like an informative brochure about the Santa Margarita chapter, contact our Registrar.

Please include:

  • Your full name
  • Mailing address
  • Revolutionary ancestor's name in question, or
  • Interest in transferring from another chapter; if so, please indicate your membership number, chapter name and state.
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For membership information:
Regent|Donna Pinckney, Registrar

 

 


Sue Acosta, Web Master
Last Updated July 14, 2008

 

 

 

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