Just a quick look on the PA Archive website shows five Michael Meyer listings. Revolutionary War records typically only list a name. It takes more than a name to identify the veteran status of an ancestor. Especially one that has a common name like Meyers, and whose family has a pacifist history both before and after that war. My Amish DAR ancestors are from the 1920's, but my Hessian has a brand new tombstone. The actual veteran lived and died clear across the state from mine. The desire to have a Rev. War Vet in the family often clouds ones judgment. Bill Thomas -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Judy Florian Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 6:50 PM To: brethren@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BRE] church logo question Meyer's Family On 6/30/08, William Thomas <wbtst2@atlanticbb.net> wrote: > > Research on my family, has shown the DAR to be very, very unreliable. I > have several Amish ancestors with DAR tombstones (utter non-sense) and > another ancestor who was actually a Hessian soldier who fought for the > British! > > Bill Thomas >== Just a comment... All the DAR applications I've found for my families have major flaws (submitted 1920s). The Nat'l DAR Office said, sometimes, "proof" was not submitted, just listed and accepted without being seen. I found it a challenge (a fun one) to prove why one DAR application was wrong. It ended up involving at least 3 unrelated lines, 6 men with the same name (3 sets of Srs & Jrs), and 3 States. That the first name was "John" certainly didn't help--LOL. Personally, I'd verify every word on an OLD DAR App and seek primary and secondary records to prove or disprove each statement. Judy ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message