Found the following on another list and it looks like a great listing of some excellent genealogy resource web sites. I do not know who put the original list together. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hereditary, Fraternal, & Patriotic Organizations Hereditary Organizations ******* Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.chesapeake.net/DAR Daughters of the Republic of Texas http://www.drtl.org/~drtl/index.html Descendants of Mexican War Veterans http://member.aol.com/dmwv/home.htm Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge http://www.execpc.com/~drg/widwavf.html Founders of the New Haven Colony http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/NEWHAVEN.HTM General Society of Mayflower Descendants http://user.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html General Society of the War of 1812 http://LanClio.org/1812.htm General Society Sons of the Revolution http://www.execpc.com/~drg/gssro.html Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) http://pages.prodigy.com/CGBD86A/garhp.htm for male descendants and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic http://suvcw.org/lgar.htm and the Women's Relief Corps http://suvcw.org/wrc.htm for female descendants of Union soldiers of the Civil War. Huguenot Society http://www.startext.net/homes/huguenot/ International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers http://www.media.utah.edu/medsol/UCME/d/DAUGHTERSUTPIO.html Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States http://suvcw.org/mollus.htm Military Order of the Stars and Bars http://scv.org/mosbhome.htm Military Order of the World Wars http://www.cais.com/dc/moww/ Order of Daedalians http://www.daedalians.org/ Order of Indian Wars of the United States http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/INDIAN.HTM Point Lookout Prisoner of War Organization http://barbados.cc.odu.edu/~bkb300z/plpow/plpow.html for descendants of POWs at the Point Lookout, Maryland prison during the American Civil War. Society of the Cincinnati http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/CINCINNA.HTM Sons of the American Legion http://www.legion.org/salinfo.htm Sons of the American Revolution http://www.sar.org/ Sons of Confederate Veterans http://scv.org/ Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. http://SUVCW.org/ Link to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. http://suvcw.org/duv.htm *********************************************** Fraternal/Social Organizations Fraternal/Social Organizations Follow this link for a good discussion about Fraternal Organizations and insurance. This isn't about college Greek fraternities, but rather organizations formed for mutual benefit such as Woodmen of the World, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Heptasophs, and the like. http://www.wvu.edu/~socialwk/faculty/RAL/E/fraternities.html Benevolent & Protective Organization of Elks (BPOE) http://rtpnet.org/~nec/ Free Masons http://www.freemasonry.org/index.html Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) http://www.avd.nl/ioof/e_index.htm Kiwanis Club http://www.kiwanis.com/ Knights of Columbus http://www.netreach.net/~kofc4215/knights.htm Lion's Club International http://www.lions.org/ National Exchange Club http://rtpnet.org/~nec/ Optimists International http://www.optimist.org/ Order Knights of Pythias http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~br001/index.html Rotary International http://www.rotary.org/ Shriners of North America http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~br001/index.html Woodmen of the World http://members.aol.com/markcase/page3.htm Patriotic and Military Organizations Air Force Association (AFA) http://www.afa.org/ The American Legion http://www.legion.org/ Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts http://www.tiac.net/users/ltcdon/ Ancient and Honorable Order of the Jersey Blues http://www.innerlight.com/genepool/njblues.htm Association of the United States Army (AUSA) http://www.ausa.org/ Disabled American Veterans (DAV) http://www.dav.org/contents/ Legion of Valor of the United States http://members.aol.com/LValor1890/index.html Marine Corps League http://www.mcleague.org/Military Order of the Purple Heart http://www.purpleheart.org/index.ssi National Society Sons of Utah Pioneers http://www.uvol.com/sup/homepage.html The Navy League http://www.navyleague.org/ Retired Officers Association (TROA) http://www.troa.org/ United Daughters of the Confederacy http://www.hsv.tis.net/~maxs/UDC/ Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) http://www.vfw.org/ **************************************** Hereditary, Fraternal, & Patriotic Organizations Hereditary Organizations Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.chesapeake.net/DAR Daughters of the Republic of Texas http://www.drtl.org/~drtl/index.html Descendants of Mexican War Veterans http://member.aol.com/dmwv/home.htm Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge http://www.execpc.com/~drg/widwavf.html Founders of the New Haven Colony http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/NEWHAVEN.HTM General Society of Mayflower Descendants http://user.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html General Society of the War of 1812 http://LanClio.org/1812.htm General Society Sons of the Revolution http://www.execpc.com/~drg/gssro.html Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) http://pages.prodigy.com/CGBD86A/garhp.htm for male descendants and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic http://suvcw.org/lgar.htm and the Women's Relief Corps http://suvcw.org/wrc.htm for female descendants of Union soldiers of the Civil War. Huguenot Society http://www.startext.net/homes/huguenot/ International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers http://www.media.utah.edu/medsol/UCME/d/DAUGHTERSUTPIO.html Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States http://suvcw.org/mollus.htm Military Order of the Stars and Bars http://scv.org/mosbhome.htm Military Order of the World Wars http://www.cais.com/dc/moww/ Order of Daedalians http://www.daedalians.org/ Order of Indian Wars of the United States http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/INDIAN.HTM Point Lookout Prisoner of War Organization http://barbados.cc.odu.edu/~bkb300z/plpow/plpow.html for descendants of POWs at the Point Lookout, Maryland prison during the American Civil War. Society of the Cincinnati http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/CINCINNA.HTM Sons of the American Legion http://www.legion.org/salinfo.htm Sons of the American Revolution http://www.sar.org/ Sons of Confederate Veterans http://scv.org/ Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. http://SUVCW.org/ Link to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. http://suvcw.org/duv.htm