I agree that the books probably contain errors. My 4th g-grandfather served in the Revolution and three volumes (16, 84, & 61) of DAR publications show his birthplace as Ohio which is incorrect. My Question would be: How can I use the resources from the DAR volumes to establish kinship when they are in error? About 2 years ago, I sent $5.00 for records of two different applicants who used my g-grandfather as patriot. I received back a letter from DAR that said I had not included enough information. When I requested the records, I sent record numbers of those DAR members, along with the page number and part number of the DAR index AND my ancestors name. They cashed my checks and I have heard nothing since. Joan Joan dnj@netins.net -----Original Message----- From: FamRSearch@aol.com <FamRSearch@aol.com> To: ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com <ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 23, 1999 7:08 PM Subject: Re: Daughters of the American Revolution >Thought I would mention. These books are over 70 years old and date from a >period that very little other than my grandfather said so was needed for >proofs. Many of these line were found to be in error since then. Be very >Careful when using info from these books. The DAR itself no longer >recognizes them as proof of lineage. I have the DAR Patriot Index which >lists those patriots that have been used for membership. >Julia Coldren-Walker > >______________________________