> From: taz1andtaz2@aol.com (by way of David Sylvester <mdws@mdwsweb.com>) > Subject: DAR Lookups > To: FOSTER-L@rootsweb.com > FORWARDED WITH PERMISSION... > > Dear All: > > Some volunteers from the society of the Daughters of the > American Revolution ( DAR) have established a wonderful > new program for users of Rootsweb. These volunteers > will do lookups in their database and records if you > think one of your ancestors served in some capacity > during the American Revolution. These volunteers have > more databases that are available to them than the ones > commonly used by the search engines. > > The process is fairly simple : > > Go to the DAR message board: > There are two ways to do that: > > > www.rootsweb.com > > message boards > > topics > > organizations and societies > > DAR > > Or if you want the easy way :-) > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.organizations.dar > > Address your message as follows: > > subject: DAR Lookup > surname> location > dates > > In the body of the message put the information regarding > the person, > > Be sure to fill out the surnames box at the bottom since > the new search engine will be keying on that item. > > Leave the email response box checked and you will be > notified when the DAR volunteers respond. Give them > a week or so to get to your request. > > We really appreciate their efforts. This info can be key > for: > a: joining these prestigious organizations ( DAR & SAR) > b: sending a request for the copies of the files that were > submitted and the information they have available. > > Many thanks to: > > Glenda Thompson DAR VIS Volunteer > Vice Chrm. Patriot Lookup > > for organizing this effort and all the many volunteers that > are donating their time and effort to us instead of pursuing > > their own ancestors, > > Best Regards > John A Hansen > DAR board admin. > > BTW: Please forward this message to other lists and boards > that each of you are involved in. > > A word of thanks to each volunteer that does this work > and especially the one that responds to your post would > probably be highly appreciated.