Thanks Gloria. One word of advice to all who access the applications available online - Use them with caution and prove the information correct or incorrect with as many resources as possible.  I have found numerous errors in one particular Patriot's descendants information on the applications of numerous branches.  I realize typos by the volunteers or employees for DAR can be made, but we need to remember that the information provided by this should be used as a guide for our own research.  Members at any given time in the DAR's history have been known to submit incorrect information and that can easily be seen if you happen to find a notation on a patriot's listing indicating that the patriot's service has been found to be incorrect or the patriot's child linking the member may have been an incorrect assumption of father/child relationship.  When this occurs anyone who submits an application for the given patriot must really dig into their own research for the patriot's service and prove he truly is a patriot or their membership application will be denied even though they may be related to one of the patriot's descendants listed on a previously accepted application. Debbi Debbi Geer --- On Wed, 11/18/09, G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> wrote: From: G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> Subject: [ILMACOUP] DAR Announcement To: ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 8:21 PM Passing on from Cheryl: --------------- After nearly a decade of scanning, indexing, and other behind-the-scenes work by DAR members and employees, the Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce the availability of the DAR Genealogical Research System on our public website. Here are the direct links: <http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm>http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm or <http://www.dar.org/>www.dar.org (and click on the Library button at the top, then the second tab in the left-hand column). The GRS is a growing collection of databases that provide access to many materials collected by the DAR over the past 119 years. Included in this collection of databases is the GRC National Index which has been available to researchers for the past few years. There are still some kinks we’re working out here and there. When you go to the link above, you will find several tabs that will enable searching in the various databases: Ancestor – established DAR Revolutionary War Ancestors and basic information about them with listings of the applications submitted by descendants who joined the DAR [updated daily] Member – limited access to information on deceased/former DAR members – not current members. Descendants – index of generations in applications between the DAR member and the Revolutionary War ancestor. There is much eighteenth and nineteenth-century information here. [ongoing indexing project] GRC – everyname index to 20,000 typescript volumes (some still being indexed) of genealogical records such as cemeteries, Bibles, etc. This index is not limited to the period of the American Revolution at all. Resources [In particular, the digitized DAR Library Revolutionary Pension Extract Card Index and the Analytical Index Cards. Other information sources will be coming in the near future, mostly relating to Revolutionary War service, bibliographies, Forgotten Patriots (updates), etc. Read the introductions to these to learn why these are both important genealogical indexes. For example, the Rev. War pension index includes the names of people mentioned in those pensions that were abstracted (not just the pensioner or widow)!!!!] Library Catalog – our book, periodical, and manuscript holdings Each of these has interrelated content, and a description of each is given more fully on the website. You will notice restricted information in many search results. This is the result of a concerted effort to protect the identity of our members while providing historical genealogical information to researchers. The national numbers of members (without the names of living members) given in the search results are needed to order copies of applications and supplemental applications. They do not lead online researchers to any other information about the member. Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks, Debbi. You are right. The DAR use to be a lot more lax on submitting proofs. I had one on my husband's side that is not right. They have tightened their rules on entries the last I heard. Gloria At 05:25 AM 11/19/2009, you wrote: >Thanks Gloria. One word of advice to all who access the applications >available online - Use them with caution and prove the information correct >or incorrect with as many resources as possible. I have found numerous >errors in one particular Patriot's descendants information on the >applications of numerous branches. I realize typos by the volunteers or >employees for DAR can be made, but we need to remember that the >information provided by this should be used as a guide for our own >research. Members at any given time in the DAR's history have been known >to submit incorrect information and that can easily be seen if you happen >to find a notation on a patriot's listing indicating that the patriot's >service has been found to be incorrect or the patriot's child linking the >member may have been an incorrect assumption of father/child >relationship. When this occurs anyone who submits an application for the >given patriot must really dig into their own research for the patriot's >service and prove he truly is a patriot or their membership application >will be denied even though they may be related to one of the patriot's >descendants listed on a previously accepted application. Debbi Debbi Geer >--- On Wed, 11/18/09, G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> wrote: >From: G Frazier <macoupincounty@earthlink.net> Subject: [ILMACOUP] DAR >Announcement To: ILMACOUP@rootsweb.com Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, >8:21 PM Passing on from Cheryl: --------------- After nearly a decade of >scanning, indexing, and other behind-the-scenes work by DAR members and >employees, the Daughters of the American Revolution is pleased to announce >the availability of the DAR Genealogical Research System on our public >website. Here are the direct links: ><http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm>http://www.dar.org/library/online_research.cfm >or <http://www.dar.org/>www.dar.org (and click on the Library button at >the top, then the second tab in the left-hand column). The GRS is a >growing collection of databases that provide access to many materials >collected by the DAR over the past 119 years. Included in this collection >of databases is the GRC National Index which has been available to >researchers for the past few years. There are still some kinks we’re >working out here and there. When you go to the link above, you will find >several tabs that will enable searching in the various databases: Ancestor >­ establlished DAR Revolutionary War Ancestors and basic information about >them with listings of the applications submitted by descendants who joined >the DAR [updated daily] Member ­ limited access to information on >deceased/former DAR members ­ not current members. Descendants ­ in index >of generations in applications between the DAR member and the >Revolutionary War ancestor. There is much eighteenth and >nineteenth-century information here. [ongoing indexing project] GRC ­ >everyname index to 20,000 typeescript volumes (some still being indexed) >of genealogical records such as cemeteries, Bibles, etc. This index is not >limited to the period of the American Revolution at all. Resources [In >particular, the digitized DAR Library Revolutionary Pension Extract Card >Index and the Analytical Index Cards. Other information sources will be >coming in the near future, mostly relating to Revolutionary War service, >bibliographies, Forgotten Patriots (updates), etc. Read the introductions >to these to learn why these are both important genealogical indexes. For >example, the Rev. War pension index includes the names of people mentioned >in those pensions that were abstracted (not just the pensioner or >widow)!!!!] Library Catalog ­ our bbook, periodical, and manuscript >holdings Each of these has interrelated content, and a description of each >is given more fully on the website. You will notice restricted information >in many search results. This is the result of a concerted effort to >protect the identity of our members while providing historical >genealogical information to researchers. The national numbers of members >(without the names of living members) given in the search results are >needed to order copies of applications and supplemental applications. They >do not lead online researchers to any other information about the member. >Check out Macoupin County ILGenWeb page at >http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. ------------------------------- To >unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message Check out Macoupin >County ILGenWeb page at http://www.macoupinctygenealogy.org/. >------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send >an email to ILMACOUP-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message