Perhaps this will explain the then existing DAR Protocol. The Name in the first column is the husband's SURNAME -- Jones In 1926 a DAR Yearbook would have the members name listed as simply Mrs. John Famous Jones or as Jones, Mrs. John Famous (Mary Patriot Jones) or a similar form. Women were publicly referred to by their Husband's name and many Chapters still use this in newspapers and other printed form. Often a list of women attending any community meeting were listed in the newspaper as "Those attending were Mesdames: John F. Jones, Timothy Williams, V. R. Smith," etc.. Current publishing guidelines have changed and she would now be Mary Patriot Jones with no reference to her married state or husband's name. In the second column you have her given and maiden name .. Mary Patriot... with the husbands given names or initials in bracket Thus you have Jones, Mary Patriot (Mrs. John Famous) We might now see her listed by DAR Chapters as Mary Patriot Jones (Mrs. John Famous Jones) The last column is ,of course, the Patriot Ancestor the member descends from. Loraine Keller Prutzman (Mrs. Frank S. Prutzman) Fort McClure Chapter, Bloomsburg, PA