While zipping around Ancestry.com, I came upon the application of WIlliam Albert McGuire to join the Sons of the American Revolution. The application is dated May 29, 1924. On it he lists his father and mother and their dates and places of birth and death. He does the same for his grandparents and his great-grandparents and of course his great-great-grandfather, Capt. Mike. On another part of the application, he lists sources to document his application. I have to admit it is hard to read. I tried to print out the application similar to the WWI Draft card but I couldn't find a way to print it other than to use the print screen function and past it to a blank piece of paper. If someone comes up with a way to print it out, please let me know. I know we don't include links here so if you want I can send you the link to the application off line. This is the first time I've seen this source and it's pretty exciting especially since it's in William's own handwriting. Jack

Jack, I don't know for sure about the SAR, but the DAR will send you a copy of an application for $10 (last time I checked a couple of years ago) and you don't have to be a member to get it. I went to the DAR website and found links for their index and requested a copy of an application for my Lechler ancestor that was done in the 1950s. The copies were 8 1/2 X 11, so big enough to read if the handwriting was legible. They weren't very thorough in checking sources back then and the file I got had misrepresentations and mistakes in it, but it was still interesting to look at and gave me some leads on some family lines that I had not yet pursued. So try googling SAR and see if they have a web site that might let you request copies of the application you saw at ancestry. Mary On 7/20/2011 9:05 AM, Jack O'Connor wrote: > > > While zipping around Ancestry.com, I came upon the application of WIlliam Albert McGuire to join the Sons of the American Revolution. The application is dated May 29, 1924. > > On it he lists his father and mother and their dates and places of birth and death. He does the same for his grandparents and his great-grandparents and of course his great-great-grandfather, Capt. Mike. > > On another part of the application, he lists sources to document his application. I have to admit it is hard to read. > > I tried to print out the application similar to the WWI Draft card but I couldn't find a way to print it other than to use the print screen function and past it to a blank piece of paper. If someone comes up with a way to print it out, please let me know. > > I know we don't include links here so if you want I can send you the link to the application off line. > > This is the first time I've seen this source and it's pretty exciting especially since it's in William's own handwriting. > > Jack > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - > > Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: > http://www.camgenpa.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Jack, Not being able to print or save the image you see is troubling and strange. I went to the William Albert McGuire document you mentioned in your post. I found what you already found. What Ancestry.com allows the user to do with images of these documents is not like what it allows with the other images. I could not find a SAVE button, nor could I print the actual document either at the image screen (through right clicking or through a button) or the screen before that that allowed printing. I'm sure that what you discovered was that it allowed only a transcription to be printed and it was not even a transcription of all the information that appeared on the document images. Perhaps if you contacted Ancestry.com about the inability to print or save the document, they would correct the problem. Perhaps the SAR just wanted you to know of its existence so you could order it? See the additional information on http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204&enc=1 You will see a link that you can click on to order a record copy of it, and you may also be able to request research of the SAR's files for this ancestor. The image you mentioned is of an old SAR application. Today SAR may (or may not) require additional proof regarding this ancestor that they need to tell you about. Lee Anne