In a message dated 12/31/2003 1:50:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I think most of the smaller chapters, like Emporium and St Marys, dwindled away. The nearest chapter is Dubois or Bradford. Where would the old records be housed? Would another chapter have them, or would they have been sent to the DAR library in Washington DC? There was a rumor in my family that one of my great-aunts was a member of the DAR, and if it was true she knew something that I don't! That is why I am interested in looking at old membership lists. Cathi