Tony, I have found that there is a huge difference between what the DAR requires and what the LDS will accept. Although I do plan to submit my family information to our local LDS, so other researchers might benefit, I was surprised to learn that the data entered into their records does not have to be documented. Applications for membership in the DAR must be documented and verified for every generation, first by the chapter Registrar and then by the DAR staff in DC. I have found their record copies to be extremely helpful and reliable. The one I recently received for Johannes Beshore, lists 11 different resource references, including page numbers, just for his generation alone. That's a lot of proof! By the way, anyone can go to dar.org and get Patriot information through a DAR volunteer. If I can help, please don't hesitate to ask. I will just need the Patriot's state of service, in addition to dob and spouse name, if known. Marcia

Marcia, The degree of documentation required for membership in the DAR has improved significantly over the years. Unfortunately, there was a time when this was not the case. One of my distant cousins, now deceased, obtained DAR membership in the 1920s using Statthalter as a surname. It was not a real name. Instead it was a German word meaning place-holder, or, in more conventional terms, unknown. Another, closer-to-home case is my wife, who is a third-generation DAR member. She had to start all over because she was not allowed to piggy-back on the applications of her mother and her grandmother. In the old days, the piggy-back method was used all the time. The LDS records are a mixed bag. Those that are submitted by members of the LDS are often (if not usually) undocumented. However, the LDS has one of the world's largest collections of the images of old church records, including births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, etc. If one knows how to tell the difference between the wheat and the chaff, a research trip to the LDS library and archives in Salt Lake can prove invaluable. Dwayne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack and Kay Lund" <lundgolf@earthlink.net> To: <PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 9:47 AM Subject: [PALEBANO] DAR vs LDS information > Tony, > > I have found that there is a huge difference between what the DAR > requires and what the LDS will accept. Although I do plan to submit my > family information to our local LDS, so other researchers might benefit, I > was surprised to learn that the data entered into their records does not > have to be documented. Applications for membership in the DAR must be > documented and verified for every generation, first by the chapter > Registrar > and then by the DAR staff in DC. I have found their record copies to be > extremely helpful and reliable. The one I recently received for Johannes > Beshore, lists 11 different resource references, including page numbers, > just for his generation alone. That's a lot of proof! > > > > By the way, anyone can go to dar.org and get Patriot information > through a DAR volunteer. If I can help, please don't hesitate to ask. I > will just need the Patriot's state of service, in addition to dob and > spouse > name, if known. > > > > Marcia > > > > ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== > Lebanon County Gen Web Home Page: > <http://www.chm.davidson.edu/PAGenWeb/> >