For those who might be a member of the DAR or whose wife is a member, if you go into the member site of the DAR (not the regular site - www.DAR.org ) - this will require a valid DAR membership number but for $10.00 you can order a record copy of the DAR paper that might be of interest which will include all the various verification check marks of the genealogist who reviewed the application (- as a note do not order one that is noted a "short form" -) along with information on the documents that were submitted to verify the genealogy (you will not receive copies of these documents). Once your credit card has been verified you will receive in seconds a .pdf copy of the record copy you ordered. Note, this will require legal size paper to be printed. The file can then be saved in an appropriate folder on your computer. This service has only been available within the past two weeks or so. John Wallace ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "John Robinson" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [PATE] Revolutionary War Documents on Ancestry and at DAR > John, The best way to be fairly sure is to check the date of the > application. In the past 20 years there has been a tremendous effort to > clear and verify the applications. It is true that for most societies, > the data near the founding of the society, is somewaht hopeful and based > on family lore. There are certain lines in the DAR that are no longer > open nor will applicants be admitted on these lines. However, you can > find data that may lead to information about your particular line. Like > every other genealogical source, you must verify the information with a > verified source. The computer is a great tool but it allows far too much > false information to be passed on. The Daughters were not the only > hopeful ones. Meredith > ---- John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have recently downloaded two Revolutionary War Pensions from Ancestry. >> One was for Jacob Parkerson, Father-in-Law of Rev. William Pate, father >> of Temperance "Tempty" Parkerson Pate. Anyone that has an ancestor that >> served, that doesn't have a copy of the pension or land grants, might >> find this newly accessible information of interest. >> >> Another source is DAR. Their files are now open at their website, >> http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search/ >> >> Remember that their records may not be accurate, as much of their >> information was submitted by folks based on undocumented sources. >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >