Some interesting link I found...... Hereditary Organizations Daughters of the American Revolution http://www.chesapeake.net/DAR Daughters of the Republic of Texas http://www.drtl.org/~drt/index.htmI Descendants of Mexican War Veterans http://member.aol.con/dmwv/home.htm Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge http://www.execpc.com/~drg/vvidwavf.htmI Founders of the New Haven Colony http://members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/NEWHAVEN.HTM General Society of Mayflower Descendants http://user.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.htmI General Society of the War of 1812 http://LanClio.org/1812.htm General Society Sons of the Revolution http://www.execpc.com/~drg/gssro.htmI Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) http://pages.prodigy.com/CGBD86A/garhp.htm Grand Army of the Republic Records The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization of Union veterans from the U.S. War Between the States. There were hundreds of GAR posts whose members were honorably discharged Union servicemen from the army, navy and marine corps. In order to join a post, a veteran had to complete an application and supply evidence of their service and honorable discharge. While all of the GAR posts have been dissolved, many of their records have been donated to state archives or libraries, to historical societies at the local or state level, or to libraries with genealogical collections. The Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library's Web site is a good starting point to help you locate records from various posts. http://suvcw.org/garmus.htm for male descendants and Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic http://suvcw.org/gar.htm and the Women's Relief Corps http://suvew.org/wrc.htm for female descendants of Union soldiers of the Civil War. Huguenot Society http://www.startext.net/homes/huguenot/ International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers http://www.media.utah.edu/medsol/UCME/d/DAUGHTERSUTPIO.html Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States http://suvew.org/mollus.htm Military Order of the Stars and Bars http://scv.org/mosbhome.htm Military Order of the World Wars http://www.cais.com/dc/moww/ Order of Daedalians http://www.daedalians.org/ Order of Indian Wars of the United States http://members.tripod. com/~Historic_Trust/lNDIAN.HTM Point Lookout Prisoner of War Organization hf/p://barbados.cc.odu.edu/~bkb300z/plpow/plpow.htmI for descendants of POWs at the Point Lookout, Maryland prison during the American Civil War. Society of the Cincinnati http://members.tdpod.com/~Historic_Trust/CINCINNA.HTM Sons of the American Legion http://www.legion.org/salinfo.htm Sons of the American Revolution http://www.sar.org/ Sons of Confederate Veterans http://scv.org/ Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. http://SUVCW.org/ Link to the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War. http://suvcw.org/duv.htm ************************************************************* Fraternal/Social Organizations Fraternal/Social Organizations Follow this link for a good discussion about Fraternal Organizations and insurance. This isn't about college Greek fraternities, but rather organizations formed for mutual benefit such as Woodman of the World, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Heptasophs, and the like. http://www.wvu.edu/~sociawk/faculty/RAl/E/fratermities.htmI Benevolent & Protective Organization of Elks (BPOE) http://rtpnet.org/~nec/ Free Masons http://www.freemasonry.org/index.html Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I00F) http://www.avd.nL/ioof/e_index.htm Kiwanis Club http://www.kiwanis.com/ Knights of Columbus http://www.netreach.net/~kofc4215/knights.htm Lion's Club International http://www.lions.org/ National Exchange Club http://rtpnet.Grg/~nec/ Optimists International http://www.optimist.org/ Order Knights of Pythias http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~br001/index.html Rotary international http://www.rotary.org/ Shriners of North America http://freenet.buffalo.edu/~br001/index.html Woodmen of the World http://members.aol.com/markcase/page3.htm ************************************************************ Patriotic and Military Organizations Air Force Association (AFA) http://www.afa.org/ The American Legion http://www.legion.org/ Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts http://www.tiac.net/users/Itcdon/ Ancient and Honorable Order of the Jersey Blues http://www.innerlight.com/genepool/njblues.htm Association of the United States Army (AUSA) http.//www.ausa.org/ Disabled American Veterans (DAV) http://www.dav.org/contents/ Legion of Valor of the United States http://members.aol.com/LValorl890/index.htmI Marine Corps League http://www.mcleague.org/Military Order of the Purple Heart http://www.purpleheart.org/index.ssi National Society Sons of Utah Pioneers http://www.uvol.com/sup/homepage.htmI The Navy League http://www.navyleague.org/ Retired Officers Association (TROA) http://www.troa.org/ United Daughters of the Confederacy http://www.hsv.tis.net/~maxs/UDC/ Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) http://www.vfw.org/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. 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