Hello, I have been contacted by a potential first client, and ask the collective wisdom on this list how many hours to estimate for completing the process of assisting with her application to DAR. Any help and advice would be very much appreciated! Best regards, Ann Mulfort

Hi Ann, If the applicant has all the documentation required for each generation and all she is asking of you is to fill out the applicantion then it should only take you a couple of hours. Remember that for each and every name, date and place that is entered on the application there must be supporting documentation. Then you must provide proof that links child to parent for each generation from the applicant to the patriot ancestor. Of course if the applicant needs the research done for her, the amount of time needed is a whole research project on its own. Sheri Fenley Stockton, California On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Ann Mulfort <annmulfort@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have been contacted by a potential first client, and ask the > collective wisdom on this list how many hours to estimate for > completing the process of assisting with her application to DAR. > > Any help and advice would be very much appreciated! > > Best regards, > > Ann Mulfort > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- *The Educated Genealogist - Research Services* http://sherifenley.webs.com/ *The Educated Genealogist - The Blog* www.sherifenley.blogspot.com

I think this is the same kind of similar scenario as with any genealogical research project. No one is going to be able to say. You can have a range of what the person knows about acceptable proof for lineage. Therefore, you may only have to obtain necessary documents which may not take long at all. However, if some generations have not really been proven, a lot of research may be involved to find the proof ... or not find the proof. In my job at the library, I help a people determine if they have what is needed to prove their lines. Most recently, I spent time with the patron going through her information telling her what she should request and to whom she should write (or what microfilm from FHL to order). Then I recommended newspapers for one generation which we got through ILL, and that turned out to be a gold mine which not only told about the connection to the children, but also told who his parents were. BUT when we got to the last generation to connect to the patriot, we had to try lots of things which was quite time consuming -- mostly for her since I was just guiding her. This connection has been accepted by the DAR before, but we never found any direct evidence. Most of the "proof" comes from DAR sources including a tombstone with children's names provided by a DAR member and descendant. On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Ann Mulfort <annmulfort@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have been contacted by a potential first client, and ask the > collective wisdom on this list how many hours to estimate for > completing the process of assisting with her application to DAR. > > Any help and advice would be very much appreciated! > > Best regards, > > Ann Mulfort > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive > environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to > professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >