In a message dated 4/26/07 9:24:44 AM, eswiger@cebridge.net writes: > The DAR requries doucuments to prove your lineage....Each generation must > have been proven by either census, marriage, death, birth or any other > papers you can produce. > Just a little note. DAR does not accept censuses as proof. Censuses can be submitted as supplemental proof, but not proof on it's own. Censuses have too many errors to be considered as proof. All of us have witnesses that with censuses. Censuses are only backups on other docs when proving links between generations. They are not the meat of proof for DAR. They're side dishes. I'm sure that's what you meant, but for those out there considering joining DAR, you can't just offer censuses. As far as any documents go, there are errors in court records too. Any record can have errors. Ex 1: My grandfather's mother is named Vina Harlon in the Perry Co., OH books. Her name was Vinnie Harlow proven by death, marriage and other records. Ex.2: I have an ancestor with his named spelled 3 different ways in the same 1786 deed. Spelling was not so important in old courthouse documents. Those docs on immigrants are especially terrible when it comes to surname spellings. People took liberties with phonetics. Ex 3: Local history books can also have errors - even the the ones highly touted. I have seen this with my own family as well. Look for sources in history books, then verify them. In summary, all sources should be taken into consideration, evaluated & compared. If everything had to be engraved in stone before putting it out there as references, then nothing would be shared. Everybody knows that verification is needed. -Donna ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.