I have been asked if SAR and DAR would deny membership to a person who has an illegitimate birth of a spouse of a person through whom one would claim eligibility and seek membership in either of those fine organizations. Because many list subscribers are curious about membership rules for those organizations, here is the result of that inquiry. ****** > A short answer to the DAR questions re illegitimacy from the horse's mouth at DAR Natl. Headquarters. You will have to read it from the bottom up. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: ...xx. > To: ...xx > Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 4:04 PM > Subject: Fw: illegitimate children >> Paul, > > I have made inquiries concerning your question about DAR eligibility. See > correspondence below. Hope this answers your question. _ ...xx State Historian and member. > _...XX > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matthews, ...xx To: 'Joe E. ...xx ....Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 2:58 PM > Subject: RE: illegitimate children > > > Our main concern is that we are able to prove the parentage of the people > in > > the direct line. If this can be done then there should not be a problem > in > > obtaining membership. > > > > Lakisha Matthews > > Administrative Assistant > > Genealogical Division > > NSDAR > > > > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 9:46 PM > > > > To: genealogy@dar.org > > > Subject: illegitimate children > > > > > > A lady has inquired about DAR and believes that she has the proof back > to > > > a Revolutionary ancestor. However, one of the spouses of a person in the direct line was > > > illegitimate. Is she eligible for membership?