Deanna is right on the beam -- PS stands for Patriotic Service. And according to the DAR Patriot Index (a list of all certified ancestors used by applicants to the DAR for admission up to the time of publishing of the particular version) Patriotic Service included "An Associator; Collector of Provisions; Defender of a fort or frontier; Delegate to a Continental Congress or to a Provincial Congress; Express Rider; Fence Viewer; Furnishing a substitute; Gunsmith who gave his services; Inspector of provisions; Member of the Boston Tea Party, or the Cherokee Expedition, or the Balvez Expedition, or the Kaskaskia Campaign; Member of a committee made necessary by the War; Minister who made patriotic sermons; Munitions maker; Nurse; Taking an oath of allegiance; Patroller; Prisoner of War or of the Indians; Ranger; Rendering aid to the wounded; Rendering material aid; Signer of an Association Test; Signer of a petition; Surgeon; Wheelwright." Quite a list!! Chris Moore DEANNA AMES wrote: > Becky, I believe that PS after a Revolutionary Ancestor in DAR means > Patriot Service. Patriot Service meaning that an ancestor provided food or > supplies to the Rev. War and at this time there is probably only proof that > the ancestor provided supplies/food and no proof that he/she fought in Rev. > War. > > Deanna.