Sons of the Revolution's website?

until relatively recently the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), allowed membership application to attach to the pedigrees of other members and at recently as the 1930's documentation of information was not required, at least not documentation like what is expected today. You can contact the national Offices of either society to learn about membership and how you would go about searching their records, which do include pedigree charts. If you have a desire to join either society you definitely need to contact the national office, for applications and requirements.

Hi,

The regulars here have seen newbies in genealogy use Ancestry.com to go back farther than any of us think possible. The problem is that if you used family trees that are on Ancestry to glue together your own family tree, be aware that many of them are based on other family trees they indiscriminately pasted into their research. Unless you actually saw the original documentation for such trees, such as census material, birth, marriage and death certificates, military records, immigration records, you can't positively say your family tree is accurate.

The DAR and SAR have application procedures in place if you want to join. The level of proof they require is substantial to show a documented connection to the present day generation all the way back, unbroken, to an ancestor who fought in the revolutionary war. In fact, they have increased the "bar" at what they will accept, and previous documentation by people 10 or 20 years ago in getting into those organizations may no longer be acceptable.

I believe that both organizations will share the material about a name from the Revolutionary

War that people have come into the organizations under, but perhaps for a fee.

So.... there are enough warning signs for experienced genealogists in your post that indicate you may have done some short cuts to your family tree, that you will regret as time goes on, and you find that the secondary information on Ancestry.com is actually part hopeful thinking, part family stories that don't pan out, part researching the wrong person with the right surname, and little actually based on hard documentation. It's often said that a genealogy "fact" requires two independent and primary sources of information. Look up what a primary source is.

Don't be one of those genealogists that irritate the living and confuse the dead.

Since both organizations do careful research on their member's genealogy records, they are a good source to list when proving one's family tree. I am not as familiar with Sons of the American Revolution site, but the Daughters of the American Revolution Website allows you to view the generation links which you can then compare to your own research.

You only need contact them if your husband wants to join SAR or your daughter wants to join DAR.

ADD "It is estimated that 53 percent of White Americans are the descendants of colonial ancestors..." NOT 5%. Many of the lines going back to Colonial America are very well documented. Just use sources such as records and documents, NOT other people's trees and you'll be fine. I know you can order copies of the documentation on individual patriots for a small fee, I think about $15 or 20.

i'm Brazilian and that i do no longer communicate English properly. To Brasil Napoleon Bonaparte became a hero. while Napoleon invaded Portugal compelled the Prince Regent Dom João VI to deliver the full genuine staf to Brazil. Dona Maria (the lunatic) became dropped at Brazil and became it headquarters of the Portuguese kingdom. That made possible a great progression to Brazil and did with that it became the only united states of america of the worldwide out of Europe to have an ecu reign. Brazil began to be kingdom United with Portugal and Algarves (colonies in Africa). With the dying of the Queen the prince became topped. His son the prince Dom Pedro II decreed the independence of Brazil and it extra beneficial it the empire concern. All this exceeded off grace the Napoleon.

A mere 5% of Americans have Colonial ancestors. What would you expect? 100,000,000 were born in Mexico and just walked across the border....

It would be nice to use correct names: It is D.A.R. and S.A.R. or Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution. http://www.dar.org/

I notice that you said family members, not ancestors. Since this site is all about ancestors, you should stick to ancestors. Aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings are not ancestors.

You only "need" to "contact the place" if you are attempting to claim that they have incorrect info. If you want to know more about their info, you MAY WANT to contact them.

Yeah, I have "family members" who were in the Texas calvary...and captains and privates in the Union Army. Makes for more fun that way....

Sorry, I am skeptical about your claim of finishing your husband's tree back to 1600. 1600 almost certainly means going to Europe for one thing. For 2 things, the Mayflower is 10 generations ago for me. 10 generations ago means 1,024 ancestors for that 10th generation, or a total of 2,046 for all 10 generations. And, most people on this site claim 5 - 6 generations just during my lifetime. At 20 years for a generation, that would mean 20 generations back to 1600 (well, 20 5/6) or 1,048,576 ancestors for that 20th generation or a total of 2,097,150 ancestors for those 20 generations. I very seriously doubt if there is any one who can make the claim of knowing all their ancestors for even 10 generations.

So, in life, if one thing is untrue, most likely other things are untrue. You will need to start with your husband's birth certificate and work backwards one generation at a time using birth/marriage/death certificates as far back as possible then switching to historical records.

Good luck!