Are you a member of Daughter of the American Revolution (DAR)?

Question

I just realized that after I qualified, I never added my category for DAR on my profile, nor did I add the information to my Patriot Ancestor.

Then, I saw....there are less than 20 Wikitree Members with the category of Daughters of the American Revolution.   I am sure there are more members!

Here is the category page

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution

Comments

No I am not a member.  I guess I should make that a goal of mine.  I was in the military for five years during the Vietnam War, my father was in World War II and his father was in World War I. Then it gets difficult to tell with a few generations that I need to work on.

I did just get my brothers DNA kit ordered from Ancestry for $55.00 a mothers day sale to help me find Henry Fritz (5th Great Grandfather).

My husbands family is interested in their ancestry.  In fact, my husbands brother may have gotten interested after his mothers death.  As for my family I don't understand why none of them aren't interested in their ancestors.  I talk about their ancestors to them and it's as if I am talking a different language to them. They don't really care about it.  I was always the one child that went the different direction from the rest of my siblings as if my parents had gotten the wrong baby in the nursery.  However, I am the spitting image of my mother and siblings so I know it's just that I more like my ancestors than they are!

Taylor

Thanks

Taylor

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How were you able to have the dar box added to your other categories?  Like 1776, military, etc.

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I am a DAR.  Really enjoy the patriotism and the lovely ladies.

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hhmm  I must be looking at a different page  there are 355  but maybe only  alive ones.. add this if you want to be here...  [[Category: Daughters of the American Revolution]]

Carole  Smoky hill Trail Colorado

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A lot have been added since the question was asked in 2017.

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Yes, I counted 70 Active members.

 I am treasurer of Muskogee Indian Territory Chapter. 

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Now I am an Organizing Member of the new  Running Creek Chapter, D A R  in Elbert County, Colorado

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No, I'm not a member. Although, my paternal grandmother was a member. Maybe, I'll consider it in the future.

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Yes.  Caroline Close Stuart Chapter of Missouri.

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Yes, I'm a member of Michael Stoner Chapter, Dallas, TX. My ancestor is Thomas Skelton (Skelton-810).

Answer 1

Yes, I am a member.  And I've been discovering many ancestors who have never been written up.  

Time to roll up our sleeves, right?

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I am a member of The DAR and I entered under Patriot Jonathan Stamper, Sr.  I am ready to send in Patriot Benjamin Britt, as my first supplement, and have Patriot Ensign Samuel Ferguson buidling, with one other still in the tree. Finding American Patriots is becoming easier as I look under the leaves on my tree.  I never fully appreciated how old and fully established the roots of my tree, and my family were established, until I started exploring my mother's family, and the Stamper lineage.  Until this moment, I did not now that I could count this as a badge.

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Count what as a badge? I was notified today that DAR national has approved my application, documents and lineage. I too have discovered more Revolutionary War ancestors but I am still validating their service.

I too have found that there are many who served but are not yet proven for the DAR qualifying ancestor. I've also found that some of my patriot Ancestors only have part of their service noted. This is unerstandable because my great aunts only obtained enough documentation to becaome a member. Interesting.

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Judith you should NOT publish your National number.  It is considered as identifiable information...It is also a DAR standard in the "rulebook"...not only that you also put your chapter name in so that anyone using that information can get into the members section of the DAR website.

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I know that there can not be any logo or such for a chapter, so I am wondering if a sticker would be considered a no no for DAR members?

Answer 2

Dear Robin,

   I am a member, and I have added information on my DAR approved lines in WikiTree.  BUT, am I supposed to mark my own profile in some way?  I will check this now, as I have never seen that.  

   I mark the lines that I entered using NSDAR data with the original patriot's number. Maybe that is what I should do for myself!  -NGP

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Make sure you add Daughters of the American Revolution as a category to YOUR profile

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How do I add this to my profile?  I am also a member of several other heritage societies and am wondering if any of them are categories.  I belong to the Winthrop Society, ADEAW, and Descendants of Colonial Clergy, among others.

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Done.  I added the Category: Daughters of the American Revolution, with the double brackets on each side.  And now I'm on the list.  Do you think we should each add our National Number somewhere?  -NGP

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Just put the category on the older NSDAR members who share my patriot ancestor Joseph Ludden.  Next chance I get, I'll work on my original patriot, Joseph Coolidge.  I think there are many more in that line of descent. -NGP

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Just a clarification, The only people who should have the category of Daughters of the American Revolution are people with a national number.  The same with the NSDAR Patriot category, they should be only those patriots that have an Ancestor number.

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Agreed.  I usually put something in the Sources area, like "See DAR patriot AXXXXXX accepted lineage."

And I usually put a person's National Number in the Biography section. -NGP

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Andrea - From your profile, look under Find > Categories > Society > Societies and see which group applies.  You might have to check more than one before you find your other genealogy / heritage societies. -NGP

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If you have not already done so, please do NOT add your National Number to your DAR listing. Protect that number, as it would give others access to your personal information. Never make the National Number of any lineage society public. Remember, your birthdate, your mother's maiden name, and many other identifiers are part of your National Number.

I hope that helps!

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Yes. It's important to clarify that only DAR members with their National number, qualify to claim DAR. I have been following 'DAR' because I was gathering documents and waiting for national to accecpt me.  However, I did not intend to appear that I'm a member. I will be having my number assigned this February 5th and then would like to know the best way to display my NSDAR membership. Any help? Finally becoming a validated member is very exciting, because it represents years of hard work. Seeing the lineal connections on Wikitree is only the first step - like a road map. A road map shows us where to go and look, but it's not the actual journey. Sleuthing out the actual official documents makes the Ancestor real and personalizes the journey

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I'm in DAR too.

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http://https://nscda.org/

Another for you? :)  Colonial Dames

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Robin, I read your comment about adding DAR as a category to my profile, but I don't see how or where. Can you walk me through that?

Carolyn

lynvos@sbcglobal.net

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@Carolyn, the a link to the category is listed in the question.   https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Categorization#How_to_Categorize_a_Profile  gives you the instructions for adding a category to your profile.

Answer 3

I'm also a member of the DAR, and have added the category to my patriot ancestors.

Comments

Make sure you add Daughters of the American Revolution as a category to YOUR profile

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I have the template working now.

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For those of us in the south, even though we have proof of our American Revolutionary War patriots, the records that exist do not satisfy the requirements for DAR. And since researching began for me, I have found more than a dozen on my different lines that did fight for Independence, even a few women who provided for the cause. The court houses in many towns and cities were burned during the War Between the States so even marriage records are hard to come by. Shame. One that really concerns me is Captain Godfrey Isbell, a collateral line, he is buried in the oldest cemetery in a nearby county. His record is there, but he has not been noted through DAR. This is history and should be preserved. Btw, some descendants of his brother had a chronicle stone made up and the cemetery never agreed to have it placed in the cemetery.

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From the DAR Patriot index: 

ISBELL, GODFREY Ancestor #: A201939 Service: NORTH CAROLINA    Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, CAPTAIN

Birth:CIRCA 1753    LUNENBURG CO VIRGINIA

Death: CIRCA 1812     MADISON CO MISSISSIPPI

Answer 4

Yes, I am a 20-year member and have 24 verified supplemental ancestors in addition to my original ancestor.  Of my supplemental ancestors, 11 of them were brand-new additions to the database.

Answer 5

Yes I'm a member of the DAR, but I've never added it to my profile.  I have the DAR numbers for my ancestors on their profiles.

Answer 6

I am a DAR member.

Answer 7

Yes, I'm a member since December 2011.

Answer 8

Yes, I am a member

Now I have to figure out how to add the designation to my profile!

Thanks so much!

Nancy Fansler-Oleksa

(Edited to remove national number)

Comments

you should NOT publish your national number.  it is considered to be private indentifiable information

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I did not know this. Thanks for letting me know.

Answer 9

I joined just last year! My chapter is Knickerbocker in New York City. We run genealogical workshops regularly, so if you are in the area and need help with your application, you are welcome to join us. There are a lot of chapters here to choose from!

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I just joined knickerbocker!

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Yay! And welcome :-)

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Love the work Knickerbocker Chapter has been doing on Fond-A-Grave.  Thank you.

Answer 10

I am a member of DAR. My patriot ancestor is Edward Arnold, from Rhode Island. I also qualify under Henry Ingalls, Samuel Phetteplace and Noadiah Seward, but have not files supplemental applications yet.

Answer 11

Yes, I am a member of DAR.  I came into DAR on John Oldham of Chatham County, NC.  I can also trace back to Revolutionary Soldier/Patriots Solomon Burris, John Morris and Samuel Carter, all of Stanly County, formerly Montgomery County, NC

Answer 12

yes, DAR since 2003,  originally California now  Smoky Hill Trail Chapter Colorado.  My profile is getting too long.  But I will try to squezze'  it on.  Thank you for asking.

Answer 13

Added my grandmother, mother, me and daughter.

Answer 14

I am working on my application not a member yet!

Answer 15

My mom was and I qualify but there always seems something else that need to be taken care of to add one more responsibility...My mother loved geneology and being DAR....to a child who had no family finding lost relatives was very satisfying.

Answer 16

Yes, I am a member of DAR. I belong to the Palm Springs, CA. chapter. I have two documented patriots. I have a couple more that I have not documented. I would be happy to answer questions.

Answer 17

My 2-g and 1g-grandmothers joined the DAR with our Kendrick lineage back in the early 1900's. The National DAR office advised that we'd need to update the documentation to join today. In doing so, I found that my forebears used the wrong John Kendrick to apply. It's not their fault entirely. Apparently, a lot of our Kendrick cousins have done the same thing. DNA tests, luckily, is fixing that problem. In the meantime, I have documented numerous other branches in our tree and will likely reapply with all of the ancestries most of which are already documented (making it easier thankfully). I look forward to adding the DAR badge to my tree.

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I am now a member and used John Darwin as the ancestor (I am descendant of his daughter Mary, married John Kendrick).

I plan to supplement my membership with all additional, documented ancestors, and add a couple who have yet to be documented.

I think it would be great for there to be a DAR/SAR sticker.

Answer 18

I am collecting the official birth, death, and marriage documents and soon expect to be admitted to the DAR. My adventure in genealogy made me certain that I have at least 4 4th great grandfathers who participated in the Revolution. I am grateful for Wikitree.

Answer 19

I just received my phone call today. DAR National Headquarters just validated my lineage and I'm a member. Eliphalet and Comfort Waller Whittlesey, Stockbridge Massachusetts

Question: how do we enter the DAR logo on our page?

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I don't think we have a "Sticker", but make sure you add the category to your profile.

Category:Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution

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Congratulations Christine on your success for your work!

Answer 20

I am currently in the process of applying. Gathering documents as we speak!

Comments

Dear  Robin and all DAR -

   I just checked, and there are 126 WikiTree members or profiles labeled as NSDAR members. These are the ones that have the [[Category: Daughters of the American Revolution]] on their profile page.  Got to be more than 126.  Who is hiding out there?  -NGP

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Kristen - Best wishes on your endeavor!