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I first came across the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) as a young genealogist, when at age 10 I learned of my grandmother'southward membership in the DAR.

Her mother (my great-grandmother) was active in her country affiliate, and her female parent (my second great-grandmother) and grandmother (my third great-grandmother) were also members. While their membership left a legacy of genealogical information, it also represented a much larger legacy of community service and work to preserve the retention of the American Revolution.

The DAR holds the virtually authoritative and exhaustive database of Revolutionary State of war soldiers and their descendants. They accept safeguarded the lineage of America's founders, identifying more than 144,000 Patriot ancestors in the past 125 years.

The Genealogical Inquiry System can be searched online, for complimentary, past anyone. The Genealogical Records Committee (GRC) reports tin also be freely searched online, gathering thousands of records and names that have been preserved by DAR organizations beyond the U.s. for many years.

In 2012 the DAR published New York in the American Revolution: A Source Guide for Genealogists and Historians.¹ Authored past Eric G. Grundset, the piece of work provides an exhaustive bibliography of resources indispensable for anyone tracing New York families during the Revolutionary period and is an essential reference work.

Across Revolutionary War Patriots

Through the GRC and other piece of work, the DAR has established an unparalleled collection of family unit history resources – i of the nation's best resource for genealogists tracing an ancestor built-in in the United States before 1850.

Be sure to bank check the following resources (click on the name of each resource to visit):

Descendants Database Search

Searches more 7.ane one thousand thousand names of descendants of accepted patriots. This unique drove includes thousands of New Yorkers and can be important for identifying relatives or collateral lines, depending upon the uniqueness of the surname.

DAR Belittling Index Cards

A unique collection of digitized cards from the DAR Library, typically providing information by surname on family unit narratives and other items found within published sources. Many of the cards include references from materials in the public domain, which can easily exist plant through Google Books or the Internet Archive.

Bible Records and Transcriptions

More than than 81,000 searchable materials from the GRC reports gleaned from bible records oftentimes submitted by DAR members. Results provide a state series and volume, which requires a visit to a library. The unabridged collection can exist accessed at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., while other volumes are sometimes available at local libraries. For New York, the New York Land Library in Albany, New York has a terrific drove of New York's GRC reports (and is a frequent highlight of researchers who join the NYG&B on our yearly trip to Albany).

Equally with any repository, the DAR's online collections stand for simply part of their immense collection. Consider spending some time in their Library Catalog to explore books, manuscripts, and other collections that might assist you in tracing your New York families.

Free DAR Resource Webinar

For a more in-depth discussion of the DAR's resources, we invite you to watch the gratis webinar below.

Footnotes

[1] Grundset, Eric Grand. New York in the American Revolution: A Source Guide for Genealogists and Historians. Washington, D.C: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 2012

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