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Generation 1 - applicant - birth record, the spouse's birth record and the marriage record**.Generation 2 - parents - both birth records, any or both death records and marriage record**.
Generation 3 - grandparents - both birth records, any or both death records and marriage record*.
Generation 4 - great-grandparents - both death records, both birth, marriage record*.
** If there is a widow(er) - the spouse's death record and if there is a divorce - the front and final page of the divorce decree.
Generation 5 through ?
When birth & death records are no longer available one may use combinations ofthe following:
*If any person ever joined on the same ancestor as you, a copy of the application may be obtained from the National Society for $5.00 and you will only have to prove the line to the 'shared' ancestor on this other persons papers.
- County histories & Bible records (must include fly page and any other pages which show date published)
- County records (probate records, deeds, divorces, etc.)
- Photos of tombstones (with the date, time and the place in which the cemetery is located by city, county and state)
- Private records (these may be a journal written for family members by another person but this will not stand alone, need a second piece of proof)
- Family genealogies (some parts of a book may be used But it cannot be the primary and only source of proof).
EXAMPLE: The XXXXXX Family may be a wonderful book but it also is filled with questionable material from which no primary proof may be obtained...what documents were used to prove this included data???
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Office of the Registrar General - Record Copies 1776 "D" Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006-5392Make the check out to the Treasurer General NSDAR
The current price is in the neighborhood of $25-30 (11/1999). Make the check out to the Treasurer General NSDAR
attn: Corresponding Secretary Office.
a = ante/before ADC = Aid-de-Camp AF = Africa AN = Austria-Netherlands Arfr = Artificer Armr = Armorer b = born BGen = brigadier general BM = Bermuda bpt = baptized BR = Brazil Cav = calvary c = circa Capt = captain CD = Canada CE = Central America Chp = Chaplain CL = Continental Line CMman = Courts martial man Cmsry = Commissary Col = Colonel CS = civil service CU = Cuba d = died DN = Denmark Dr = Doctor Drm = Drummer EN = England Ens = Ensign EU = Europe FA = French America fif = fifer FifMaj = Fife Major FR = France FrA = French Army FrN = French Navy GC = Greece Gnr = Gunner GR = Germany HL = Holland HPNS = Heirs pensioned HU = Hungary IN = Indiana IR = Ireland IT = Italy Lt = lieutenant m = married Maj = Major Mar = Marines Matr = matross MM = Minute Man mus = musician MX = Mexico NC = North Carolina OrdlSgt = Orderly Sergeant p = post/after PL = Poland PNSR = pensioner pvt = private PR = Puerto Rico PS = patriotic service (For information on what's included under (PS) patriotic service, see the web page listed below.) QM = quartermaster SA = Spanish America SC = South Carolina sct = scout SDI = Signer of the Declaration of Independance SI = Sanwich Islands SM = South America smn = seaman SN = Sweden sol = soldier SP = Spain spy = spy SrgnMte = Surgeon's Mate ST = Scotland SW = Switzerland tms = teamster trm = Trumpeteer VI = Virgin Islands WI = West Indies WL = Wales WPNS = widow pensioned X = unknown
From Debra A. DempseyThe National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Library is located at 1776 D St. NW, Washington, DC. I believe the closest Metrobus station is Farragut West station. You will have to walk several blocks from there, so dress comfortably, including comfortable shoes.I believe there is a $5.00 admission fee if you are not a DAR member. Members have free access to the library. Copies of information are (I believe) $.10 per page. I believe their hours are from either 8:00 am - 4:00 pm or 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. You can bring a laptop to the library, and there are electrical outlets available. I believe there is a snack bar on the premises, but no food or drink is allowed in the library. I would suggest very strongly not to bring the children, unless they have an unusual interest in genealogy/history and can be very quiet.
Bring the information on the families or individuals you wish to research. There is a large amount of books on surname lineages, as well as information on patriots in the American Revolution.
I believe the library is closed on Federal holidays.
I hope that you enjoy your visit there. I have learned quite a bit about my ancestral roots there.
From Cheryl SinghalThe DAR is closed to the public for most of April. They are physically located at 17th & D Streets NW (but if you can find Constitution Ave and the Washington Monument, you can find DAR because it's the big white bldg across Constitution from the Monument.Their phone # is 202-628-1776. The phone will be answered 8:45-4:15 EST by a VOLUNTEER; ask for the Library, but be kind.
At any other time, if the phone is answered, it will be a security guard who probably has no information you will find useful. DAR library is also open on Sunday afternoons. Nearest Metro stops: Farragut North on the Red Line, Farragut West on the Blue & Orange lines, (walk down 17th to D) or if you're into admiring the monuments, Smithsonian on the Blue & Orange lines (Walk up Constitution to 17th). Probably a 10 minute walk from any of 'em. (Our subway system is called Metro; the buses are MetroBus. Catchy, huh?) From the Farragut stops, DAR is downhill. Lazy folks walk over to Smithsonian to leave, saving themselves the trek uphill.
If you're considering driving down, I STRONGLY urge you to re-consider. There are (last time I was down) perhaps a dozen on-street spaces, some Handicapped, all with a time-limit during week-days. The nearest parking garage that's open to the public is up close to Farragut West. Parking tickets run $40 and up and are dispensed with a VERY liberal hand.
BTW: National Archives is at 7th & Pennsylvania. Nearest Metro stop is at 7th & Penn on the Yellow and Green Lines and is called, ahem, Archives. Come up the escalator, turn left and you're facing it.
Getting from Archives to DAR or vice-versa: flag a Cab (and it should be the sub-zone minimum fare, until they switch to meters) or walk. I usually trudge, being too optimistic about my endurance and too cheap to give up half-way there. If you walk, ask the guards how to find Constitution Ave, and walk along it. Going the way the natives do will only get you VERY lost.
DAR visitors wearing a DAR visitor badge can use the government cafeteria nearby; ask in the library. Or, if you're wandering, soaking up atmosphere, there is a Golden Arches and a "Have it Your Way" up in the area of 17th & K Sts (ie. Farragut North) where there is also located an extremely good map store.
