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charlotte smith

dar proofs

Legg inn av charlotte smith » 06 apr 2006 23:44:02

noticed you were quoting DAR sources and proofs. I am a long time registrar for DAR and believe me we have to have proofs and copies of them for each generation that is sent to them. If someone joined DAR say before 1970- then be prepared to be able to prove all generations as they were not as strict. some records that were accepted have been pulled and no one can go in on that line until it is cleared by proofs and sources. I have found that census records, now available online, and obituaries, which are available a good time back are great proofs. I did get one person in on "preponderance of Evidence" which I took 2 pages to list and which was accepted and this was for just one generation. I am glad DAR is strict as it makes the genealogies more valuable.

charlotte c smith

JeffChipman

Re: dar proofs

Legg inn av JeffChipman » 06 apr 2006 23:44:03

Charlotte--
I agree with you completely. I wasn't saying what the standards of DAR
were, just that they were contained in a booklet given to applicants.
My mother joined about 15 years ago.
Jeff

pj.evans

Re: dar proofs

Legg inn av pj.evans » 07 apr 2006 04:39:28

I've heard that some of the early DAR lineages are pretty close to
hearsay. I know that my mother's stepmother did a lot of work in order
to join in the late 70s or early 80s - I haven't seen her papers so I
don't know what kind of proof she had. (I do know it's difficult to
prove conclusively that some relationships exist. I have several people
in my files with a mother listed as 'Mrs Whosis' where Mr Whosis had
more than one wife, and I don't know which one was mother of which
child.)

charlotte smith wrote:
noticed you were quoting DAR sources and proofs. I am a long time registrar for DAR and believe me we have to have proofs and copies of them for each generation that is sent to them. If someone joined DAR say before 1970- then be prepared to be able to prove all generations as they were not as strict. some records that were accepted have been pulled and no one can go in on that line until it is cleared by proofs and sources. I have found that census records, now available online, and obituaries, which are available a good time back are great proofs. I did get one person in on "preponderance of Evidence" which I took 2 pages to list and which was accepted and this was for just one generation. I am glad DAR is strict as it makes the genealogies more valuable.

charlotte c smith

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