Tom and Sharon,
I can see where you are coming from and I know that wives are very important, 
but the man's wife is not on the document declaring allegiance to his state 
against the King of England and would not have been allowed to sign it even 
if she wanted to.  Wives were not allowed to have any participation in the 
affairs of men.  The direct bloodline is the direct bloodline any way you 
look at it and it seems that they are trying to block people from joining.  I 
was also told that I would have to attend a luncheon so that the other ladies 
could "look me over".  Does this have anything to do with a direct bloodline 
or are we looking for bluebloods.
If that is the case, I would not be allowed to join as my ancestors were all 
very poor sharecroppers, but they still served and sometimes died.
It was just a strange situation for me and I felt very uncomfortable which 
should not have been the case.  I have just chalked it up to a bad experience.
Linda  

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