I can not answer why.  Just an old custom that has lingered.  I have never
known anyone to not be accepted in DAR.

I guess in the old days if the ladies of one chapter didn't like you you
would just join another, or start your own chapter!!

Faye
-----Original Message-----
From: Marshall Britt 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: DAR membership


Faye,
>I went to the site and still did not find the answer to my question. If a
person
>has the lineage and documentation necessary to be a member of the DAR, why
do
>they have to
>be voted on? If said it would not discriminate because of creed or race. So
my
>question
>is, what do they discriminate against as it is obvious that they do if a
person
>has to be voted on? Do they have to be rich, a prominent person, or what?
>Terry
>
>
>Faye L. Dyess wrote:
>
 I hope that everyone that has an interest in the DAR will visit the
National
 Society Web page and get the correct facts.  You do not have to visit
twice/
 you do not join a chapter before you join the Society.  Everyone has an
 answer and most are wrong.

 If you want the facts why not go directly to the National Society of the
 Daughter of the American Revolution?  They have made it easy to learn the
 correct facts with their web page.       http://www.dar.org

 Faye
 -----Original Message-----
 From: [email protected] 
 To: [email protected] 
 Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 11:48 AM
 Subject: Re: DAR membership

 >I just wanted to add a clarification to DAR membership -- you must be
 invited
 >by a local chapter to join the national organization.
 >The method:
 >You can attend 2 meetings of the chapter, then you are voted on by the
 >chapter. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE YOUR LINEAGE PROVEN OR DOCUMENTED
BEFORE
 >JOINING at the chapter level. After being voted on by the local chapter,
 you
 >have a year to fill out your papers and they are quite helpful in
getting
 >your paperwork done. After you submit your papers, your data is
reviewed.
 >These acceptance reviews are only done a couple times a year, so it can
be
 >months before you get your national number and become a full member.
 >Just wanted to know that NSDAR will accept you and help you with your
 lineage
 >before you become a full member.
 >Bonnie Butler
 >Kate Waller Barrett chapter, NSDAR
 >Alexandria, VA
 >
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