I afraid I have not been appointed by the DAR to speak in their behalf on
the slave issue.  Sorry.

Faye
-----Original Message-----
From: James A. Miller, Jr. 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: DAR membership invitations


That's the spirit!  I understand that the DAR has also done work on black
>Patriots in hopes of gaining more black members?  However, as slaves were
>chattle, and chattle did not posses the legal right to marry, does the DAR
>give a waiver on legal marriages for those with slave Patriot ancesry?  How
>is this handled?  Jim,Charlotte, N.C.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Faye L. Dyess 
>To: 
>Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 7:46 AM
>Subject: Re: DAR membership invitations
>
>
 DAR is a wonderful organization that is looking for new members.  Any
>member
 could have invited you to attend a meeting.  If you are now interested in
 learning more and possibly joining DAR check out the National Web Site at
 http://www.dar.org  From there you can contact each different state and
>each
 state contact will be very happy to forward your information to your
local
 chapter.

 If you are in Savannah, GA I would be delighted to invite you to my
>Chapter
 which is Bonaventure Chapter.  We have a nice web page too.  Check it
out.
 All chapter web pages can be accessed from the National Society.

 Faye
 -----Original Message-----
 From: [email protected] 
 To: [email protected] 
 Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 1:49 AM
 Subject: DAR membership invitations


 >Does anyone know what the practice is re: invitations to going DAR?
When
>I
 >graduated from high school (way back in 1952) I received an invitation
to
 >join DAR.  I had no idea what it was based on or, frankly, what DAR was.
>I
 >was busy going off to school and did not respond.  Since I have grown
 older,
 >I have begun trying to do my genealogy and I would LOVE to know upon
whom
 the
 >invitation was based. I don't know if there is any way to find out at
>this
 >late date!
 >
 >My lines are Bryant,  Perdue & Howell in VA, TN, KY;  Miller and Lamb in
 TN,
 >KY and TX-OK;  Holland &  Snider in VA; Cantrell in SC, TN, MO; Fowler,
>TN;
 L
 >egate in SC;  Thomasen in TN & MO.
 >
 >Betty Bryant Barker
 >
 >Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2000 14:15:26 -0500
 >From: ELIZABETH RUSSO 
 >To: [email protected]
 >Message-ID: <[email protected]>
 >Subject: Re: unacceptable sources
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 >
 >Unfortunately, not all DAR members' files contain the "original fully
 >documented applications."
 >
 >Several of my cousins who joined in the early 1900s on the basis of some
 >HARRIS ancestors (we supposedly have at least 4 Patriot direct ancestors
 >on our Harris side alone) just stated their genealogies.  I viewed their
 >records, both original and on microfilm, while at the DAR library with
 >the aid of a wonderful staff person there. Most of my cousins' works do
 >correspond to Boddie's Historical Southern Families, and to another
 >publication.
 >
 >Once I learned that I could not just tie in to my cousins (the DAR has,
 >thankfully, much higher standards for proof these days), I realized I
 >had to start from scratch.
 >
 >Imagine my first surprise when I discovered a pension application and a
 >will which stated that one of my alleged Patriot ancestors died with no
 >mention of wife or children, and his sister was found to be next of kin
 >for bounty warrant purposes.  Then my next surprise was that the widow
 >of another one who was granted a pension was not even closely related.
 >Both instances came after research at NARA.
 >
 >I have yet to prove that several in one line of ancestors that my dearly
 >departed DAR cousins "documented" even existed.  Not one shred of
 >evidence for two of the generations (for whom they had not documented
 >any spouses or siblings, either)--no land records, no tax records, no
 >Bible records, no genealogies, no census records, no nothing.
 >
 >Now, my ancestors as my cousins laid them out may well have existed, and
 >they may well have been Patriots, but they hooked into the wrong lines
 >for their proof.
 >
 >Having said all that, while I sorry to have to almost totally reinvent
 >the wheel, and while I won't be joining the DAR as soon as I thought, it
 >certainly taught me more than a thing or two about trusting sources (yes
 >I use them, but as roadmaps) and about the value of doing my own
 >research.  I'm having a ball doing the latter.  And by the way, the DAR
 >library in Washington is in my top three favorite research spots in the
 >world.  Usually, I rank it first.
 >
 >Elizabeth DuBois Russo
 >An alleged descendant of at least 7 alleged Patriots.
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >


 


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