calabash
Full Member
Posts: 560
Favorite Pipe: Baki meerschaum, 1972 Dunhill
Favorite Tobacco: C & D Yorktown, Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake, Gawith St James Flake
Location:
|
Post by calabash on Nov 14, 2019 14:08:38 GMT -5
Any members here?
I mentioned a while ago that I volunteer at a Revolutionary history museum. You can imagine how stoked I was last week when I discovered my 4th great grandfather was in the Virginia militia. Submitted my application for membership yesterday.
My wife became a DAR member last year, and I was quite jealous.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Nov 14, 2019 14:23:42 GMT -5
Any members here?
I mentioned a while ago that I volunteer at a Revolutionary history museum. You can imagine how stoked I was last week when I discovered my 4th great grandfather was in the Virginia militia. Submitted my application for membership yesterday.
My wife became a DAR member last year, and I was quite jealous.
I have thought about it, but I have not decided if this whole USA thing is a good idea yet. 😉🤠 |
|
|
|
Post by pepesdad1 on Nov 14, 2019 14:54:00 GMT -5
Always good to be familiar with our collective heritage...wish there was a museum dedicated to the heritages of Native Americans.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2019 14:55:42 GMT -5
In a larger sense, with Liberty as our Mother, we are all Sons and Daughters of the Revolution.
|
|
|
|
Post by trailboss on Nov 14, 2019 15:51:23 GMT -5
I am fortunate to have a dearly departed aunt that did the hard work tracing the family tree decades before the internet... on the phone for hours requesting copies from locales from all over the east and Illinois.
From the revolutionary war to Afghanistan, my family has been in all the wars...had one of my ancestors had not found a hollow tree to hide out in during the Blackhawk Indian wars, I would not be here.
|
|
|
|
Post by oldcajun123 on Nov 14, 2019 16:04:26 GMT -5
 My Ancestors fled France, Belgium border in 1785, and settled in Acadiana, since then there has been a Simon in every war.
|
|
|
|
Post by toshtego on Nov 14, 2019 16:37:19 GMT -5
I had two direct ancestors of my mother who were on Bunker Hill and fought out the rest of the war. Years ago I contacted the so-called Sons of the American Revolution, they were completely not interested in my application for membership. I guess the ancestry has to run along the paternal line?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2019 18:06:21 GMT -5
I had two direct ancestors of my mother who were on Bunker Hill and fought out the rest of the war. Years ago I contacted the so-called Sons of the American Revolution, they were completely not interested in my application for membership. I guess the ancestry has to run along the paternal line?
It doesn't have to be the paternal line, just a direct ancestor (i.e., x gt grandfather or x gt grandmother fought in or supported the Continentals). You do have to provide proof for each generation from yourself back to your Revolutionary War ancestor. I joined over twenty years ago, but am not currently active in the organization. |
|
SCF Dan
Full Member
Posts: 524
Location:
|
Post by SCF Dan on Nov 14, 2019 18:42:36 GMT -5
Always good to be familiar with our collective heritage...wish there was a museum dedicated to the heritages of Native Americans. Here's one in Phoenix that I love: Heard Museum heard.org/It's great, come on down! The weather's great now, too. |
|
calabash
Full Member
Posts: 560
Favorite Pipe: Baki meerschaum, 1972 Dunhill
Favorite Tobacco: C & D Yorktown, Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake, Gawith St James Flake
Location:
|
Post by calabash on Nov 14, 2019 19:49:18 GMT -5
I had two direct ancestors of my mother who were on Bunker Hill and fought out the rest of the war. Years ago I contacted the so-called Sons of the American Revolution, they were completely not interested in my application for membership. I guess the ancestry has to run along the paternal line?
As Walkman said, it doesn't have to be a paternal ancestor. Mine is via my great great grandmother's line.
You do have to complete a detailed application with proof of each generation, and submit it through local chapter | state | to finally national.
|
|
|
|
Post by toshtego on Nov 14, 2019 20:15:31 GMT -5
That would be an enormous project. My old mother's work with the LDS genealogical people did not include documentation. So, I would have to learn what the standard of proof is and then gather 250 years of documentation.... I better pack a lunch.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2019 20:51:37 GMT -5
I had two direct ancestors of my mother who were on Bunker Hill and fought out the rest of the war. Years ago I contacted the so-called Sons of the American Revolution, they were completely not interested in my application for membership. I guess the ancestry has to run along the paternal line?
As Walkman said, it doesn't have to be a paternal ancestor. Mine is via my great great grandmother's line. You do have to complete a detailed application with proof of each generation, and submit it through local chapter | state | to finally national.
If I lived back east, I would definitley be active in the SAR. It's not quite the same out here in the west. |
|
|
|
Post by toshtego on Nov 14, 2019 21:10:46 GMT -5
As Walkman said, it doesn't have to be a paternal ancestor. Mine is via my great great grandmother's line. You do have to complete a detailed application with proof of each generation, and submit it through local chapter | state | to finally national.
If I lived back east, I would definitley be active in the SAR. It's not quite the same out here in the west. I know what you mean. Here, when I mention revolution folks think about the uprising of 1847, the Taos Pueblo revolt of 1680 (Popey's Rebellion) or the Mexican Revolution of 1910. |
|
|
|
Post by trailboss on Nov 14, 2019 22:05:55 GMT -5
Always good to be familiar with our collective heritage...wish there was a museum dedicated to the heritages of Native Americans. Here's one in Phoenix that I love: Heard Museum heard.org/It's great, come on down! The weather's great now, too. That would be great for me on my mom's side, but my grandmother's tribe was wiped out and the Catholic mission took her and her mom in...through the process, my grandmother really didn't know anything about tribal life other than the food her mom taught her...about as staunch a Catholic as there could ever be though...but absolutely no records to prove that she was a native American...the name she got from the Catholics was Mary Magdalene Roybal near Chama NM. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2019 23:52:56 GMT -5
If I lived back east, I would definitley be active in the SAR. It's not quite the same out here in the west. I know what you mean. Here, when I mention revolution folks think about the uprising of 1847, the Taos Pueblo revolt of 1680 (Popey's Rebellion) or the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Was that the last issue of a news paper to reach Taos. |
|
calabash
Full Member
Posts: 560
Favorite Pipe: Baki meerschaum, 1972 Dunhill
Favorite Tobacco: C & D Yorktown, Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake, Gawith St James Flake
Location:
|
Post by calabash on Nov 15, 2019 9:38:14 GMT -5
That would be an enormous project. My old mother's work with the LDS genealogical people did not include documentation. So, I would have to learn what the standard of proof is and then gather 250 years of documentation.... I better pack a lunch.
Most of the LDS data is online now, so research is a lot easier than in your mother's day. Their (free) website is Family Search
Other than them, Ancestry (subscription) pretty much controls the market. Most libraries have access and you can do research from there without paying. |
|
|
|
Post by toshtego on Nov 15, 2019 11:15:14 GMT -5
I downloaded the SAR 51 page application manual. It could be an interesting winter project. we all need pass-times here.
|
|
|
|
Post by toshtego on Nov 15, 2019 11:31:05 GMT -5
I know what you mean. Here, when I mention revolution folks think about the uprising of 1847, the Taos Pueblo revolt of 1680 (Popey's Rebellion) or the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Was that the last issue of a news paper to reach Taos. Toad has its own paper. "El Crepuscalo". Also the "Albuquerque Journal", "The New York Times" and "The Wall Street Journal" and "The Sana Fe Rat Catcher" are all available in town. I live about 45 miles north, outside of a small village. There are no papers here except what comes in the mail to subscribers. None of the News distributors care enough to send papers this far north. TV and radio reception used to be limited owing to Ute Mountain blocking the repeaters located on Mt. San Antonio further west. Satellite television and radio, along with internet streaming, has made news more available. When I first came here, there was none of that. The only news source was a small public radio station located about 60 miles north in Alamosa CO. The people here knew what was happening in the world only if they went to town and bought a newspaper or magazine. |
|
|
|
Post by pepesdad1 on Nov 15, 2019 11:55:53 GMT -5
Was that the last issue of a news paper to reach Taos. Toad has its own paper. "El Crepuscalo". Also the "Albuquerque Journal", "The New York Times" and "The Wall Street Journal" and "The Sana Fe Rat Catcher" are all available in town. I live about 45 miles north, outside of a small village. There are no papers here except what comes in the mail to subscribers. None of the News distributors care enough to send papers this far north. TV and radio reception used to be limited owing to Ute Mountain blocking the repeaters located on Mt. San Antonio further west. Satellite television and radio, along with internet streaming, has made news more available. When I first came here, there was none of that. The only news source was a small public radio station located about 60 miles north in Alamosa CO. The people here knew what was happening in the world only if they went to town and bought a newspaper or magazine. Kinda miss those days...no drama constantly ginned up to get you to get click bait. |
|
calabash
Full Member
Posts: 560
Favorite Pipe: Baki meerschaum, 1972 Dunhill
Favorite Tobacco: C & D Yorktown, Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake, Gawith St James Flake
Location:
|
Post by calabash on Nov 15, 2019 12:10:19 GMT -5
I downloaded the SAR 51 page application manual. It could be an interesting winter project. we all need pass-times here.
I actually discovered that a cousin had used our common ancestor for a DAR application. You should check the SAR and DAR databases and to see if anyone has already done the legwork. Makes it a lot easier. I only had to prove the last couple generations after we split lineage.
LMK if you have any questions I might be able to help with.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Nov 15, 2019 14:36:50 GMT -5
I am eligible on multiple ancestors, but I am more interested in the Sons of the 1066 Norman Invasion of England. Several ancestors there, too. And then there's the Sons of New France. I have even traced the family back to a legend that my French side is descended from one of the Magi. Yeah, "The Sons of the Magi", that's the ticket! 😜😈🤠
|
|
|
|
Post by pepesdad1 on Nov 15, 2019 14:50:40 GMT -5
I think my side of the family was probably hung for horse theft. But I really don't know.
|
|
My Ancestors fled France, Belgium border in 1785, and settled in Acadiana, since then there has been a Simon in every war. 
