With the New Year upon us, I wanted to highlight some of the resources available to you to assist with your genealogy research. Especially with the opportunities that will be presented to us with the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States, we must take advantage of the increased

The Patriot Records Project began in the fall of 2014 and will make finding and identifying Revolutionary War patriots in hard to search collections easier than ever.  The project brings the exploits of the American patriots, who sacrificed so much, to life.  We index the names of men, women and

The Genealogical Records Committee (GRC) has been in existence for more than one hundred years.  During that time, the committee has collected approximately 20,000 volumes containing original source records such as: court, baptismal, marriage, death, tax, probate and many other records useful for genealogical research.  Cemetery records were gathered from

Did you know that October is Family History Month?  Many DAR members are avid genealogy researchers and are focused on researching past generations of our ancestors.  Most people have to admit that even if they do not consider themselves to be “genealogists,” they have some desire to know about their

DAR has set an ambitious membership goal of 250,000 by 2033 in celebration of the United States Semiquincentennial. This represents an addition of about 65,000 members, or an approximate 35-percent increase in total membership during the next 15 years. Difficult and ambitious? Yes, but achievable if chapters reach the

We often get questions from members and other researchers who want more information about records that they find in the DAR GRS.  After the Ancestor tab that you can read about in Using the Ancestor Tab of the GRS; the most commonly used tab of the GRS is the

In the Genealogy Department at the DAR Headquarters we often get questions about how to use the Genealogical Research System (GRS) and the best way to find what you are searching for. Today I am going to share some insights, information and tips to help when you are using the

We know Halloween is a time for candy and costumes, but historically it was a time to remember and honor the dead. What better way to remember and honor the dead than to learn about them through genealogy? Thousands are bewitched by genealogical research and studies have shown that just

September is Hispanic Heritage month and in honor of this, we would like to take the opportunity to highlight the Spanish citizens who aided the cause of American Independence during the Revolutionary War.

Spanish participation in the American Revolutionary War, although not well known, was widespread and important.  Even before

For those of us who prepare, submit or review member applications and supplementals, the GRS is an indispensable tool that we use on a regular basis.  For those of you who may not be as familiar with the Genealogical Research System or GRS for short, it is a portal to