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The Registrar General’s Department is pleased to share some new resources that may be useful to members as they are completing membership Applications or working on other genealogy projects. Genie Clips We’re happy to announce that new Genie Clips (short videos about different genealogy topics) have been added to the...
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Membership retention is a year-round endeavor and is at the heart of the membership renewal season. It is a shiny thread that needs to be woven throughout our DAR tapestry. We need to ensure that our Daughters feel valued, and the result will be the strengthening of our ties of...
“I love you, Arizona; Your mountains, deserts and streams.” It was HOT in Arizona, but so lovely to see lots of old friends and make new ones as I visited with State Regent Sallie Lovorn and the Arizona Daughters at their Fall Forum! Special thanks to my Personal Page Emrie...
Our DAR Museum Study Gallery has hundreds of objects of every type that we collect, not only in the glass cases but hidden in the top drawers of each case. The curators rotate new selections into their drawers every year or so, and recently it was time to switch out...
Since the creation of the Service to America Committee (originally known as the Celebrate America! Committee), Daughters have logged more than 50 million hours of service! This is a true testament to honoring our Founders and their wishes to have a Society “founded on service.” One of the largest collective...
It’s September! Daughters are certainly well aware that during September we celebrate Constitution Week September 17-23 beginning with Bells Across America. There are three very different and distinct ways that our Society pays homage to the Law of our Land ~ the Constitution: Our DAR Constitution Hall was so named...
On August 19, 2023, the DAR returned to the City of Detroit with the organizing meeting of The Detroit Chapter, held at the historic Detroit Yacht Club, founded in 1868. Following the banging of their new gavel and the opening ritual, Organizing Regent, Elizabeth Findeis, welcomed everyone, including Michigan State...
“Utah— this is the place!” It certainly was for me during my recent visit with State Regent Katie Madsen and the Utah Daughters! Heartfelt thanks to my Personal Page Erica Lovell, and Hollie Gilliland, Susan Holt and Kara Kelley for providing my transportation. The friendliness and kindness of the membership...
The DAR Library is beginning our fall speaker series with a return of Research Around the States. This series features DAR library staff and DAR genealogy staff members with special subject matter expertise talking about how to approach doing genealogy research in a specific state. Past states include Connecticut, New...
Opened in 2018, the Study Gallery in the DAR Museum is not your typical museum gallery. It is more like an open storage area, allowing visitors a greater degree of access to the collection. This makes it an ideal place to exhibit objects that would get “lost” in the period...