The DAR Library is constantly adding new books, materials and resources. With new additions to the Collections comes the need for reorganization of existing materials.  For those who haven’t been to the Library recently, there have been some exciting changes.  The additions of new equipment (computers and digital book scanners

The next time you visit the DAR Library, you might notice that we’ve been making some enhancements to improve the accessibility of some of our resources.  Thanks to very generous donations from the Georgia State Society, Sharon De Puy of New York and Joan Peters of Washington, the Library

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

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

Many members who come to Continental Congress bring research questions for themselves or to help other members or prospective members of their chapters.  They hope to be able to use the resources in the DAR Library and the Seimes Technology Center to find the documentation needed to complete a DAR

The DAR Library collection contains over 225,000 books, 10,000 research files, thousands of manuscript items, and special collections of African American, Native American, and women’s history, genealogy and culture. Nearly 40,000 family histories and genealogies comprise a major portion of the book collection, many of which are unique or available

Genealogy 101

Genealogy 101 is back in 2017 with eight presentations planned on a variety of topics, from researching your female ancestors to using civil war pensions.  While those who attend the programs in person will have the advantage of asking questions and drawing on the knowledge and expertise of

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

I would like to tell you a story, partially recorded in silk and wool threads stitched long ago.           

In 2007 the DAR Museum purchased a rare Iowa sampler – rare because samplers made west of the Mississippi seldom appear on the market. The accompanying packet

Note: Kiera Nolan is a former Reference Librarian for the DAR Library.

I recently found the marriage abstract for my third great-grandparents, from 1850 in County Tipperary, Ireland, using FamilySearch.org at the DAR Library. I accessed FamilySearch.org through the DAR Library but it is also a free resource for all