Pamela Edwards Rouse Wright, President General

As we celebrate Black History Month, I wanted to take a moment to highlight DAR’s ongoing E Pluribus Unum (EPU) Educational Initiative! This initiative was launched in 2020 with the goal of increasing awareness of often underrepresented Revolutionary War Patriots, including those who were African American, Native American, and women

Marcy Carter-Lovick, National Chair, DAR Genealogy Research Institute

Whether you are fine-tuning your genealogy research skills to further your personal family research, or to enhance your ability to assist others with DAR applications, you’ll find information tailored to your needs at the third annual DAR Genealogy Research Institute (GRI).

The Institute will be held Monday, May 6 through

Anthony Startz, National Chair, Specialty Research Committee

In applying for DAR membership, lineage must be documented back to an ancestor who aided the cause of American independence. These efforts may come through military, civil or patriotic service.

The DAR Executive Committee has approved the addition of patriotic service for Spanish soldiers in two presidios in Texas

Mary Lewey, National Chair, Volunteer Genealogists Committee

Are you in need of assistance? Genealogy assistance, that is. Well, you’re in luck! The Volunteer Genealogists Committee can help all members and chapters in various ways. How? Let’s run through the different levels of assistance.

First, the Volunteer Genealogists Committee helps members by producing videos that explain the reasons

Danielle Teyssier, Kimberly Dotson and Brendon Burns

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

Cynthia Parnell, Registrar General and Sara Sukol, DAR Genealogy Director

Those attending the 132nd Continental Congress were excited to learn that the Inheritance Project has expanded to include sisters!  You may now inherit Patriots for whom your sisters, along with your mothers and maternal grandmothers, have a proven Application or Supplemental Application.  There’s no need to submit a Supplemental on

Sara Sukol, DAR Genealogy Director

The 2nd Annual Genealogy Research Institute (GRI), held at National Headquarters May 1st – 3rd, not only featured genealogists of national renown, but included two of our very own genealogists in the Registrar General’s Department!

Their presentations included two topics of particular interest to those who assist prospective members with

Sara Sukol, DAR Genealogy Director

We are pleased to announce that the Registrar General’s Department has developed a new approach to reviewing Supplemental Applications:

New Submissions

New Supplemental Applications, received after April 30, 2023, will be given a preliminary review and a decision will be made to

A. Accept the Supplemental(s) for review; OR

B

Jeannine Dobbins, National Chair, DAR Genealogy Commission

Today is the third and final day of this year’s DAR Genealogy Research Institute. This year marks the addition of professionally produced videos of the afternoon presentations. 

The videos will be available from May 15th through August 15th for a subscription cost of $185. Subscribers will enjoy unlimited access to

Amanda Taylor, Assistant Director of Applications, DAR Genealogy

The Genealogy Guidelines Parts 1, 2, and 3 have been updated. What has changed, you ask?

The majority of the changes made in the April 2023 update are not new; they are merely updated reflections of policies and procedures that have been made by the Executive Committee of the Wright