The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) conference was held in San Antonio last week and DAR was well represented by our Director of Genealogy, Darryn Lickliter, and many Texas DAR volunteers including Nancy Brennan, local conference co-chair.

Darryn drove from D.C. to Houston where we met with Bennett Greenspan, President

Over the next month DAR Genealogy will be traveling to different events in order to create awareness about DAR and our amazing genealogy resources. In recent years we have made it a priority for DAR to have a presence at national genealogy conferences and other genealogy type events to not

I've been enjoying telling members about the exciting plans for our brand new evening event during the 123rd Continental Congress and I would love your help spreading the word to Congress attendees as well! Celebrate America Night will be held on Friday, June 27, 2014 from 7-10 pm on the

Genealogy has always been a passion of mine so being asked to serve on a committee that has provided and will continue to provide women documentation they need for their DAR application is a pleasure and a privilege.

The DAR Genealogical Records Collection is a one-of-a-kind treasure trove of transcribed

Would you like to support a very valuable DAR project without venturing out of your house? You wouldn’t need to get dressed up, and you would be able to help this effort in your leisure time – morning, noon or night. All you need is a computer and access to

I am so thrilled to announce that 2013 was yet another record year for new member applications at DAR. During this past year DAR approved 13,906 applications, which is more than any other year in the Society’s 123 year history! For more information about the record number of new members

With the new year come many exciting new developments for DAR! As many of you may recall me reporting to you after the October Board, the decision was made to begin accepting Y-DNA as supporting evidence for DAR applications and supplementals starting in 2014.

I am so pleased that this

There have been so many activities and developments over this past National Board of Management week – and as this is being posted I’m on the bus heading out on the week-long DAR Schools Tour – but I knew this one topic in particular would be very exciting for many

As I’m sure many of you genealogy enthusiasts already know, two of the most prominent genealogical organizations, the National Genealogical Society (NGS) and the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), hold annual national conferences, which are great gatherings and learning opportunities for genealogists of all levels of experience. These conferences

Like many of you, I enjoy genealogy and am always delighted to establish another patriot or prove a new child of a patriot.  However, for the last few years I’ve encountered far more brick walls than successes.  If you, too, dabble in genealogy, you know exactly what I mean!

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