We are excited to announce that the DAR Patriots of Color Database is now available on the 10 Million Names website (10millionnames.org) by American Ancestors. View the news release here to learn more.

In 2023, DAR became one of the founding collaborating institutions supporting this initiative which includes

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

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

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

I am so excited to tell you about another new addition to the GRS! An index of the Bible records from the GRC Reports can now be found in a new “Bibles” tab in the GRS here: www.dar.org/grs/bibleindex. The new Bible Record Index contains unique information that researchers today

I am so thrilled to tell you about a new feature which has just been added to the Genealogical Research System (GRS). In addition to the ability to purchase Record Copies, you will now also be able to purchase the Supporting Documentation that was submitted with the application or supplemental