Another one of those questions no one wants to ask: “Do I need to hire professional help with my lineage society application?” First of all, what’s a lineage society? A lineage society is a membership based organization that determines membership based on the activities of an applicant’s ancestor. These societies are also referred to asContinueContinue reading “Professional v. Volunteer: Do I need to hire help with my lineage society application?”
Category Archives: Lineage Society
Connecticut Census Enumerations
To apply to a Revolutionary War era lineage society, the applicant needs to document not only the ancestor’s service but also the ancestor’s residence during the War. For Connecticut ancestors, there are four sources typically used to “prove” residence: a marriage record for a spouse; a birth or baptismal record for a child. payment ofContinueContinue reading “Connecticut Census Enumerations”
My lineage society says I need vital records from NY. Do I need a court order?
I’ve heard this come up as a point of confusion often recently… New York State has restrictions on the access to vital records. (NY City has its own records system.) A lineage society requires that vital records be provided for the applicant, their parents, and their grandparents. The parents are deceased. The applicant is toldContinueContinue reading “My lineage society says I need vital records from NY. Do I need a court order?”
Revolutionary War taxes, Boston
The Boston Public Library has digitized tax lists for 1780, 1782, and 1783. Although these tax lists are from the Revolutionary War period, they can’t automatically be used as “proof” of service for the Sons or Daughters of the American Revolution. Why? Because we don’t know when and how the tax money was employed. ToContinueContinue reading “Revolutionary War taxes, Boston”
Resources for tracing patriots of color
This list is a work in progress and will continue to be updated! Rees, John U. ‘They were Good Soldiers’: African-Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-1783. Warwick, England: Helion & Company, 2019. One of the best studies of patriots of color in recent years, the text bookends chapters on the soldiers from each stateContinueContinue reading “Resources for tracing patriots of color”
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