Lineage Society

Invitation or Papers?

If you’re going to bring in a professional genealogist to assist with your lineage society application, when should you do so? Applicants will often start the application themselves and wait until they’re involved with the process to ask for help. At this point, they do have the advantage of having access to the society’s referralContinueContinue reading “Invitation or Papers?”

Why not just use the death certificates for the “first three” in a lineage society application?

Before we go any further, what do we mean by “first three”? “First three” or “first three generations” is a term used by many lineage societies discuss the generations of the applicant, the applicant’s”s parents, and the applicant’s grandparents in the same line as the ancestor. Application guidelines are typically more specific for these generations,ContinueContinue reading “Why not just use the death certificates for the “first three” in a lineage society application?”

Ancestral service: right name, wrong place?

If your family has used the same ancestor to join a lineage society for several generations, it can be shock to find out the ancestor is no longer being accepted by that society. There’s one reason driving most of the rejections: the service is no longer being considered valid. In other words, the things theContinueContinue reading “Ancestral service: right name, wrong place?”

Lineage Societies and Adoption: It’s complicated.

If you or an ancestor were adopted, can you still join a lineage society? The short answer: it’s complicated… Can you join a lineage society through your adoptive line? In general, no. But you may be able join a supporting group for the society. Some NSCDA societies now offer a “friends” group specifically to allowContinueContinue reading “Lineage Societies and Adoption: It’s complicated.”

Five Tips to Make Compiling Your Lineage Society application Easier

You’re done with the research. Now you need to assemble the application. What can you do to make the process easier? Make sure you have the application guidelines (and that, if you’re hiring a genealogist, they’re using the same ones): Most societies have detailed guidelines for preparing the application. They should be available in writing.ContinueContinue reading “Five Tips to Make Compiling Your Lineage Society application Easier”