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Benefits of Lineage Society Membership: Scholarships

Your lineage society membership can qualify you or your family member for scholarships. Here are a few of the many options: The Daughters of the American Revolution offers two scholarships specifically for children of members or their extended family. The Lillian and Author Dunn Scholarship is not subject specific; the Madeline Pickett (Halbert) Cogswell NursingContinueContinue reading “Benefits of Lineage Society Membership: Scholarships”

Benefits of Lineage Society Membership: Sharing Your Love of History

If you truly love history, you’ll be in good company at a lineage society meeting. Here are a few ways lineage societies honor and preserve history: The General Society of Mayflower Descendants is organizing the preservation of the National Pilgrim Meeting House, a structure built on the site of the first pilgrim meeting house. TheContinueContinue reading “Benefits of Lineage Society Membership: Sharing Your Love of History”

I joined the Daughters of the American Revolution. Can my son use the same paperwork to join the Sons of the American Revolution?

The simple answer is maybe. If you are starting from scratch and providing all documents to the lineage society, the same supporting documents generally can be used to join another lineage society. Often you’ll need to add a few documents. For example, the Daughters of the American Revolution currently has a (slightly unwritten) rule thatContinueContinue reading “I joined the Daughters of the American Revolution. Can my son use the same paperwork to join the Sons of the American Revolution?”

I just joined the Mayflower Society. My mom wants to join. Now what?

Congrats! You have an easy application. If you’ve joined a lineage society within the last year or so, your application meets current standards. As your paperwork is already on file, all your family member will need to do is document where their family line differs from yours. Your parents will not need to provide anythingContinueContinue reading “I just joined the Mayflower Society. My mom wants to join. Now what?”

What documents will I need to provide to join a lineage society?

Because lineage society membership is based on ancestry, all societies require applicants to document their relationship to the qualifying ancestor. But what does this actually mean? You’ll need to document the births, marriages, deaths, connections between parents and children, and connections between spouses in every generation back to the qualifying ancestor. What documents can youContinueContinue reading “What documents will I need to provide to join a lineage society?”