Having access to the documentation an ancestor submitted with their lineage society application can be helpful in preparing and submitting your application. Sometimes they had access to records that can no longer be located, such as a family Bible. Other times, they may have tracked down something extremely difficult to find. How do you accessContinueContinue reading “Lineage Society Application FAQs: Can I access the documentation submitted with an ancestor’s application?”
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Proof Argument and the Lineage Society: It’s (really, really, really) complicated.
Most lineage society applications rely heavily on the use of direct evidence, the statements of birth, death, and marriage date and place and family relationships in original documents. Sometimes, however, those statements don’t exist. If indirect evidence, evidence that provides relevant information about the question but does not actually answer it, can be used toContinueContinue reading “Proof Argument and the Lineage Society: It’s (really, really, really) complicated.”
Documenting the American Revolution in Westchester County, New York
Located between British occupied New York City and patriot Connecticut, Westchester County, New York has sometimes been referred to as Revolutionary War “neutral ground.” Yet, neutral did not mean without conflict: as one author described, from 1777 to the end of the War, “[…], there was no systematic campaign in Westchester county, but continuous fighting.”ContinueContinue reading “Documenting the American Revolution in Westchester County, New York”
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?”
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