Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution

[Lethedethius]

I realize many of you are from around the world. I apologize-this doesn't apply to you. I'll hopefully have more news regarding your situation later.

I started a quest to research my ancestry, I consider myself a lost fish in the sea who doesn't have a school. I know really just my two half brothers. I joined ancestry.com on that 14 day trial membership in search of it... and I also wanted to look into my Native American roots.

Well it's been a few days now... (a week really) and I've discovered I have NO Native American roots but my family however does have history dating back to both the Civil war (Confederate side) and American Revolution.

Apparently there is a registry and membership (kinda like a club) called Sons of the American Revolution (sar.org) and Daughters of the American Revolution (dar.org).

You have to prove your lineage (which I was lucky enough to do) for them to accept you, and you have to pay some membership fees but they document your lineage which is AWESOME.

For those of you who think you have some sort of ties to these great wars that were waged I would encourage you to look into it, debunk the theory that everyone in this country is Native American Indian and be able to share and pass something on to your children when there of the age to understand.

Just a random rant that I thought was cool.

Also if anyone lives near Mt. Sterling Kentucky please give me a shout... I located a cemetery out that way that has what seems to be solely my family members and I need to figure out who owns it... Add me on steam, Lethedethius. T.Y. and look into this it is pretty awesome!

 

[itsfulloftuna]

The easy way to find out who owns a cemetery is to go to the county or city hall. Some of the southern states have records on who is buried there. I've seen some in VA that deal with the Civil War that were penned back in the olden days.

I know one of the biggest battles are record preservation and location.

If they have no record, and it consists mostly of your ancestry that is buried there, it might be an unrecorded family plot. Some states allow burials in family owned property.

 

[Honorstar]

I recently traced mine back using a few things from the dar (my Grandmother was a member) and following country records that were online. I managed to find the ancestor who fought and learned I was German, Dutch, Scottish, and Irish, which I had always assumed, based on location but it was nice to have proof.

 

[SturmBruder]

I also have a direct relative from the American Revolution, Daniel McArthur. And I have a copy of his King's Land Grant in Robeson N.C. Sadly, we can't trace him back to anyone in Scotland.

I also had a direct relative in the Civil war (Confederate side too!), John McArthur. Supposedly he had dysentery and lucky for him as he missed Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg .

 

[Therty44]

The easy way to find out who owns a cemetery is to go to the county or city hall. Some of the southern states have records on who is buried there. I've seen some in VA that deal with the Civil War that were penned back in the olden days.

I know one of the biggest battles are record preservation and location.

If they have no record, and it consists mostly of your ancestry that is buried there, it might be an unrecorded family plot. Some states allow burials in family owned property.

I totally agree to you! the best way and more practical way is to go to the city hall and county. Expect that they have all the records and information that you want to unveil. Good luck to you!

 

[Samurai_TwoSeven]

Most of my family's records (on my dad's side) burned with Hiroshima, but I'm still looking.

On my mom's side, I gave up since they burned all their records when they fled from mainland China (when the Communists took over).