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Remembering Our Patriots DAR Celebrates 125 Years BY CHERYL DENNISON ® PHOTOS BY JADEN MOXLOW & PROVIDED BY GENESEE CHAPTER DAR T his year, the Genesee Chapter Daughters of

Internationally, there are 180,000 DAR members among chapters in the U.S., England, Spain, France and Australia. To become a DAR member, a woman has to prove lineage and bloodline descent to a male or female ancestor who served during the American Revolution

in the Continental Army or Militia, who provided support to the war e‹ort or was an oŒcial in the new government of the United States. “To join, you must provide documentation that you are actually a descendent,” Stubbs notes. With proven ancestral links to two American

patriots, she has been a member of DAR for 22 years. Information about ancestry can be con“rmed through census records or land records, among other information. “DAR is a genealogical

the American Revolution (DAR) is celebrating its 125th anniversary. “e Genesee Chapter was chartered in 1897 with 11 members,” states Regent, Carolyn Stubbs. “Our chapter has been operating continuously since then.”

organization,” Stubbs explains. “We have an extensive library in

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