Getting to be a mismash

Started by Private User on Thursday, February 14, 2013
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Dea Lowry I have never seen a flag in the About section. Could you send me a link to one so I can see how it is done.

@ ELDON - SURE

@Eldon...my bad, it is the main pic with the DAR number in the about me section. here is one Martin Root, Jr.

Dea Lowry I like that in the About section. Maybe bold would be more eye catching.

Dea Lowry Been meaning to ask. Is your husband connected to the North Carolina Lowrys?

@ Eldon. possibly. If so it is distant. His Grandparents were both born in OK

@ Dea - Your Martin Root was entered by Faustine. She used the DAR graphic.

I have created my own graphic, and a different graphic showing a descendant. Here is George Heard.

http://www.geni.com/family-tree/index/6000000014911296545

@ Erica - I've created this profile. Can you add it as a link you this one ? Thanks. http://www.geni.com/projects/Joining-the-DAR-Daughters-of-the-Ameri...

Done - also added tags, they work great.

Could you also add it under "Links" too ?

@ Faustine - can I add your profile to "Joining the DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution" as someone willing to help ?

@ Anyone else willing to add their profile to that above project ?

Yes you may. I would love to help.

Here is a copy of a profile of a DAR member which I added Faustine Darsey on partial hiatus was kind enough to add the flag. Martha Hutchins Dibble

Even through Martha never had any children. I never knew she was a DAR member in all the research I was doing on this family line. I was quite a pleasant surprise to find out she was a member.

Thanks so much Faustine for adding the DAR information to my ancestors Samuel Ainsworth and John Ainsworth. What's amazing is that these Scotch-Irish arrived in the 1730s and were patriots fighting in the Revolutionary War.

Samuel's family was attacked by Indians and one of his children was taken. They had to temporarily leave their home in Hanover Township, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania and come back when it was quieter. They endured so much -- Ulster Plantation to Hanover Township, Indian raids, and wars.

You are welcome Hatte Rubenstein Blejer.

@ Faustine - would you consider using a different graphic for decendants as I have done. It makes it easier to see who was the ancestor parent, and who is a descendent/member ?

And in some cases you can be a descendant and a patriot. Both Samuel Ainsworth and his son John Ainsworth fought in the Revolutionary War, so we need to be careful and think this out.

I have been doing this for a long time now with no problems.

The key is that a Geni member can look at the tree and find out instantly what lines of descent have been entered in Geni. Then, using the links in the profile, they go to the DAR website and database to do more research.

All "patriot ancestors" get the flag graphic.

Non-patriots descendents get the DAR logo with a blue background.

I think Faustine's DAR logo with white background is most appropriate for DAR members.

I also like the gravesite marker (although I haven't found a good graphic that reproduces well on Geni)

Here are examples:

http://www.garnay.com/gravemarker.html

Hatte - the case of father / sons in the Am Rev, both are ancestors & soldiers, not DAR (lineage society) members, which is for women, and did not exist until 1890.

So - I am seeing Annelise's point of a separate graphic on offer. The women patriots honored by DAR are ancestors as well; there is no case of a lineage society member being the same as an ancestor.

As to being both a descendant and a patriot, patriot is what i want to know "at a glance."

Are the gravesite markers for DAR ancestors, members, or descendants ? Are there different markers for the three ?

I've added the graphics to Martha Hutchins CLEVELAND (see link in Alice's post above) See what you think.

Sorry for so many posts but ... on a newly added profile

There is a Notice on the DAR database for Samuel Ainsworth that says: FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE

That means that this Samuel Ainsworth is no longer an accepted Patriot. Should he be in this project or not ?

I had a request to add someone to the DAR project, which I did not accept as I found that the person in question could not have been a Revolutionary War Vet.

I also got the request to add Daniel Waldo to the DAR project. I declined also and did a search in the DAR database. There were 2 other Daniel Waldos that are in DAR. I am adding the first of them & will look at the second one.

Re: : FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE message in the DAR db

Faustine can, I think, answer this & other similar messages we might see better than I, but I can tell you my expectation.

He has an ancestor number, therefore he qualifies for this project.

From the FAQ:

Q. My deceased relative was a member of the DAR, and she wished to have a DAR Insignia marker placed at her gravesite. How do I go about obtaining a DAR Insignia marker for my relative?

BUT I can't find a picture of it and see if it differs from the gravesite marking or medallion I posted and see in FindaGrave images.

Re: : FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE message in the DAR db.

The lineage papers turned in for this person may be entirely correct, and most likely are. So the information is useful for adding to family trees. The issue is proving their service in the American Revolution. If service is proven the red flag will be removed.

I don't know about the DAR Insignia marker. I would say contact the National or State DAR & ask for help. It is a nice idea to put the marker at the gravesite. Sometimes our cemeteries are vandelized. Keep that in mind & look for an option that cannot be easily stolen, etc. I have heard the Insignia can be etched on the stone.

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers attach some kind of brass plate to stones Randy Stebbing Do you know anything about them?

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