The Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications can take you from Fourth
of July reveler to a pedigreed patriot in minutes flat. Because when you find an ancestor in these applications, you've found a direct link back to your patriot roots. Search now.
Whether they applied for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution or a male relative did, these sample records show how three famous Americans are connected to an ancestor who served the cause of freedom in the Revolutionary War.
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Applications were made by direct descendants of the revolutionist. Link yourself to the applicant then use his application as your personal guide for researching back to the 18th century.
You'll want to research your way back to link yourself to the ancestor, even if you're already connected to someone else in the line.
The date the application was submitted can help you distinguish between generations of similarly named individuals in your family tree and place the applicant in a specific place and time.
Use this to help you match the person to someone in your existing family tree or to help you discover more records, including a Revolutionary War service record or pension application at Ancestry.com. Check for obituaries or death records and include death details on your Ancestry.com family tree.
These applications often hold details on TWO members of your family tree. Research both.
Sons of the American Revolution applications aren't all-male lines. You'll discover that some of the connections go back through females in the family, too. Where your revolutionary kin sits on the lineage chart is displayed above. Look carefully – some of the applications include family information from pre-Revolution days.
In this section you will find detailed information about how your ancestor helped secure America's independence.
Look carefully at these references: you may be able to find the original source and review it for additional information.
Applications were made by direct descendants of the revolutionist. Link yourself to the applicant then use his application as your personal guide for researching back to the 18th century.
You'll want to research your way back to link yourself to the ancestor, even if you're already connected to someone else in the line.
The date the application was submitted can help you distinguish between generations of similarly named individuals in your family tree and place the applicant in a specific place and time.
Use this to help you match the person to someone in your existing family tree or to help you discover more records, including a Revolutionary War service record or pension application at Ancestry.com. Check for obituaries or death records and include death details on your Ancestry.com family tree.
These applications often hold details on TWO members of your family tree. Research both.
Sons of the American Revolution applications aren't all-male lines. You'll discover that some of the connections go back through females in the family, too. Where your revolutionary kin sits on the lineage chart is displayed above. Look carefully – some of the applications include family information from pre-Revolution days.
In this section you will find detailed information about how your ancestor helped secure America's independence.
Look carefully at these references: you may be able to find the original source and review it for additional information.
Applications were made by direct descendants of the revolutionist. Link yourself to the applicant then use his application as your personal guide for researching back to the 18th century.
You'll want to research your way back to link yourself to the ancestor, even if you're already connected to someone else in the line.
The date the application was submitted can help you distinguish between generations of similarly named individuals in your family tree and place the applicant in a specific place and time.
Use this to help you match the person to someone in your existing family tree or to help you discover more records, including a Revolutionary War service record or pension application at Ancestry.com. Check for obituaries or death records and include death details on your Ancestry.com family tree.
These applications often hold details on TWO members of your family tree. Research both.
Sons of the American Revolution applications aren't all-male lines. You'll discover that some of the connections go back through females in the family, too. Where your revolutionary kin sits on the lineage chart is displayed above. Look carefully – some of the applications include family information from pre-Revolution days.
In this section you will find detailed information about how your ancestor helped secure America's independence.
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