20 S. Prospect Avenue
This drop in workshop is ONLY for WOMEN interested in joining the D.A.R.
At this workshop, volunteers from the 21st Star Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) lineage research team will assist you with the completion of the application papers and related requirements for joining the D.A.R.
Members will also show you how to find information from many different sources: military records, cemetery records, census data, immigration forms, church records, marriage licenses, death certificates, school records, and birth certificates.
Please bring along all your records and information. We will have reference books available for your use.
If you have any questions regarding this Workshop, please contact Dorothy Wilson at (847) 328-6946 for further details.
Members of the Twenty-first Star Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution present this opportunity. This is not a Library-run event. Except for providing meeting space, the Park Ridge Public Library is not in any manner connected with this meeting, and neither the Library nor the Board of Trustees endorses the presenter nor any position expressed by the group.]
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Any woman 18 years or older, regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background, who can prove lineal decent from a patriot of the American Revolution, is eligible for membership. The DAR recognizes "Patriots: as not only soldiers but also anyone who contributed to the cause of American freedom." If you are interested in learning more about the Daughters of the American Revolution or attending one of our meetings, please contact Dorothy Wilson at (847) 328-6946 or via email for further details. (PLEASE ENTER "DAR" ON THE SUBJECT LINE.)
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ALSO - On the third Thursday of each month, SEPTEMBER through MAY, representatives of the 21st Star Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters (DAR) are available to answer genealogy questions (open to men and women) from 9:00 a.m. until Noon in the Library's second floor Reference Department. For further information, please phone the Library Reference Department at 847-720-3230.
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Other Information:
LOCATION:
Park Ridge Public Library
(across the street from the Pickwick Theatre)
20 S. Prospect Avenue
Park Ridge, IL 60068
(847) 720-3230